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Entries in Peter Cornwell (3)

Sunday
29Mar2009

Movie Review: “The Haunting in Connecticut”

Seen on: March 28, 2009

The players: Director: Peter Cornwell, Writers: Adam Simon, Tim Metcalfe, Cast: Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew, Martin Donovan

Facts of interest: Supposedly based on true events.

The plot: A family experiences creepy things after moving into an old home.

Our quick thoughts: In Peter Cornwell’s horror thriller “The Haunting in Connecticut,” a family moves into a creepy house and soon starts to experience a bunch of supernatural events. But guess what: instead of getting the heck out, they decide to stay put and endure the spookiness a little longer.

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Saturday
28Mar2009

'The Haunting in Connecticut' web reviews

Here's another horror flick supposedly based on true events or something. Hmmm... Anyway, Peter Cornwell's "The Haunting in Connecticut" follows an innocent family moving into a haunted house. Virginia Madsen, Amanda Crew, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan and Elias Koteas star. Here's what online critics have to say about it:

Latino Review's Ron Henriques: "This is one of those films you watch and wonder 'Why don't they just get out of the house?' Because the characters are stupid that's why."

CinemaBlend's Mack Rawden: "'The Haunting In Connecticut' forgets many of the horror clichés we’ve come to expect, but unfortunately, it replaces many of those irritating unoriginalities with generic plotlines more common to film in general."

Cinematical's William Goss: "For the twenty-, thirty-, forty-somethings who've seen any other movie with the word 'Haunting' in the title, there's not much new here in terms of frights, but if you'd been sold on all of those anyway, there's probably nothing stopping you anyway."

• Joblo's Arrow in the Head: "The outcome for this twat was that no matter how many FEAR PLOYS this one bombarded me with afterwards, be it via blurry shots, SAW-ish tight edition or mucho white flashes; I couldn’t be bothered to care."

RopeOfSilicon's Brad Brevet: "'The Haunting in Connecticut' is hardly a bad film, it just isn't a film that manages to accomplish anything more than mediocrity."

Wednesday
15Oct2008

'Haunting in Connecticut' trailer premieres

MTV just premiered the first trailer for Peter Cornwell’s upcoming “The Haunting in Connecticut,” a horror flick starring Virginia Madsen, Elias Koteas, Kyle Gallner, Amanda Crew and Martin Donovan.

The story couldn’t sound more familiar: a family moves into a new house only to discover the place is haunted. Oh yeah, we just can’t get enough of them, right?

Anyway, check out the trailer after the jump, and let me know what you think. The footage didn’t win me over, especially because I’ve seen this kind of story too many times already. Here come those cheap shock effects.

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