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The Parker family moves into an old home in Connecticut in order to be closer to the hospital where their son Paul is undergoing cancer treatment. Turns out that the house used to be a funeral parlor that is haunted by several demons who proceed to terrorize the family in general, and poor Paul in particular, threatening to undo his physical improvements by damaging his mind, and forcing him out of the house altogether, which does not end the haunting... First of two specials that led to the TV series creates an effectively eerie isolated & snowy atmosphere, even if viewer gets the feeling that the whole story is not being told. Still quite good regardless.

I went to the gym last week. I flipped on the TV for background noise, with no intention of actually watching TV. This documentary happened to be on. I overheard some of the dialouge during my first set. It made me curious, so I started watching a bit. 45 min later, and with 5 other people who had joined me, we had all abandoned our work-outs. We were glued to the TV. I'm not a fan of horror or suspense movies. I am generally a skeptic about the supernatural. I do not believe in God. However, something about this show really, really got to me (and the 5 other people at the gym!). It was the most well done, and scariest account of a co-called haunting that I have ever come across.

I made the serious mistake of watching this feature length documentary shortly before going to bed. I did not sleep at all that night.

This is the allegedly true story of the Parker family, whose eldest son is terribly ill and requires frequent hospital visits. In order to be closer to the hospital where he receives treatment, the entire Parker family move into a new home which is a shorter drive from the facilities. It is also conveniently located quite close to a cemetery. The house itself is a large, impressively grandiose estate, but when Mr. and Mrs. Parker head downstairs just after purchasing the home, they discover a basement room filled with an odd assortment of surgical tools and a large freezer. To their horror, the couple realize they are standing in a disused embalming room. The house was once a funeral home.

Having sunk their life savings into the purchase of their new home, The Parkers have no choice but to go ahead and move in. They decide to conceal the history of the house from their children, but odd things soon begin to occur. A kitchen floor stubbornly refuses to be cleansed of a vicious pool of blood. The sickly teenage boy, Paul, begins hearing voices, and all of the children see phantoms and shadows moving throughout the house. Paul's temper begins to fray and he grows increasingly violent. Not even removing him from the house seems to help, which his parents do after he attacks his own cousin. Instead, the forces inside of the house shift their focus, and the demonic displays of physical violence and destruction reach explosively frightening levels. By the time a team of parapsychologists arrive to investigate, it is almost too late.

This is a very eerie documentary, and incredibly well made. The mood throughout is suffocatingly dreary and filled with unrelenting dread. The performances are all quite good and somehow, genuine fear is infused into every frame. Whether it's the discovery of the embalming equipment in the basement, or a face-to-face encounter with a black-eyed demon in the darkness, this documentary will leave you with a sinking feeling of horror in the pit of your stomach and an overwhelming urge to glance around your immediate surroundings during the commercials, just to make sure there is nothing lurking in the shadowy corners.

I really had not intended to stay up and watch the entire program, but it hooked me easily and kept me watching late into the night, despite the fact that I had to get up early for work the next day. I didn't sleep that night anyway, and kept my bedside light on all night long. That's how unsettling I found this program to be, and I don't scare easily.

If you like ghost stories, historical accounts of haunted houses, and having the holy old crap scared out of you, watch this show the next time it's run on TV. It's one of the best shows of its kind I have ever seen. Be sure to catch its companion piece: A Haunting in Georgia, as well.

I watched this while alone and regretted it, although I was fascinated. This documentary is very well done and doesn't get "cute", as this genre is wont to do...it is just scary as hell. I am always amazed at these families that STAY in these houses through all this horror (literally!) The basement scenes gave me shivers and I felt bad for the boys when the parents wouldn't believe what was happening to them. Of course, the film would be much more effective if it was commercial free. The ads always are placed at a particularly spooky place in the story -nothing takes you out of a deliciously scary moment like a commercial for Viagra. All in all, however, this is the best recounting of an actual haunting I have seen. This documentary is usually aired with "A Haunting in Georgia", which is also worth viewing.

I think almost everyone likes ghost stories, and particularly if they are real. The universe of the supernatural, despite the fear it causes in many people, remains fascinating. Being a person to whom the supernatural is a relatively close affair, of course I already knew this story when I saw this documentary, which is now a few years old.

The documentary addresses the story as if it were a movie made for TV: loaded with scenes that recreate what happened, give the people what they want, while fulfilling their role as a documentary, being true to the truth. I enjoyed seeing the testimonials of those involved, and the emotional way they reported the facts, even after so many years. For anyone, an experience like theirs is profound and upsetting, and I believe they will not have seen the world around with the same eyes. Touching the "invisible world" means losing the right not to believe in it. I think they did well to hide their faces ... I wouldn't want to show mine if I went to TV to report one of the darkest pages of my life. Nevertheless, I don't know if the documentary did well by hiding the names and nicknames of those involved, as it is easy for anyone to find them on the Internet. If it is publicly known, why omit it?

I watched this for the first time around Christmas of last year with my wife.

And we could barely sleep after wards.

We had to watch something funny to make ourselves forget about it.

What makes me so scared of this is that I have experienced things that I to this day cannot explain or even really care to remember.

Please do not think I'm nuts but here are a few of the things I've experienced that made me think a little more seriously about a spirit world.

1. A week or two after my wife's grandfather died a few years ago, my nine year old daughter tells me that she saw her great-grandfather in a navy blue suit and red tie in her bedroom. HE was buried in a navy blue suit and red tie and she did not attend his funeral.

2. My son who's only three recognized my deceased mother's photo (died four years BEFORE he was born)as his grandmother long before I ever told him this. He'd look at the photo and saw 'granma'.

Gave me and my wife the willies.

3. As a kid I remember hearing rumors that the apartment complex I lived in was built on an old graveyard. I used to discard this as my friends trying to scare me, until one night in my bedroom I saw a figure walk into my room, it was totally black so I couldn't make out any features, I was half sleep and simply assumed it to be my mother looking in on me, the figure walked back out into the dark hall and I went back to sleep, thinking nothing of it.

The next morning I asked my mother had she come in and peeked in on my that night ad she told me she never got out of bed.

I don't really think the presence was malevolent, because I didn't feel any fear, in fact I felt protected, which is why I guess I thought it was my mom. It was like whatever it was it was simply checking on me in the middle of the night.

4. As a kid in the same house, me and a pal of mine were playing video games when a tile from the bath tub flew out into the hallway. We were home alone. And I would have thought it the tile had just fallen it would have fallen into the bath tub. It was as if it were thrown.

5. And perhaps the most chilling account, was once when my mother and her boyfriend at the time(who would eventually become my stepfather) had gotten to arguing and when she tried to prevent him from leaving he happened to shove her to the side. Well later that night, after they made up, he told her that at that moment he felt as if someone grabbed him by the neck. I did not witness this, but my mother did say he leave coughing and gagging.

Even remembering these things and writing them runs a chill up my spine.

So I truly believe in the paranormal and spirits.

Watching this documentary only fueled my belief.

The man with the red eyes was the most frightening thing I'd ever seen on television.

If I woke up and saw something like that looking at me, I'd pee all over myself.

My experiences were mild and in most cases seemed benevolent and just playing light hearted jokes (the tile), but I couldn't imagine facing something this evil.

I first got this DVD by accident as i was told it was the actual 2009 cinema released a Haunting in Connecticut, but as i had it i thought i would come on here and see the reviews people had written about the film, i saw people saying that it was the scariest thing they had seen and numerous accounts saying that they had witnessed or felt paranormal activity after watching this film, so when i saw this i expected a very scary film and what i got was the complete opposite poorly filmed and the usual bits that make you jump where just missing, i rate this 1 out of 10 only because 0 isn't available to use. If you want to watch it by all means watch it but i highly recommend watching the 2009 version and not watching this excuse of a film.

I saw this movie a few years ago while visiting a friend in Arizona. I regret saying that this film has haunted me, literally, since then.

I don't really like to discuss or think about things that have happened to me since seeing this film. Is it possible for this evil to have followed me? Trust me, I'm not crazy. Basically, I've had "night terrors" since seeing this film. My wife is already in the habit of waking me up, with force, when I begin screaming with the feeling of somebody trying to suffocate me.

The most horrifying thing that has happened was when I saw a hooded evil presence standing next to my bed.

Well, I won't say anymore except BE CAREFUL if you choose to watch this!

I saw this episode when it aired back in '02 and was totally sucked into the storyline within minutes. The combination of high production values, movie-quality direction, and terrifying storyline had me hypnotized. I've seen a LOT of horror movies over the years, but only a handful really had me looking under my bed.

This was one of them.

The narrator, Anthony Call, has a perfect campfire-story delivery that genuinely adds to the proceedings. After watching this episode I learned to never buy a house that was once a funeral parlor.

Even if you don't believe in the paranormal, give this fine TV series a chance. You won't regret it. Oh, and I dare you to watch it alone.

On a stormy night.

In the dark. heh heh heh

I started watching this for no particular reason and couldn't stop. It's basically documentary format telling of a supposedly true story involving a haunted house. It was very well acted, directed, and produced. Although it totally had a made-for-TV vibe, in this case the people involved in the creative process really nailed the genre. My girlfriend was scared to death and begged me to change the channel to "Pet Star" or "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction" or maybe even "Animal Face-Off" (three of our standby favorites) but I refused, wresting the remote from her hand as I threw back my head and cackled maniacally. Anyway, I couldn't stop watching, I had to know what happened next. I think this movie is going to catch on as one that I'll watch every All Hallow's Eve and get my friends (who are legion, I assure you) to watch as well. We started out laughing about the bearded demon guy when he first appeared but by the time it was over and I was in bed I was terribly frightened that he was at any moment going to show up in my room and make with the spooky. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes horror. It may not be a remake or cop any Japanese trends, but it's something special. All who were involved should be very proud.

this 2002feature length documentary is one scary offering.i haven't seen the 2009 film version yet,so i can't compare the two,but this documentary was sure well done,in my opinion.in the chills department,it rates almost off the charts.there were a few scenes where my blood ran cold.the narrator(who also does the narration for the F.B.I. Files)has the perfect voice for this kind of program.a word of warning.if you watch this late at night,you may have trouble sleeping,as it's much more terrifying than most horror movies,due to a much higher degree of realism,in terms how it looks and how it's shot.that's just my opinion,of course.for me,A Haunting in Connecticut is a 9/10

I think that A Haunting in Connecticut was really spooky and a really great story. I loved it. It's very obvious that this really happened to this family and only continues to prove the existence of life after the physical form dissolves is indeed true. There is no death, people seem to think life and death,...... doesn't exist, birth and death, yes, but life has no opposite. The fact that the family members are narrating through the show, to me, proves the reality of this event. As Human Beings I believe we have the ability to sense honesty in each other. I sense the honesty in this family, you can hear it in their body language and voice. I hope the family doesn't frown on this comment but I think that the whole event was necessary for Paul/Stephen(Steven)? to have had his cancer taken away. That to me is what makes this a great story about a haunting. I think that is why the event happened to them, for Pauls sake. Please try to see the positive in this. I know that not all hauntings look positive, but then again everything happens for a reason, and when the mind looks at an event, it only sees that one event, a small sliver of the big picture/event, and then labels it good or bad, not ever seeing the whole picture and the connectedness of all events,..........one thing happens so that another may happen, etc.. As far as the actors, I think they were excellent! I think that everything came together just as it needed to. Everyone of the actors were a perfect fit for this show, and it really is spooky. It's better than any scary movie I have ever seen, and if a movie is in fact made I can't imagine it being better than this TV show, no way. This is one of my favorite shows I have ever seen. I wish I had a store bought copy of it but have never found it for sale anywhere. My other favorite haunting show is Summerwind, another excellent show that I would rate a 10, but this is my favorite! Thank you for letting me post on your site and have a nice day! :) - Jason(talbertj300zx@yahoo.com)

Best horror I've ever watched. If you love scary, gory, thriller-like movies then you'll love this one.