A Haunting in Connecticut

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!

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 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.

Awesome Nostalgic 90's style Paranormal TV Docu-Movie! I know it was made in 2002 but I grew up on these types of programs in the 80's snd 90's and it still has that exact charm - back when people cared about what they were doing, no flashy, click bait, amateur been-done-a zillion-times excuse for a horror film or show. Just a good old genuinely scary feature length TV drama that you'd watch on a Friday night with the whole family whilst eating a pizza. And in a time just before those terrible reality ghost TV shows where nothing happens. No, these are (allegedly of course) real documented events, recreated with actors and told in an 'it's up to you what to believe' way.

Firstly the Connecticut case is a fascinating one regardless of your views on the Warrens. The entire family experienced it - and as much as times have changed, the church did sanction an exorcism, something that was last resort and rare in those days.

Is it cheesy? Yes. Amateur TV acting? Of course. And it's far superior than any modern equivalent show of the last 20 years! This is when if you wanted a birds eye view shot of the town you hired a helicopter! If you wanted to tell a story with a deep narrators voice guiding you through events as they unfold, you don't conflict it with the dialogue of the actors or vice versa. It's all thoughtfully done, with heightened drama of course, but nothing over the top, flashy or annoying that detracts from the story and in my opinion, has a lot of heart that so many things lack these days.

Some of the special effects are of course very limited to the budget, technology of the time and style of the show, but even these have their own creepy cool charm and nuances much akin to shows like the x files because they're not all, but largely 'in-camera' or lighting effects.

The actors, although wooden because they're mostly there to do a visual job that fills in for the narration still make you care about each of them. This, alongside interviews with the real people (in silhouette to conceal their identities) also detailing their personal accounts of each event as it unfolds although a standard formula for these shows, is still genuinely gripping.

Even though he never covered this one, it's also where James Wan probably grabbed a lot of ideas to tell his Conjuring and Insidious universe stories. In fact there's direct line for line quotes amongst other similarities, not just to do with the common paranormal events but with the emotional (and spiritual) impact these things cause on human beings being a central theme in his movies.

I loved it. It's scarier than 99% of modern horror films and with a run time of 95 mins is a good way to spend a spooky night over watching a disappointing 5/10 modern horror film Amazon prime and Netflix seems to riddle us with.

I believe this was part of a series as there's also 'A Haunting in Georgia' by the same studio so I'll be watching that too! Honestly 8/10.