The Bell Witch Haunting

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Might not be realistic to have a pool party in TN in January but the creepy factor over-shadowed that mistake. Camera shots made it seem you were there with the family at their every move.....and every move of the Bell Witch. The muffled whispers and music will leave you in tense anticipation of the witches next move and you may find yourself yelling as loud as the possessed sister. The cast may be a bit amateur but they carried off what the movie needed them to. The brother behind most of the camera footage seemed to have more potential than what this venue allowed him to show. Would hope this is his stepping stone to a bigger opportunity.Overall good movie and worth the watch time - would be a great Halloween movie in theaters.

Found footage horror fans will enjoy this one - especially if you are having a hard time wading through the ever-growing tar pit of terrible micro budget c-horror films on the market today. The trailer definitely provides a much greater impression of the scares you'll find in this film compared to the actual experience itself, as the film really is not scary. But, it does have its moments. The acting is average - not terrible and not notably good. However, I'd recommend this one if you're a fan of the genre, though even having watched it twice (rented it a second time by accident), I am still on the fence about it. Is it a "tell all your friends" horror movie? No. But, if you're home alone, sick, or bored and you've got some time on your hands and the rental is in your budget, then I'd say it's met the criteria for a rental.

The Bell Witch Haunting closely follows the two real-life, non-fiction, written accounts I recently read. A handful of scenes are those I am not familiar with, but they could have been mentioned in some obscure journals or newspapers of the 1800's, so I'm not going to score the movie down on those conditions. I will say the acting was not top-notch, but as I have mentioned before, the account itself seems to be authentic. A few scenes may startle the viewer, but it is in no way a "blood and guts" film. For those who are curious about the Bell Witch of Tennessee, this movie is worth watching.

This isn't so much a movie as it is 20 or so brief, generic jump scare scenes in a row. A couple of them are effective, most are dull, and every one of them is - in 2013, after hundreds of "found footage" exercises - a tired riff on this (still fertile, imo) genre. The characters are FF stock (there's the annoying brother w/ camera he can't/won't put down; a big sister who's pretty, vacant, and screamy; and anyone's mom and dad, making poor choices throughout). The scenes are hacky, disjointed, and frustrating and the ghosts/scares are lazy and contrived.Here's how hard the director thought about what he was directing: about a third of the way through watch for the dad, who with his wife and son in the basement has just heard a persistent scratching sound, decide to right away stick his hand into a blind crevice to... what? Feel around and pull the nesting raccoon/squirrel/skunk out of its hole, maybe get a little light rabies? He seems genuinely surprised when he gets bitten by something. That's a move you expect from, say, a toothless meth-head who's been awake for 72 hours, but not so much from a rational adult. Maybe they cut the rest of the 'alcoholic dad' subplot and left this in by mistake.BOTTOM LINE: A competent but formulaic FF flick that's reasonably fun if you're in the mood for one and have low expectations. After that it'll just swirl in with the rest of them in your memory.BETTER USE OF YOUR TIME: If FF is your thing - and it's often mine - lately I've seen "Frankenstein's Army" and "Evidence" (the 2012 release, not the 2013 film with Billith and Radha Mitchell), either of which is better than this. FA is a fun and fresh sample of what the genre can be, and Evidence is a slog in the first half that totally makes up for itself in act 3. If you start it, please be sure to finish - I promise it's worth it.

I've long been a fan of the Bell Witch Haunting in literature and folklore. Now there is a film about the events that does the tales I have read justice. Don't bother with An American Haunting, they left out and changed way to much of the story for my taste.For a lower budget production, this movie was very well done. You could tell the cast and crew wanted to get the story right. It just goes to show that a big budget and special effects are no match for some ingeniuty and creativity in making a good old scary movie. Kudos to Ric White and the rest who made this delightfuly creepy flick. I will enjoy it for many years to come.

Very disappointing. Other than the title and one brief mention this has nothing to do with the legend. I was expecting it to tell about the Bell family and the haunting of the Bell family circ. 1800s, but it didn't.

Arrived before expected. I hadn't seen this movie about one of my favorite subjects - the Bell Witch - before. It how in my Bell Witch collection and I'll enjoy viewing it again from time to time.

Very happy to have this in my collection