The Haunting in Connecticut is a 2009 supernatural horror film directed by Peter Cornwell and starring Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, and Elias Koteas. The film is allegedly based on the experiences of the Snedeker family, although the accuracy of events depicted in the film has been questioned by the author of the book it was inspired by12.
Here’s the plot summary:
- In 1987, Sara Campbell drives her son Matt home from the hospital, where he has been undergoing cancer treatments. The family decides to move into a house (which was once a funeral home) to be closer to the hospital and ease the strain on Matt.
- After moving in, Matt begins experiencing visions involving an old, bearded man and corpses with symbols carved into their skin. The house’s mysterious basement door hides a room that was once a mortuary.
- The family starts cracking under the stress of Matt’s illness and the bizarre events. They find a box of photographs showing Jonah, a young man from Matt’s visions, at a séance emitting ectoplasm from his mouth.
- As the haunting intensifies, the family faces violent and traumatic events caused by supernatural forces occupying the house.
