We live here in a powerful and exciting adventure, as it is an adventure derived from an external reality that seems surprising. That story began in 2006, in the state of Reed River, Tennessee through the story of a teenage girl suffering from frequent nightmares. On the other hand, her mother reads an old letter from 1817 written by her ancestors Lucy Bell. Perhaps her husband John Bell will be cursed by his rival Katie Bates, who has a great reputation in magic. In the end, Yan and her daughter Betty Bell threaten to attack the girl continuously all night long.
The frights are few and the moment of horrific revelation is a big letdown in writer/director Courtney Solomon's cinematic treatment of Brent Monahan's novel "The Bell Witch: An American Haunting."
There's thunder and lightning and wall-to-wall music. But it still doesn't add up to much of a movie.
Sacramento News & Review
June 03, 2006
Director Courtney Solomon's script is a catalogue of the standard Exorcist-style special effects, hammered home by Caine Davidson's musical score, one of the most irritating and nerve-wracking assemblies of noise in movie history.
it becomes haunted by the unwelcome presence of heavy-handedness, making it seem more like a busy domestic melodrama (with a ghost) than a truly unnerving chiller.
This allegedly true tale of demonic possession is weighed down by period detail and ponderous storytelling, which soon get the better of its Exorcist-inspired levitations, flying crucifixes and noisy poltergeist activity.
