Okay...
I had such high hopes for this film. Up until a few months ago, I had never heard of the Bell Witch, but I love horror stories, and have always liked Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland.
After seeing the trailer, I was excited, and anxious to see the film.
In the time between seeing the trailer (about a month) and seeing the movie tonight, I did read up on some of the legend as accounted in websites etc.
Well, we just got home from the theater and I am getting the feeling that I wasted the time to watch it.
The movie was well shot, the acting was great... and the story, up until the last 5 minutes or so was quite intriguing. No, it didn't follow completely what I had read on the Bell Witch, but being Hollywood, I expected some 'dramatic license.'
*** Spoiler ALERT *** But to have the entire story pan out to be a sexual abuse of the daughter by the father was just too much.
I understand that *crap* like that does happen in real life... and it's a traumatic and shameful thing. But to conclude this story with this "theory" is just plain stupid.
As someone else has posted here... if you know ANYTHING about the Bell Witch legend... DO NOT SEE THIS.. as I would expect anyone to have the same reaction.
I had such high hopes for this film. Up until a few months ago, I had never heard of the Bell Witch, but I love horror stories, and have always liked Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland.
After seeing the trailer, I was excited, and anxious to see the film.
In the time between seeing the trailer (about a month) and seeing the movie tonight, I did read up on some of the legend as accounted in websites etc.
Well, we just got home from the theater and I am getting the feeling that I wasted the time to watch it.
The movie was well shot, the acting was great... and the story, up until the last 5 minutes or so was quite intriguing. No, it didn't follow completely what I had read on the Bell Witch, but being Hollywood, I expected some 'dramatic license.'
*** Spoiler ALERT *** But to have the entire story pan out to be a sexual abuse of the daughter by the father was just too much.
I understand that *crap* like that does happen in real life... and it's a traumatic and shameful thing. But to conclude this story with this "theory" is just plain stupid.
As someone else has posted here... if you know ANYTHING about the Bell Witch legend... DO NOT SEE THIS.. as I would expect anyone to have the same reaction.