The year was 1818 and the Bell family was a quiet clan residing on a remote farm in Red River, Tennessee. A normal, loving family by all accounts, the uneventful lives of the Bell family began to take a dark turn when strange noises around the farm preceded the arrival of a black wolf with piercing yellow eyes said to strike unspeakable fear into the very soul of all who encounter it. As the sadistic spirit singles out the youngest daughter of the Bell family for torment and her frightened parents search frantically for a rational explanation to the chilling events unfolding in their once happy home, an eerie, disembodied voice promises death from beyond the grave. With the struggle rapidly turning violent and the Bell's desperate prayers for mercy going unanswered time and again, the shocking murder that followed would prove the only case in recorded American history where the death of a human being was directly attributed to an attack by an evil entity or spirit.
I'm not a big believer of ghosts and don't particularly enjoy stories that rely on supernatural explanations instead of concrete / natural causes. The fact that this film was "based on true events" piqued my interest, but after watching it, I realize that the "true events" were really ghost sightings - not my idea of fact-based. The film itself was creepy and semi-interesting, but it was a little confusing and I found myself trying to piece the story together after I finished watching it. The stimulus for the haunting turned out to be very disturbing, but I still have questions that can only be answered by believing in unearlthly beings. A little disappointing, but a good one to watch on Halloween.
Rating: 2 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
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