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 Based on true events that took place in Tennessee during the 1800s, An American Haunting tells the story of the only documented case in U.S. history (validated by the State of Tennessee) in which a spirit caused a person's death. With over 20 books written on the subject, and a town that still lives in fear of the spirit's return, the story of An American Haunting is terrifying. Between the years 1818-1820, the Bell Family of Red River, Tennessee was visited by an unknown presence that haunted the family and eventually caused the death of one of its members.
What started as small sounds around the farm and the sighting of a black, yellow-eyed wolf escalated into physical brutality against certain family members and general psychological and physical torment. The attacks grew in strength, with the spirit slapping, pulling, dragging, and even beating the Bells' youngest daughter. Though no being could be seen, its effects were evident. It began to communicate with the family aurally, eventually through multiple voices that sounded like the wind. One message it communicated was a promise that one day it would kill one of the family members.
The Bells searched for rational explanations and ways to rid their house of the evil chimera, but its presence persisted. Fearing that the haunting was caused by a local woman who had been branded a witch, the Bells tried desperately to find ways of undoing what they thought to be the woman's curse, presumably placed upon the family in retaliation for a land dispute. Despite their efforts the attacks escalated. It was not until a manuscript of the local schoolteacher, who lived on the property during the disturbance, was found in 1998 that the horrifying and shocking answer to what caused this haunting would finally be unveiled.
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Directed by
Courtney Solomon
Starring
Donald Sutherland (John Bell)
Sissy Spacek (Lucy Bell)
Rachel Hurd-Wood (Betsy Bell)
James D'Arcy (Richard Powell)
Matthew Marsh (James Johnston)
Thom Fell (John Jr.)
Sam Alexander (Joshua Gardner)
Zoe Thorne (Theny Thorne)
Miquel Brown (Chloe)
Shauna Shim (Anky)
Lila Bata-Walsh (Little Girl)
Howard Rosenstein (Father)
Written by
Courtney Solomon
Brent Monahan (book)
Rated: 
(for intense terror sequences and thematic material) |
An American Haunting (DVD)
An American Haunting [CD]
Original Soundtrack
An American Haunting: The Bell Witch
by Brent Monahan
The Infamous Bell Witch of Tennessee
by Charles Edwin Price
Haunted Places in America: A Guide to Spooked and Spooky Public Places in the United States
by Charles A. Coulombe
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