An American Haunting (2005)

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Based on true events validated by the State of Tennessee of the only case in US History where a spirit or entity caused the death of a man. With over 20 books written on the subject, and a town that still lives in fear of the return of the unseen spirit, 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 ended up causing the death of one its members. Starting with small sounds around the farm, and the sighting of a a strange BLACK WOLF with piercing yellow eyes, the sounds escalated into full brutal contact with the certain family members, causing psychological and physical torment. The attacks grew in strength, with the spirit slapping, pulling, dragging, and beating the Bell's youngest daughter. The Bells searched for rational explanations and ways to rid their house of this entity, but to no avail as the spirit began to communicate with them through sounds, and eventually multiple voices that sounded like the wind. The cause of its actions could always be felt, but no being could be seen, and no explanation found- only the promise that one day it would kill one of the family members. Fearing that the haunting was caused by a local woman -branded a witch- who had put a curse upon the family as a result of a land dispute, the Bells tried desperately to find ways to get rid of the woman's curse, yet the attacks and disturbances only 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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640*272
86m 34s
mp3 VBR 136kbps
subs : Finnish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic
24/06/2006

ed2k: An.American.Haunting.2005.DVDRip.XviD-NrrW.avi [700.49 Mb] [Stats]

trep · **Posted:** Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:01 am **Post subject:**

People are already making jokes on this one :lol:

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Writer-director Courtney Solomon has taken a tantalizing footnote from America's haunted past—a ghost story fascinating precisely for its grounding in historical record—and reduced it to another tame, lame serving of PG-13 shocks. For four years, starting in 1817, the Bell family of Tennessee was terrorized by an unseen force, which eventually hounded patriarch John Bell to his grave. Donald Sutherland plays Bell, and Sissy Spacek uses her wraithlike presence to keen effect as his wife, Lucy; they're overqualified for a project that relies mainly on shaky-cam mayhem and snarling wolves amped to 11. The movie creates some moody Hammer-horror atmospherics using shadows, candlelight, and darkened woods. But when it comes to the kind of blatant shocks favored by mall rats, the limits of Solomon's toolbox become painfully apparent: The movie exhausts its blast-in-the-face scares through repetition. A wasted opportunity— especially since the events as reported scarcely need embellishing.
[ http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0618,r ... 92,20.html ]

Like many horror movies, An American Haunting has a universal message that audiences can apply to their own lives: Don't charge exorbitant interest when doing business with a suspected witch...
Courtney Solomon's little-anticipated follow-up to Dungeons & Dragons ...
The problem with movies about possessing spirits and poltergeists post-The Exorcist is that their demons tend to behave like bratty children, throwing things, making messes, and enraging authority figures. Without a grounding in concrete reality, these demonic tantrums invariably come across as silly rather than scary, and An American Haunting is never remotely frightening...
Then again, how much authenticity can you really expect from a movie that's called An American Haunting, but was largely filmed in Romania?
[ http://www.avclub.com/content/node/48289 ]

Koffkongen · **Posted:** Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:18 am **Post subject:**

Cool, Thanks :beerchug:

Anyone have the subpack?

Iblies · **Posted:** Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:47 pm **Post subject:**

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The Bells searched for rational explanations and ways to rid their house of this entity, but to no avail as the spirit began to communicate with them through sounds, and eventually multiple voices that sounded like the wind.

That's what i'm talking about :outsider:

Great work :twisted:

Thank you very much for this one :beerchug:

fierysky · **Posted:** Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:53 pm **Post subject:**

This has been nuked for audio issues

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the sound stops twice in this release. sound disappears between 03:37 - 03:42 and 53:30 - 53:35.

bipbop13 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:38 am **Post subject:**

crap! Oh well, hope it gets another release here soon. :beerchug:

bipbop13 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:38 am **Post subject:**

will someone lock this thread? Or will the re-release be here as well? :beerchug:

joshaube · **Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:39 am **Post subject:**

There's really absolutely no need for a PROPER. Only for the pickiest of picksters - and even then, I'm one of those, and I found this version to be fine. Great quality video and sound, and the only problem that you can find is the audio cuts out briefly in a few scenes. You miss one word from a sentance, and some background music. 5-10 seconds isn't a big deal. I've watched it tonight and I barely noticed either of these.

bipbop13 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:01 am **Post subject:**

Thanks for the info!!!! Doesn't have to be perfect for me, just glad to have it. (but I get picked on enough for not needing ultra-high preemo super-duper quality!! When I want that, I go out and BUY the DVD, if I can find it.) :beerchug:

fierysky · **Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:53 am **Post subject:**

joshaube wrote:

There's really absolutely no need for a PROPER. Only for the pickiest of picksters - and even then, I'm one of those, and I found this version to be fine. Great quality video and sound, and the only problem that you can find is the audio cuts out briefly in a few scenes. You miss one word from a sentance, and some background music. 5-10 seconds isn't a big deal. I've watched it tonight and I barely noticed either of these.

I know it's not that big of an issue to some people, but to others (like me

) pristine quality is important. It's better that people know all the information like this about a rip before obtaining it

kaox · **Posted:** Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:05 pm **Post subject:**

I search for The Bell Haunting Witch...maybe a better movie of Bell's History...

but this is a good movie...great quality...

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:14 am **Post subject:**

GrimRipper wrote:

Jupit/NrrW/DiAMOND

Oversharpened for jupit, DiAMONDs looks like crap and NrrW's is aparantly missing sound.

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