Film

An American Haunting

2005 · 1h 23m · Horror · Thriller · Mystery

Possession knows no bounds.

IMDb

5.0

Rotten Tomatoes

12%

Metacritic

38

An invisible entity haunts a 19th century family, and family secrets soon begin to surface. Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

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 Bell Jr.

Zoe Thorne

Theny Thorn

Gaye Brown

Kathe Batts

Sam Alexander

Joshua Gardner

Miquel Brown

Chloe

Vernon Dobtcheff

Elder #1

Shauna Shim

Anky

Madalina Stan

Ethereal Girl

Philip Hurd-Wood

Partygoer

Vlad Cruceru

Richard Bell (aged 4)

Alin Rosca

Joel Bell (aged 10)

• Courtney SolomonDirector · Writer
• Brent MonahanNovel
• Christopher MilburnProducer
• Nelson LeongProducer
• André RouleauProducer
• Francis DeliaProducer
• Andrei BonceaProducer
• Alessandro FracassiProducer
• Lawrence Steven MeyersExecutive Producer
• Zygi KamasaExecutive Producer

An American Haunting - Trailer

Release date

May 5, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$29,612,137

Genres

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

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