This was a pretty shitty ghost movie. However, as a comedy, it was superb. It's one of Christy's from before she moved in with me and, before we watched it, she warned me that the "twist" is transparent and that it has no re-watch factor. Thusly prepared, I settled in to ridicule it mercilessly.In the early 19th century, a wealthy Tennessee family is torn apart by what appears to be a witch's curse. The daughter (Rachel Hurd Wood) is tormented in the night by shadowy figures, dragged around her room, and slapped by invisible hands. Her father (Donald Sutherland, who must owe a lot of people money to agree to be in this) is afflicted with a wasting illness.
Supposedly, this was based on the true story of the only documented case where a man was killed by a spirit. Judging by the quality of this film, that "document" would most likely be toilet paper. It's bad, folks.
The rest of the movie isn't any better, either. The camera zooms around like it was attached to a Labrador with ADHD and randomly switches from color to black and white. If this had been made in the 70's, that would have been okay but there's no excuse for this sort of shoddy craftsmanship from 2005. Fortunately, it seems everyone involved has moved on to better things.
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