I hope that you see this documentary first before you see the film. It tells of a haunting witnessed by the Snedeker family. I haven't seen the film "The Haunting in Connecticut" yet, but I did see this film and it was very well made a presented. Little does the family that moves into this rent house know it's history. Once the mother discovers the truth that the house was once a funeral home, she feels embarrassed and ashamed although there were no outward signs that this house would somehow wind up causing her family much heartache. Although the story about the oldest son, who was undergoing cancer treatment at the time, became possessed by some kind of demonic force, the son named Paul never actually spoke about his possession. The mother and the younger brother were actually interviewed yet never revealed their identities. The re-creation of events by actors and special effects helped to make this documentary more realistic with a narrator helping tell the story. If real life, Carmen Snedeker got the heebie-jeebies when she discovered the house had been used as a mortuary. Even though the story points to some kind of evil demonic possession living in the home and haunting its occupants. Other people in the neighborhood could not verify or refute the reports. The common assumption was the son age 15, became obsessed with his own death, wrote his own morbid poetry, became full of rage, and developed a violent temper. His mother jumped to the wrong conclusions and decided he was possessed. You can wrap it all up to puberty, a concerned mother, and facing your mortality at an early age. The author of the book IN A DARK PLACE had said the family members couldn't get their stories straight so he just wrote in a bunch of scary stuff, and whala, a hit book and movie to boot. Yahoo...... I'll give this documentary film a 4/5 for its creepiness. Is it fact or fiction. We'll let you be the judge. IF YOU LIKE MY REVIEWS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW BY VOTING. THANKS!Read full review
This is a documentary about a supposedly haunted house that was once a funeral home. It makes very interesting viewing, but as to its reality, I was less than convinced. Two of the actual family members are interviewed onscreen, but their faces are in darkness. The oldest son, who was supposedly possessed, is not interviewed. Most of the story is re-created by actors. When researching the backstory on the internet, I learned that the family's last name was really Snedeker, and none of the neighbors confirmed their story. If you look at the FACTS (not what the family SAID), the case for a haunting becomes flimsy. Basically, Mom Carmen Snedeker freaked out when she found some mortuary equipment in her rented house; the house used to be a funeral home but there is no evidence the owners performed Satanic rites. The oldest Snedeker son, age 15, had just gone into remission from cancer and became obsessed with morbid poetry and developed a violent temper. His mother concluded he was possessed, but my theories are: 1. Natural reaction to a stressful brush with death; 2. Emotional problems due to said brush with death and a mother who thinks he's possessed; 3. Puberty. I became even more skeptical after reading an interview with the author of a book about the case, IN A DARK PLACE. He said the family members couldn't get their stories straight, and his editor finally told him to just write something scary. So...this is scary. But how much is true?Read full review
This show was on the Documentary Channel and I enjoyed it when I saw it and was so happy that it came to eBay on DVD. It is about a family who lives in New York and the mom has to travel every day to Connecticut for treatments for her son who has cancer. The travel is too long for such a sick child so the mom starts looking for a new home in Connecticut for the family to move into. It didn't take long for the parents to figure out the reason the price of the home was because it was a refurb funeral home and included was all the equipment. Due to the oldest son in his vunerable state he knew right away this was a "bad" home and not a good idea. He slept down stairs in the basement with his brother and the room was closed in half by two doors with windows. That room was the first to be really haunted and the ghosts would bother the boys every night. Things around the house would disappear, one of the main things to go missing where the crosses. The home was baptized and the son was treated my different men in the religious field. I am going to leave the end for you to figure out by watching the movie. I thought it was pretty good.Read full review
This show was on the Documentary Channel and I enjoyed it when I saw it and was so happy that it came to eBay on DVD. It is about a family who lives in New York and the mom has to travel every day to Connecticut for treatments for her son who has cancer. The travel is too long for such a sick child so the mom starts looking for a new home in Connecticut for the family to move into. It didn't take long for the parents to figure out the reason the price of the home was because it was a refurb funeral home and included was all the equipment. Due to the oldest son in his vunerable state he knew right away this was a "bad" home and not a good idea. He slept down stairs in the basement with his brother and the room was closed in half by two doors with windows. That room was the first to be really haunted and the ghosts would bother the boys every night. Things around the house would disappear, one of the main things to go missing where the crosses. The home was baptized and the son was treated my different men in the religious field. I am going to leave the end for you to figure out by watching the movie. I thought it was pretty good.Read full review
This was a captivating re-enactment of the now famous true story about the Parker family's haunting while living in the Connecticut suburb. The motion picture did not do the original story justice. The actors are great in this Discovery Channel special which most know are always exceptionally well-done. The filming was great and it gives you a good chill each time you watch it. Whether you believe in inhuman hauntings and the supernatural is up to you, but the thought of a home housing an evil entity bent on destroying the family is quite compelling. Actual family members tell the story, however, I question why Paul did not speak as well as the father in the story. Some of the rationale in the re-enactment left you wondering why they didn't believe evil was happening when the parents themselves saw it from day one but ignored the signs.Read full review
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