The Haunting in Connecticut(2009)
2009 · Peter Cornwell · 102 min
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.
Thriller · Horror
6.21.2k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is The Haunting in Connecticut?
It starts with a family settling into a creepy old house and slowly ramps up into a steady string of jump scares once the ghostly activity kicks into gear. The scares lean on sudden shocks, flickering lights, and things popping out of dark corners rather than a slow mental unraveling, though the backstory involving illness and death gives it a heavier, sadder undertone than most haunted house movies. There's some unsettling imagery tied to embalming and funeral work, but it's more unnerving than graphic. This is a solid pick if you want jump scares with a bit of real emotional weight behind them, not something that will haunt you for days.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Haunting in Connecticut rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 70 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A steadily rising haunted-house ride with jolts sprinkled through the middle that builds to a chaotic, all-out finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
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