2005 · horror · thriller · mystery
An American Haunting
Directed by Courtney Solomon1h 23m2005
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.
Our read: An American Haunting (2005) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded horror · thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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