Mixed reviews for the new haunted house epic set in Connecticut, which sounds like another variation on the "true" Amityville horror story, which wasn't all that true.
It's a bit funny thought because a friend who lives in Sussex finally rented out the apartment in his home to a man with two kids. The man was outside the house a few weeks ago, and when my friend (his landlord) asked if everything was OK, the man said the ghosts were bothering him.
This is right about the time that you start making 'cuckoo' noises, were it not for the fact that the previous tenant also mentioned ghosts, and the apartment has been empty for over a year since.
I've been to my friend's house a couple of times and I think it has more problems than ghosts, but I do have to admit I have never really felt comfortable there.
On some level, I think we hear 'haunted house' stories and think we'd like to experience it for ourselves -- sort of like spending the day at an amusement park -- but people who do live in "troubled" houses (haunted or otherwise) tend not to be crazy about it.
In my experience these houses are generally old and have a strangeness about them that make most people uneasy. Odd noises, strange smells and a weird sort of energy that I tend to be sensitive to. (I noticed this years ago when I was looking at houses to buy. I disliked many of them for a variety of reasons, but some made me SO uncomfortable the moment I walked in that I couldn't wait to get out.)
No, I've never seen a ghost, as far as I know. And I'm in no hurry to. But whether they exist or not, certain houses -- for whatever reasons -- seem to have some sort of weirdness about them that isn't easily explained.
I do have a friend who visits houses like this with teams of people who investigate odd disturbances. Naturally, SHE believes in it, and the equipment these people use does pick up strange goings-on, inexplicable cold spots, and other weird phenomena.
I'm sure this movie will do well, the commercials look creepy enough. I'm curious, though: Do you believe in this stuff? A total non-believer? Or do you, like me, think there's plenty of stuff out there that can't be explained and try not to dwell on it too much?
My house was built in the 1800s, but outside of some rather normal "old house noises," I haven't experienced anything worth making a movie about.
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