An American Haunting

May 5, 2005

1h 23m

★ 5.5

Possession Knows No Bounds

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Midsummer Films

Allan Zeman Productions

Sweetpea Entertainment

After Dark Films

Media Pro Pictures

Redbus Pictures

Remstar Productions

An American Haunting Trailers

Cast

John Bell

Donald Sutherland

Lucy Bell

Sissy Spacek

Betsy Bell

Rachel Hurd-Wood

Richard Powell

James D'Arcy

James Johnston

Matthew Marsh

John Bell Jr.

Thom Fell

Theny Thorn

Zoe Thorne

Kathe Batts

Gaye Brown

Joshua Gardner

Sam Alexander

Chloe

Miquel Brown

Elder #1

Vernon Dobtcheff

Anky

Shauna Shim

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