'An American Haunting' Opens Nationwide on Friday, May 5

'An American Haunting' Opens Nationwide on Friday, May 5

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- "An American Haunting," directed by Courtney Solomon and starring Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood and James D'Arcy, will open nationwide on Friday, May 5, in 2,000 theatres through releasing company, After Dark Films.

Something terrifying happened to the Bell family of Red River, Tennessee, nearly 200 years ago, causing the death of one of its members, the only validated case in U.S. history where a spirit or entity caused the death of a human being. Bell family patriarch John (Donald Sutherland) and his wife Lucy (Sissy Spacek) are pillars of their community but when a land deal goes sour with one of their neighbors, the woman -- generally considered to be a witch -- curses the family and in particular their beautiful daughter, Betsy (Rachel Hurd-Wood). Soon after, a series of increasingly terrifying episodes are visited upon Betsy and John by a malicious unseen entity. A friend, Richard (James D'Arcy), the local school teacher, tries to help but nothing can stay the demonic onslaught ... finally resulting in death for one of the family. It becomes clear that the Bells and their descendants will never really be totally free from the evil that haunts them -- an entity which they themselves may have helped to create.

After Dark Films presents "An American Haunting," a Courtney Solomon film starring Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood and James D'Arcy. Directed by Courtney Solomon from his own screenplay based on the book "The Bell Witch -- An American Haunting" by Brent Monahan, the film is produced by Courtney Solomon, Christopher Milburn and Andre Rouleau. The executive producers are Allan Zeman, Robbie Little, Lawrence Steven Meyers, Maxime Remillard, Nelson Leong, Simon Franks and Zygi Kamasa.

The film has been rated PG-13 for "intense terror sequences and thematic material."

To view the trailer, please click on the following link:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/anamericanhaunting/
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Source: After Dark Films

CONTACT: Michael Dalling or Julie Polkes, both of Rogers & Cowan LA,
+1-310-854-8118, for After Dark Films; or Teri Kane of Rogers & Cowan NY,
+1-212-445-8415, for After Dark Films; or Hispanic Press/Medios Hispanos,
Marcella Cuonzo, +1-310-471-7626, for After Dark Films

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