11) The Haunting In Connecticut 2: Ghosts Of Georgia
It’s always confusing when a horror movie has two locations in its title. There’s a haunting in Connecticut, but the ghosts are in Georgia? So are we in Connecticut? Georgia? Yes, this “sequel” does nothing but try to piggyback on title alone, creating a completely recycled and regrettable watch. Enter a struggling family looking for some peace and quiet, the spooky, obviously haunted house they movie into, and their small child who connects with a local urban legend type of ghost. Why is it always the children who see the horrifying ghost? Oh the young, malleable minds who let the undead enter their abode – this is why I’ll never have children.
All joking aside, The Haunting In Connecticut 2: Ghosts Of Georgia is a sad rehashing of the paranormal genre that relies on nothing but more of the same. Sure, there’s a bit of Southern history (supposedly), but by the time we learn about the slavery backstory on our unsuspecting family’s property, we’ve been bored to tears by lackluster jump scares and a lumpy urban legend – none of which connects to the earlier happenings in Connecticut. The only parallel here is that there’s a ghost story, and some of you may or may not be scared. Personally, I wasn’t chilled in the least, and where I wasn’t impressed by The Haunting In Connecticut, this Georgian sequel does even less for me.
Ladies may love the fact that Chad Michael Murray is the leading man, and the young Emily Alyn Lind does her best to lead us on this haunting journey, but scares are at a disappointing minimum here. Don’t worry, The Haunting In Connecticut: Ghosts Of Georgia: Taking Place In New York is coming soon enough. I’m not kidding, welcome to a horribly unnecessary franchise.