Stuck (2007) PHOTO : THINKFILM/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION After committing a hit-and-run where the victim becomes lodged in the windshield, young nursing assistant Brandi (Mena Suvari) tries to figure out her next course of action. Brandi is based on Chante Jawan Mallard, a Texan woman who hit Gregory Glen Biggs — a homeless man — and left him […]

The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) PHOTO : LIONSGATE/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION The Peter Cornwell directed this supernatural horror film, starring Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, and Elias Koteas. The story follows the fictional Campbells as they move into a house (a former mortuary) to mitigate the trip’s strains of on their cancer-stricken son, Matt. The family soon becomes haunted by […]

The Rite (2011) PHOTO : WARNER BROS./COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION Colin O’Donoghue stars as Michael Kovak, whose experiences are inspired by the real-life Father Gary Thomas, “one of fourteen Vatican-certified exorcists working in the U.S.” While studying in Rome, Thomas met journalist Matt Baglio, who wrote about Thomas’ journey in The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist. Thomas helped […]

The Possession (2012) PHOTO : LIONSGATE/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION The Possession originated from an eBay listing for a “dybbuk box” accompanied by a horror story written by its owner, Kevin Mannis. In Hebrew folklore, a dybbuk is a malicious a spirit that has the ability to haunt and possess the living. ‘The Rite’ (2011) PHOTO : WARNER BROS./COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION Colin O’Donoghue stars as […]

The Conjuring (2013) PHOTO : WARNER BROS/EVERETT COLLECTION Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga play Ed and Lorraine Warren, demonologists known for investigating the Lutz family.  The Conjuring draws on a previous case of theirs that involved a creepy doll. Wilson and Farmiga continued to star in the Conjuring universe, reprising their roles for The Conjuring 2 (2016) and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). ‘The Possession’ […]