The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

Plot synopsis:
The film is set in 1993. Andy and Lisa Wyrick, along with their daughter Heidi, move into a rural home after receiving a deal from the bank. They are told that no one had previously lived on the land, which is why they are getting such a great deal. Shortly after moving in, Heidi begins to experience visions. After a visit from Lisa’s sister Joyce, it is revealed that Heidi, along with her mother, aunt, and grandmother, was born with a veil over her face, allowing the women of the family to have visions. Joyce embraces her visions, but Lisa tries to prevent them with the help of medication to no avail as she begins to have nightmares and visions of her mother.
One of Heidi’s visions is of a man she calls Mr. Gordy, who tells her things to prove his existence, such as money being buried in the garden, and a swing being deep in the woods. When these things turn out to be true, it is revealed that Mr. Gordy had in fact owned the house before the Wyricks. To test Heidi’s knowledge, Joyce and Lisa do some research and ask Heidi to pick Mr. Gordy out of a bunch of old photos, which she does. Lisa begins to have visions of a figure coming after her and her daughter and starts to worry about the sanity of herself and that of her daughter, which leads her to tell Heidi not to speak to Mr. Gordy anymore.
One day, the family receives a visit from the local pastor, who tells them that their property was once part of the Underground Railroad and that a stationmaster lived on their land. He tells them of all the good that the stationmaster brought about and warns the family that they may get some visitors wishing to pay homage to the stationmaster, and asks them to be kinder than the previous owner, Mr. Gordy, was.
Andy comes home with a dog for Heidi named Chief, trying to alleviate some of the tension that has built up in their family since moving into the new house, but soon after Chief follows something into the woods. When Andy and Heidi go to look for him, they can hear him crying from the woods and find him trapped in a snare. Andy tells Lisa that the snares would have been perfect for a taxidermist, because they would catch and kill animals without leaving a mark. While destroying the snares to prevent Chief from getting caught again, Andy finds Heidi talking to someone who is not there. When he asks her about it, she says that Mr. Gordy says that some people are coming. These people turn out to be Mama Kay and her grandson who buy a quilt from Joyce that she had found at the old station. Mama Kay tells Heidi that she is special and to be careful of what she sees, while her grandson tells Andy the true story of the stationmaster. He was primarily a taxidermist and would enlist the help of guides called Conductors to help guide slaves to a meeting place. He would hold them somewhere secret, then when it was safe, he would move them to the next location. Two of the slaves he had hidden were Mama Kay’s ancestors, Nell and Levi, but they were never heard from after they stopped at the station. When the townspeople found out about his involvement, they blindfolded him, filled his abdomen with stuffing and hung him from the tree where the swing once was that Heidi had seen.
Andy relays this information to Joyce and Lisa, who then relays it to Heidi, but tells her that the stationmaster was a good man and helped a lot of people. When Heidi insists that an evil exists in the woods, Lisa becomes frustrated and tells her that she cannot believe her because she cares about her and orders Heidi to get out of the bathtub. When Heidi takes too long, Lisa returns to the bathroom as the lights flicker. The stationmaster is seen standing next to Lisa as Heidi is face down in the bathtub. Lisa pulls her out and attempts to heimlick the water from her lungs, only for Heidi to cough up sawdust and insects. Concerned, the family takes Heidi to the hospital, where her story is questioned. Heidi seems to have no memory of what happened and tells the doctor that when she didn’t get out of the tub like she was supposed to, her mom pulled her out of the tub really hard, making it even harder to believe Lisa’s story. As Lisa is leaving, Heidi tells her that it is hard when people don’t believe you, indicating that she knew what she was doing.
Later, the family asks the pastor to come out and bless the land and Heidi. During the blessing, Joyce experiences frightening visions of slaves being taken to the station by the stationmaster, along with the conductors, and she sees the bodies of her family members decomposing during the blessing. That night Heidi follows a ghost out of her house, who turns out to be Nell. She leads her out into the woods, where she disappears. Meanwhile, Lisa is having nightmares and awakens to find out that Heidi is missing and Andy runs out into the woods to look for her. Somehow, Heidi falls to the bottom of the station and begs her father not to leave her down there with “them”, but she is alone. In a frantic attempt to rescue his daughter, Andy reveals a heavy slab covering the entrance, which leads him to wonder how Heidi got down there and he realizes that is where the stationmaster hid the slaves and Heidi reveals the “them” she was talking about were corpses that had been forgotten. When the stationmaster was murdered, there was no one to let the slaves out and they died in the station. Heidi tells her father that she thinks something else is in the station too. She tells her family that she wishes to leave the house. Joyce tells her that she released the spirits and that the bad things are gone, but Heidi insists that Mr. Gordy told her she let something bad out. When Andy takes his daughter’s side, it causes a rift between him and Lisa. Lisa tells Heidi that the stationmaster was a good man, to which Heidi replies, “No he wasn’t”.
Andy decides that the family will leave because he doesn’t want Lisa filling Heidi’s head with the idea that she is sick and needs to be on medication. As they are packing up to leave, the ghost of the stationmaster can be seen watching them. Joyce decides to stay and the ghosts of the slaves alert her to the stationmaster’s presence. She sees him walking towards Heidi and when she attempts to warn her niece, the stationmaster turns his attention on her. Joyce coughs up a needle and begins to become sutured from the inside. Meanwhile, Lisa notices that Heidi has disappeared from the truck and she decides to check Joyce’s trailer. She finds her sister strung from the ceiling and cuts the sutures just before the stationmaster is able to get them. When Lisa asks her sister where Heidi is, Joyce replies that “they know”, which leads Lisa to accept her visions. She follows the guidance of the conductor’s ghost, which leads her to the station. There, she finds a hidden door and discovers many animals that had been stuffed by the stationmaster. It is revealed that the stationmaster had kept many slaves and stuffed them for his own keeping, including Nell, Levi, and the conductor. She finds Heidi tied to the stationmaster’s table and when she attempts to escape with her daughter, she finds the way blocked, except by going straight up through the ground. Heidi begins to climb and then is pulled up through the ground. When Lisa attempts to follow her, she is pulled back down by the stationmaster. She is confronted by the ghost, but experiences a vision of her mother who tells her to “let them in”. She finally embraces her visions and finds out that the Stationmaster had told Nell, Levi, and the Conductor that he would be back for them, but traps them instead, leaving them to starve so that he could stuff them. Learning the truth, it allows their spirits to be freed and have their vengeance on the Stationmaster. The Stationmaster’s death is visited, but instead of it being the townspeople who murder him, it is the spirits of all those he had killed. This allows Lisa to escape and the Stationmaster’s spirit to be destroyed. It is then revealed that the person who had pulled Heidi through the ground was actually the spirit of Mr. Gordy, who had been the Stationmaster’s descendent and had been there to act as a protector to the Wyrick family.
Two weeks later, Andy attempts to hang a tire swing for Heidi. Lisa and Joyce speculate about why Mr. Gordy hadn’t wanted people on his land and come to the conclusion that he wanted his ancestor to be remember for the good that he did and not the bad. Meanwhile, Heidi is struggling to ride her bike when it suddenly straightens up. She turns around to see Mr. Gordy and he sends her off to ride happily where she sees the spirits of Nell, Levi, and the Conductor heading off into the woods, finally free. She turns around and sees Mr. Gordy waving goodbye to her before he turns and walks away into the afterlife, satisfied that the Wyricks were safe.
In a text epilogue, it is revealed that the Wyricks remained in that house for another five years, Lisa’s visions have not returned, and that Heidi never saw Mr. Gordy again. The final shot shows photos of the real-life Heidi and Mr. Gordy, and then the entire Wyrick family.

Tags: revenge, murder

Review:
Research into the Wyrick hauntings won't ruin the film for you however as the only comparison to recorded events are the names of the characters.As with any horror movie these days there are plenty of stock thrills: ghosts in white dresses, waking from a dream to find you are still in a dream, swings that move by themselves etc.
Was "Ghosts of Georgia" any more generic than "The Haunting in Connecticut?" The reason I sound so frustrated is because it deserves better.The Wyrick family moves into a country house in Georgia.
The souls of the slaves are restless and begin haunting the family for unknown reasons.Director Tom Elkins and writer David Coggeshall put together quite an impressive ghost story with "The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia." While "based on a true story," it's obvious some creative license is utilized to spice things up.
Let's just say Elkins and Coggeshall know our innermost fears and exploits them.The entire cast of "The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia" put forth their best efforts and embrace their individual characters.
She embraces the role straight-faced with an air of authentic innocence."The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia" is a good supernatural tale that should have been released in theaters like its predecessor.
For the beginning, the cast was a perfect match, they were flawless for a horror movie, not too bad-ass neither too dumb-bass.I wasn't expect much thing after read the plot, but guess what!
If you are looking for gore, blood and extreme horrifying things this one is not for youI don't know why low rating, but I think it is because the first movie wasn't so good as this one and everyone expected the worst.If you don't want a blockbuster movie with a remade and same history give it a try.PS: My review is most directly to people who are involved with horror movies and enjoy all kinds in the genre.
Claiming to be based on a true story, "The Haunting in Connecticut 2" follows a young family who have just moved into a new home in Georgia.
Direct-to-VOD horror movie sequels are usually pretty bad as it is, but with a first time director, I definitely didn't expect much.
Plus the constant switching from black and white to color at the end got annoying and nauseating very quickly.Overall, "The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia" was an above-average horror sequel, with many exciting twists and turns.
I think the title should just be Ghosts of Georgia because the film has no relation to the first movie and it's not even based in Connecticut, it seems obvious that was a cash grab decision.
Katee gives a lively performance but like Chad's character there wasn't much to her role even though she has one of the more memorable moments in the film, which involve needle threads coming out of her mouth.
The elements of a good ghost story is there because of the true story aspect of the film, but David Coggeshall didn't put it into good use and created something uninspired and vague.Overall, forget about the beginning of the movie's title and just go with Ghosts of Georgia because it's not a sequel to The Haunting in Connecticut, it's a completely different story.
"Ghosts Of Georgia" was the directorial debut of Tom Elkins who worked on several other movies about ghosts.The film stars Abigail Spencer, Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff and Emily Alyn Lind all of whom give a pretty standard performance except for Emily who played Heidi.
Her performance was far exceeding of the standard capabilities and almost showed the young actress to possess talent like such actresses' as Chloe Moretz or Dakota Fanning.I wasn't expecting much going into this film mostly due to the ridiculous title of the picture but I actually enjoyed the film.
I would tell people to see it and expect a better movie than "The Haunting In Connecticut" or "The Apparition" but don't expect the same amount of fright that you get with "The Amityville Horror" or even "Grave Encounters"..
Lisa (Abigail Spencer) is a medium that uses pills to avoid seeing dead people; her husband Andy (Chad Michael Murray) is a ranger and their little daughter Heidi (Emily Alyn Lind) has inherited the gift of her mother.
Feels like half the film is scenes of the family running around screaming "HEIDI!!!!!" trying to find the girl, who is only found to get lost again.Sound effects, cinematography and acting are all actually good and very suitable for a Ghost-Story.
This is just another case of Hollywood making a movie and fictionalizing a reportedly true story, watering it down or altering it so it bears no resemblance to the one that the fans (like me) sincerely love.
The daughter(Emily Alyn Lind) is adorable but mark my words, if you watch this from beginning to end, you WILL despise the name "Heidi", it is only yelled about 500 times in this movie.
The based on a true story thing (hype) is so far fetched to reach connecting this movie to the Wyrick haunting is also laughable.
I've seen the actual original interview/depiction on the "A Haunting" T.V. series, and although the main ghost was true, the rest of the story line was complete BULL!!!
I'm not really sure why they called this movie The Haunting in Connecticut 2 when all of it takes place in Georgia, other than to tie it to the equally not scary The Haunting In Connecticut from a few years back, but my best advise is to pass on this one until you can see it for free on cable because you will get more scares out of this story on cable on Destination America.
Let me begin by saying this is the worst horror title since "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer."In this "true story," two psychic sisters and a psychic girl (in the sense that they see ghosts) relocate (not from Connecticut) to a former Georgia plantation with one sister's redneck husband, who is some sort of police officer/security guard.
I've already mentioned the historical artifacts waiting to be found, but the redneck father seems far more a danger than the station agent when he tears out of his house with a gun tracking his daughter, or drives crazily through the woods in the dark without looking behind him.The ending has clearly been exaggerated, and we are left to wonder how much has been a hallucination, especially since the mother was already revealed to be on medication for mental illness (or accurate ghost visions, if you prefer).
I really liked this movie, I found this movie a lot more creepier then first movie,There was some really good scare scenes in this movie that last long then one Second, there not there just to make you jump.There some really strange effect in this movie, which I am not sure what to think of at the moment.Actually liked the fact this movie dose focus on, the same old route, Kid seeing a strange things,most of people in the movie see thinks, I liked the fact they do believe way before the end, which I think was nice change.I liked how the plot came to end was really good, there were really good tense moment in this movie.The ending was fitting end, Nice and sweet ending to this movie.The acting from everyone in cast was really good and the some of effect were really good in this movie.A lot better then I thought it would be, I going to give this sequel 7/8 out of 10.
At the end I almost felt like I watched a rough draft of a great film.Even though the movie seemed lacking I thought it was very good and it game me just the right amount of scare..
The film for some reason is a sequel to 2009's The Haunting of Connecticut, but has no connection in story and characters, other then being based in the same state.
The fact that it was based on a true story made this movie that much better.For a horror movie, this is by far, one of the best I've seen in a long, long, long time.
Good 'ghost' movie - Don't judge a film by its title.
Also it didn't feel like a 'based on a true story for the sake of it' kind of movie and I was surprised, but din't really care to find out at the end..
All I can say about this movie is what a complete and utter load of rubbish!This contains all of the haunted clichés and I cannot believe I wasted 90 mins of my life watching it.Apparently I'm supposed to write 10 lines as a minimum to submit this review?What can you say in 10 lines about this movie without repeating the word "Rubbish" a 1000 times!Far too many non-scary ghost scenes, poor acting and a very cliché plot.Wait for it to appear on the TV before you watch it..
'THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT 2: GHOSTS OF GEORGIA': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five) Sequel to the 2009 supernatural horror film 'THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT' about a family haunted by supernatural beings when it moves into a house in upstate Connecticut (due to the son's health issues) and later finds out it was a former funeral parlor, where a young man also communicated with the dead.
Both films are supposed to be based on true events (or at least on the stories of actual families).
Neither film is that scary or memorable but I'd say the original was a little more effective than this one.Spencer plays Lisa Wyrick and Murray plays her husband Andy, a couple that moves into a historical home in Georgia with their daughter Heidi (Emily Alyn Lind).
Several other spirits become noticeable to all three women as well as they learn that a taxidermist freed slaves there and hid them underground (as well as much more).The movie has surprisingly good production values for a limited release film like this and given the $9 million budget it was able to pull off some pretty good effects and imagery as well.
This wasn't a bad ghost story but if you really want to get creeped out watch the documentary on the case that started the TV series "A Haunting".
Better Than What I Was Prepared For. Haunting In Connecticut 2 is based on reportedly true events of a young family - Lisa Wyrick, her husband Andy, and young daughter Heidi - who make a fresh start in a new home in the woods of Georgia.
As time passes Heidi starts seeing more & more of a horrible event that took place there some 150 years prior and the evil behind it all.The main thing that struck me about this movie was the title, A Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia.
It's not really that big a deal I suppose, but if you're hoping for a sequel (as I did) then you may be disappointed.I've never seen the original interviews or 'A Haunting...' TV series either so I don't know how true the movie depicts the family's events, but as an actual movie it's not too bad and I actually enjoyed it slightly more than the first.
This Ghosts of Georgia sequel is handled by a completely different creative team, utilizing similar "Based on a true story" tricks, and a premise based on a haunted house, with everything after being fairly decent and makes for an average horror flick at best.Director Tom Elkins shows his inexperience in handling atmosphere and mood, with the creation of suspense almost found wanting.
The presentation styles, while well-meaning to show the audience the different worlds seen by the characters - real, and the ghostly, the constant flitting about does get on the nerves, as does the MTV styled quick-cut editing that ultimately shadowed what should be seen.If the Wyrick family was Chinese, they would feel they were one of the most unluckiest folks in the world, having Lisa (Abigail Spencer) and her sister Joyce (Katee Sackhoff) gifted with the ability to see spirits whether they like it or not, and this gift being passed down to Lisa's daughter Heidi (Emily Alyn Lind), who begins communicating with a certain Mr Gordy (Grant James), the previous owner of the new house in the middle of nowhere that they moved into.
But yeah, she's on drugs to deny what she knows, with the entire gift versus curse issue being played out for far too long.Like its predecessor in the series, writer David Coggeshall managed to weave a decent back- story into the reasons behind the haunting, that contained neat plot developments involving the story of Mr Gordy the previous owner of the property, and that of his ancestor known as the Station Master (Wayne Pere), at a time where slavery was the norm.
After moving into a historic Georgia home, a family's increasing concerns for their daughter's continued claims of an imaginary friend prove true when the location's brutal history comes back to life to haunt them.This turned out to be quite the enjoyable and exciting effort that has a lot going for it.
Despite all other criticism i have found this movie well made(small lacks but nothing important) and good.I don t know why people gave such a low rating because this movie has everything it needs for this genre.It reminds me of "The ring".I liked it very much.All the effects of this movie are well made .There are scary events.I really think it has all it needs.The actors did a very good job.About the thing that this film wasn't filmed in Georgia,that is OK.Everybody knows that is not so easy to find a filming spot where you need,so you just shoot the scenes where you can.Anyways:Good scenario,good actors(all of them...ghosts included) and good movie.Perhaps is not excellent but is sure very good for it s genre.
Very realistic acting for this talented little girl, I must say.Overall, I felt this was a pretty good horror film.
I did like the little girl in this movie, who put the adults to shame, but the script wasn't good enough to make me think that it was a classic.
The film centers on the true story of a family who moves to a small home in the middle of Georgia and begins to discover it has a rich history of being a beacon for runaway slaves on the underground railroad.
That scene well worth sitting through the entire movie just to get to watch.Ultimately, then "The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia" wasn't too bad, but on the other hand, don't get your hopes up to high, because there isn't really anything that much impressive here either.I had expected more ghosts and less physical manifestations.
The Haunting in Conneticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2012) It wasn't until about halfway through the film that I realized this sequel, in a bold/confusing/weird move, has absolutely nothing to do with the original, aside from the very tenuous plot connection of a family moving into a house where they experience the paranormal consequences of the actions of the previous tenants.
On the one hand, not much more could likely have been milked out of the first family's story- on the other hand, we've seen sequels try to continue and up the ante on the paranormal activities of the same ghosts on different people.
This was definitely a different choice- and apparently one that will be continued in the 3rd installment in the series, apparently set in New York.In this sequel, ('inspired', 'based on', whatever, a true story) a family with a history of paranormal sensitivity moves to Georgia, followed shortly by the mother's sister, who is also prone to seeing spirits.
Well as i Watch this movie,i actually enjoy acting was pretty good, especially Emily Alyn Lind & Chad Michael Murray,there was one thing if it wasn't about true story, audience love to see in this movie Chad Michael Murray as Lead role instead of Abigail Spencer, because she certainly couldn't handle her role as good as she should have,in fact Katee Sackhoff had rare appearance but she done really good job in her role.
Firstly, why this is called The Haunting in Connecticut 2 is a mystery as it has nothing whatsoever to do with the first movie.If you want a scary ghost story, steer well clear of this mess.
By the end of this film it's nothing more than a ridiculous monster flick, with the character played by Abigail Spencer running and squealing around a standard creepy cellar filled with (shock horror) all manner of taxidermy and about 20 ghosts in tow.The concept of the underground slave railroad run by the evil taxidermist station master is a baffling plot line, which completely ruined the film.
The main thing I do remember was all the mummified bodies falling out of the walls towards the end of the film, which made me think that it wasn't really based on a true story at all – apart from the fact that a family moved into a house in Connecticut.So, as you can imagine, with a title like "Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghost of Georgia", you know it's not going to be good, even more so, when it's not even set in Connecticut, yes, you've guessed it, it's set in Georgia and has nothing to do with the first film.
its not even good for people who don't watch horror, there was no suspense what so ever not even a plot so to speak just a family who see dead things roaming about the woods i got to just over an hour of watching before i gave up i would get more enjoyment from the new nightmare on elm st film and that was bad enough!