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"An American Haunting": * (out of four): Frightfully dull possessed teen film based, it would seem, on the events surrounding Tennessee's Bell Witch.

In a blatant attempt to cash in on the surprise success of “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”, Hollywood has adapted the story of Tennessee's Bell Witch into a loud, silly movie with the unwieldy title “An American Haunting”. Itself the spawn of “The Exorcist”, “Emily Rose” was an interesting twist on the hoary possessed teen genre in the way it juxtaposed its story against a courtroom drama. The twist in “An American Haunting” is that it’s set in 19th century Tennessee and is, apparently, based on a true story. Other than that though, “Haunting” has little to justify its existence.