Building on the terror of A Haunting in Connecticut, this horrifying tale traces a young family’s nightmarish descent into a centuries-old Southern hell. When Andy Wyrick (Chad Michael Murray, House of Wax) moves his wife Lisa (Abigail Spencer, TV’s “Mad Men”) and daughter Heidi to an historic home in Georgia, they quickly discover they are not the house’s only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa’s free-spirited sister, Joyce (Katee Sackhoff, TV’s “Battlestar Galactica”), the family soon comes face-to-face with a bone-chilling mystery born of a deranged desire…a haunting secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia is a psychological horror film that serves as a brother film to The Haunting in Connecticut by Gold Circle Films. The script was written by David Coggeshall and Tom Elkins served as director. It was released in a limited theatrical run, and through video on demand, on February 1, 2013. The story was inspired by the events surrounding the Wyrick house of Ellerslie, Georgia, which were published in the book The Veil: Heidi Wyrick’s Story.
About the Story (2013)
The Wyrick family are delighted to receive a deal on a historic home in rural Georgia where they plan to raise their family free of the complications of city life. As the family settles in, the daughter Heidi (Emily Alyn Lind) starts to have conversations with a man she calls “Mr. Gordy” (Grant James). As the story unfolds, it is revealed that Mr. Gordy is a spirit and one of several that Heidi is interacting with. Her abilities were inherited from her mother’s side and, while her aunt accepts the visions, her mother Lisa (Abigail Spencer) is in complete denial and suppresses her visions with medication. The other spirits that Heidi communicates with are the slaves from the Underground Railroad who were once sheltered in the forest by her house.
After every family member has several scary confrontations with ghosts, the slaves lead Heidi to a hidden underground cellar where she discovers their bodies, which are later given a proper memorial. Unfortunately, her trip to the cellar has allowed an evil spirit, the station master and taxidermist, of that Underground Railroad, to target her for his hobby. Heidi has a protector in Mr. Gordy and heeds his warnings and persuades her family to leave. However, they are too late, and the station master kidnaps her.
Heidi’s mother Lisa then embraces communication with the dead, and with the help of the slaves, finds her daughter and destroys the station master’s ghost. Now living in peace, Mr. Gordy helps Heidi ride her bike before he and the slaves depart to the afterlife.
The Haunting in Connecticut 2
Directed by: Tom Elkins
Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff, Abigail Spencer, Cicely Tyson, Emily Alyn Lind
Screenplay by: David Coggeshall
Cinematography by: Yaron Levy
Film Editing by: Tom Elkins, Elliot Greenberg
Costume Design by: Dana Embree, Jennifer Kamrath
Set Decoration by: Erika Rice
Art Direction by: Jeremy Woolsey
Music by: Michael Wandmacher
MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing horror content.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: February 1, 2013
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