When it comes to monsters or the supernatural, what is truth? What occurrences can actually be proven to have happened, versus what people may truly believe happened, even if what they think happened didn't actually happen (my brain hurts now). But let's face it, stating that a horror film is based on "true events" is a tactic often used to make the chills a little more real, and the threat a little more relatable. Case in point is the recent Video On Demand release of The Haunting in Connecticut (2009), based on the "true story" of the Snedeker Family, who rented an old house in Southington Connecticut in the 1980's that turned out to have once been a funeral home. In the film,...
- 8/3/2009
- FEARnet
Doug Sadler's Swimmers was awarded the grand jury prize for best new American film at an awards ceremony held Sunday, the closing day of the 31st annual Seattle International Film Festival. A special jury prize for best new American film also was awarded to Scott Coffey's Ellie Parker, starring Naomi Watts. In the documentary field, the grand jury prize went to Walter Stokman's Based on a True Story, a recounting of the bank robbery that inspired Dog Day Afternoon. Heather Rae's Trudell, a portrait of American Indian poet John Trudell, received a special jury prize. Russian director Ilya Khrjanovsky received the grand jury prize for best new director for his film 4. Brad McGann was awarded a special jury prize for best new director for In My Father's Den.
- 6/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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