Bell Witch: The Movie
{{distinguish|The Blair Witch Project}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bell Witch: The Movie
| image = Bell_witch_2004_poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Shane Marr
| producer = Shane Marr
| writer = Shane Marr
Jay Guffey
| narrator =
| starring = Betsy Palmer
Cody Newton
John David Hart
Hope Banks
Todd Geren
Donna K. Pearson
Beverly Gwinn Jones
Jeff Kunard
| music =
| cinematography = Stephen Thompson
| editing = Richard S. Brummer
| distributor = Big River Pictures
Cinemarr Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2007|09|01}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Bell Witch: The Movie (also known under the working title Tennessee 1) is a 2007 horror film. It is based on the Bell Witch legend and stars Betsy Palmer as the voice of the Bell Witch.{{cite web |last=Lefevre |first=Tracey |title=TTU student featured in Bell Witch film |url=https://www.tntech.edu/news/archive/ttu-student-featured-in-role-in-qbell-witch-the-movieq |date=16 September 2005 |access-date=5 August 2016 |publisher=Tennessee Tech University |location=Cookeville, TN |work=Tech Times }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |last=Corneau |first=Allison |title=Betsy Palmer Dead: Friday the 13th Actress Dies at 88 |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/betsy-palmer-dead-friday-the-13th-actress-dies-at-88-201516 |work=Us Weekly |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |location=New York, NY |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=5 August 2016}} It was released direct-to-video on September 1, 2007.
Plot
The film retells the haunting legend about the Bell Witch of Adams, Tennessee,{{cite journal |journal=The Journal of American Folklore |title=The Bell Witch of Tennessee and Mississippi: A Folk Legend |author=McCarter, Pete Kyle |volume=47 |issue=183 |year=1934 |pages=45–63 |publisher=American Folklore Society |location=Bloomington, IN|doi=10.2307/535902 |jstor=535902 }}{{cite web |author=University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture |title=The Bell Witch |publisher=University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture |date=1 October 2012 |location=Knoxville, TN |url=https://ag.tennessee.edu/news/VideoReleases/Pages/1210_bellwitch.aspx |accessdate=5 August 2016}}{{cite book |last=Kazek |first=Kelly |title=Forgotten Tales of Tennessee |pages=139–141 |publisher=History Press |location=Charleston, SC |year=2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SNOzoFJNwX4C&q=%22bell+witch%22&pg=PA139 |accessdate=5 August 2016|isbn=9781609491567 }}{{cite web |publisher=Fitzhugh |last=Fitzhugh |first=Pat |title=The Bell Witch Haunting |work=The Bell Witch Web Site |year=2013 |url=http://www.bellwitch.org/story.htm |accessdate=5 August 2016}} a historically documented haunting that took place in the early 19th century.
The film is described as a love story turned tragic when entangled with the legendary haunting of the Bell Witch. After stumbling across an ancient burial (in what is now known as the Bell Witch cave), brothers John Jr. and Williams Bell bring a strange curse home to their family causing their father, John, and sister, Betsy, to experience phantom attacks in the night and strange visions during the day.
Filming details
Bell Witch: The Movie was shot in Townsend, Tennessee in September, 2002. The film was shot and mastered in high definition and its release was delayed until the technology was more widely available.{{Cite web | url=http://www.bigriverpictures.com/ |title = Big River Pictures}}{{Cite web | url=http://cinemarr.com:80/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127041608/http://cinemarr.com/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2009-01-27 | title=High Definition 1080i Commercial Video Production for Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Gatlinburg, Knoxville covering corporate training & marketing videos, broadcast commercials local and national, streaming video encoding | access-date=2021-05-25 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.bellwitchthemovie.com/ Official Website]
- {{IMDb title|0385543}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|bell-witch-the-movie}}
Category:2000s supernatural horror films
Category:American supernatural horror films
Category:Films shot in Tennessee
Category:American folklore films and television series