Bell Witch: The Movie

I grew up knowing the Bell Witch legend since Betsy Bell Powell eventually settled and died in my home county. I've actually been to the Bell farm in Robertson County, but the cave was closed at the time so I wasn't able to tour. First of all, the Bell farm is in the rolling hills of Middle Tennessee, not the mountains of Eastern Tennessee. And while some of the details of the "haunting" were depicted correctly in the movie, I have never heard the part about Williams (Richard) finding a body in the cave from which he removed decorated pins. And the actor playing John Bell was all wrong--he appears to be at least 20 years younger than John Bell would have been. As someone else mentioned, Lucy Bell was quite a few years younger than John, but in the movie she looked 20 years older. I don't know why they couldn't just stick to the legend as it has been told over the years without making up events; the legend itself is terrifying enough.

Despite some clever innovations (in marketing, not for the film making for SURE) this was putrid! The "story" of the Bell(e) Witch is well known in the Smoky Mountain area, but somehow much of the "facts" stated in this movie are merely legend at this time. This was presented in such a way as to villainize a woman who has never been proved to have conjured, called, or evolved into the entity found within this cave. You would be hard put to find anyone locally who would dispute that there is, indeed, SOMEthing in that cave, but I am highly disbelieving of the story as it was herein told. Sorry, Cinemarr, but this was about the lowest-classed production on film since Abomination by Brain Dead Productions. It doesn't rate a rating from... the Fiend :.

I'm a Nashville native and had the opportunity to see the premiere of Bell Witch The Movie at the Ryman Auditorium in September of 2005...it was good. Being from Nashville, I'm familiar with the Bell Witch legend and have even made a trip or two out to the Bell Witch Cave with my friends. It's such a fun (and spooky) story on its own and this movie really follows the historical legend of the Bell Witch - which is nice to see. It also offers some cool bluegrass music and really amazing scenery (especially in HD which is how it was shown at the premiere). I don't have an HD player, but I'm looking forward to seeing it when it comes out on DVD. Look forward to seeing it again.

This revue by the "Fend" or what ever his name is was posted about a year before this movie came out, It was taken down once by IMDb but he waited and put the same review back up, There was no way he could of ever seen film before it was released, His revue is bogus, It was Taken down once before by IMDb.

I never leave comments but..

I just wanted to say I loved this film, it was as true to the legend as you could get being based on the 1890's Bell Witch Red Book by Martin Van Buren Ingram, the only difference is in the Red Book John Bells Boys discover some bones while farming and in the movie the boys discover bones in the cave, if you want to know more about the Bell With I suggest you read it and you can find it online.

If you are just looking for a good old fashioned ghost story then check out this film.

Mtn. Kathy