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What Haunts Us

  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 12m
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7.0/10
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What Haunts Us (2018)
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Paige Goldberg Tolmach investigates a string of suicides from a 1979 high school graduating class.Paige Goldberg Tolmach investigates a string of suicides from a 1979 high school graduating class.Paige Goldberg Tolmach investigates a string of suicides from a 1979 high school graduating class.

  • Director
    • Paige Goldberg Tolmach
  • Stars
    • Stuart Coleman
    • Cherry Daniel
    • Eddie Fischer
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  • IMDb RATING
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    869
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    • Director
      • Paige Goldberg Tolmach
    • Stars
      • Stuart Coleman
      • Cherry Daniel
      • Eddie Fischer
    • 10User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

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    Stuart Coleman
    • Porter-Gaud, Class Of 1983
    Cherry Daniel
    • Former Porter-Gaud Athletic Coach
    Eddie Fischer
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    David Flowers
    • Attorney For Guerry Glover
    Guerry Glover
    • Former Porter-Gaud Student
    Deborah Herring Lash
    • Assistant Solicitor, Charleston
    Gregg Meyers
    • Attorney For Guerry Glover
    Mackie Krawcheck Moore
    • Porter-Gaud, Class Of 1982
    Benjamin E. Saunders
    • Associate Director, National Crime Victims Research And Treatment Center
    • Director
      • Paige Goldberg Tolmach
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    10conniebuy

    Heartbreaking

    The previous positive reviews have expressed it very well.
    2arfdawg-1

    The Over Dramatic and Self-aggrandizing

    The 1979 class of Porter Gaud School in Charleston, South Carolina graduated 49 boys. Within the last 35 years, six of them have committed suicide. When Paige Goldberg Tolmach gets word that another former student from her beloved high school has killed himself, she decides to take a deep dive into her past in order to uncover the surprising truth and finally release the ghosts that haunt her hometown to this day.

    It's a very old story, re-told in an uber-dramatic way by Paige Goldberg Tolmach who clearly wants to make a name for herself. In fact, she inserts herself into the story anywhere she can. It's sort of despicible.

    And some of her self-accounts are suspicious. Like driving in a car on a date with an older boy wo tells her he likes to hang out at with the coach who shows him adult movies and touches him. It's a bit difficult to believe a teenager is this naive.

    The guy clearly did it. He's on video admitting it. And he only got 20 years. Maybe THAT should have been the story.
    10adubrowa

    A story so in the open you will be forever moved

    Provoking, heartfelt, thoughtful and eye opening; every parent and every school in the world should watch this film. Every school should have a screening and a discussion with the high school level student body. Providing a safe atmosphere with knowledge, flushing out ideas and providing a trusting place to communicate and offer help to those who have been affected, are affected and suffering.
    2dale-51649

    Documentary done in a melodramatic way, poses more questions than answers

    Nothing new here- decades after a serial pederast assaulted multiple victims they look back on what now looks to be odd behavior by those surrounding the case. Decades ago we lived in a much more naive ,( or much less suspicious )depending on how you look at it, world than we do today. Like the Joe Paterno case, the "retrospectascope" makes everyone who was in the same city as the perp look guilty, especially if they have good insurance.

    Any a baby boomer will tell you that back in the day intergenerational friendships didn't raise eyebrows , and a man walking down the beach surrounded by children didn't raise questions . So drawing a cartoon of a man walking with kids with foreboding music overlay comes off as a comic book horror look instead of actual evidence.

    The problem I have with the piece is that they don't look at it thru the lease of the time , and most of the people they interview weren't there . They are women who have dolled themselves up in their "preppy best" for their 15 minutes of fame. One is an older lady who has nothing but hearsay. Another supposedly had a friend or boyfriend that allegedly confessed to her "Eddie Fisher touches me and says it's good because it will help me when I get with girls". WHAT ? ?? I was a teen before these guys, and none of us would ever have bought into such a ridiculous rational for someone to "touch " us., and if we had, we certainly never in a million years would have told a girl about it, one who would think we were an incurable idiot for not immediately leaving the second we heard it. These were regular kids, not special needs.

    It reminds me of the Dr. McDonald case where he got convicted of killing his family he said hippies had done it , and his "kill the pigs acid is groovy" contention was so laughable that he ended up behind bars. Most of the on camera people are peripheral women who were not there, or a guy who had major litigation going, and once money gets into the mix it becomes difficult to discover what actually went down.

    The admin and school district have been accused of not reacting appropriately, although at that time people knew less, and were much less proactive about stopping people from re offending, because they didn't know the recidivism rates yet . Fortunately, the creep that perpetuated all this is behind bars, but instead of hearing evidence we get what sounds like hearsay accounts , or victim impact statements written by lawyers.

    It would have been interesting to hear from some of the actual victims , alleged victims who defended Fisher if there were any, or defense attorneys on the other side. The jury hopefully got to hear everything, and the viewer should get exposure to the same.
    8vaughneg

    Truly haunting in every sense of the word

    Through an unsettling look into the dark history of Porter Gaud High School, Paige Goldberg Tolmach has a created a film of incredible relevance, one which is entirely unafraid to expose the truths behind a scandal which still effects persons to this very day. Here, the perspective is unflinching with horrific details of sexual abuse, suicide, and personal recounting from victims, activists, and perpetrators alike all without a loss of focus. Clearly, it's a subject very close to the heart of Tolmach, a personal project which has been made with the upmost care, concern, and dedication. For a small production team, everything is incredibly professional from the editing, cinematography, animation, and even Tolmach's own voiceover. Everything here is exactly what the title claims, haunting. I don't believe I'll forget the sentiments here anytime soon, for I have been profoundly impacted by the results. Truly a documentary worthy of its title.

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    • Release date
      • May 11, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Artemis Rising Foundation
      • Diamond Docs
      • Matt Tolmach Productions
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      • 1h 12m(72 min)
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