Good premise has a paranormal TV-series investigating a poltergeist/haunting in Kansas. This is based on a true story (as featured in the series "Sightings") but comes off a dull and limp. Perhaps some actual footage from the series itself would've spiced things up a bit. It appears earnest at times but never believable. Worse of all is the POV shots from the "spirits" in the house, which feature distorted fish-eyed lens and creepy sounds. Not really scary at all, which is a real shame but at least it manages to hold your interest a little bit. The set up is really a good one but lack of actual footage is a nagging hindrance.

In a provincial small town in Kansas, the low middle class young couple Jeff (Gabriel Olds) and Pam (Thea Gill) invests all their savings in an old mansion. Their intention is to restore the house and sell it, making good money. However, ghosts haunt them, and Pam decides to call the skeptical reporter Derek (Beau Bridges) and his crew, specialized in paranormal phenomena and formed by Lou (Nia Long), Allen (Miguel Ferrer) and the cameraman. There they realize that the situation is real and the unrevealed truth about a former family who lived in that house. This movie is another reasonable (television) movie about haunted house. There is nothing special or different in this story from other similar movies about this repeated theme, but may entertain. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): ` Amaldiçoados Pelo Passado' (`Cursed by the Past')

I watched this movie on our satillite dish late at night by myself. The movie didn't scare me as much as what was happening while I watched it. During the first half of the movie the volume would come and go. I did not have any problems with any other stations or have any problems before or after. Then I left the living room to go to the kitchen and our stereo turned on by itself. The timer is not set on it and the time is flashing. The remote was on end table and our cat was asleep on the loveseat far away from the remote. NO it did not fall. I was wondering if anyone else had any strange things go one when they watched this movie?!!! Or any other movie??? I am usually one that keeps an open mind but still skeptical. I enjoy paranormal stuff as an amusement.

This movie is based from a true story, right? I remember that I saw it from a TV show SIGHTINGS some time ago but never known until last night it was made for a TV movie too. Personally I quite like this movie, it still caught my attention through from the beginning to the end even I know the summary. I saw it alone after midnight and let me tell you it was really getting me scared and feeling like bewaring my back!!! If you used to see what was going on in real life with that family from tape of SIGHTINGS you know this movie is not bad. Not kind of making you jump from scary faces but gradually making you chill. It's good one!!! Watch it alone by yourself after midnight and remember it's something that really happened. Of course I don't know if it was true but if you just following like I said you will found how this movie could be scared. If you like kind of supernatural movie, fake or not I don't know, you will enjoy this film.