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Released
2005 · FILM

An American Haunting

A determined young woman must uncover and confront a vengeful spirit tormenting her 19th‑century family before the unseen terror claims another life.

“Possession Knows No Bounds”

Directed by
Courtney Solomon
Written by
Courtney Solomon, Brent Monahan
Runtime
83 min
DramaHorrorMystery
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

An invisible entity haunts a 19th-century family, and family secrets soon begin to surface. The story is based on the true events of the only case in U.S. history where a spirit is said to have caused the death of a man.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard ComeauShot by Adrian BiddleScored by Justin Caine BurnettDesigned by Humphrey Jaeger

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$29.6M

Budget$14.0M
Worldwide gross$29.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • An American Haunting - Der Fluch der Betsy Bellde
  • Der Fluch der Betsy Bellde
  • Der Fluch der Betsy Bell - An American Hauntingde

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