Bell Witch: The Movie

Not to be confused with The Blair Witch Project.
Bell Witch: The Movie
Directed byShane Marr
Written byShane Marr
Jay Guffey
Produced byShane Marr
StarringBetsy Palmer
Cody Newton
John David Hart
Hope Banks
Todd Geren
Donna K. Pearson
Beverly Gwinn Jones
Jeff Kunard
CinematographyStephen Thompson
Edited byRichard S. Brummer
Distributed byBig River Pictures
Cinemarr Entertainment
Release date
  • September 1, 2007 (2007-09-01)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1][2] It was released direct-to-video on September 1, 2007.

Plot

The film retells the haunting legend about the Bell Witch of Adams, Tennessee,[3][4][5][6] 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[1][5] in September, 2002. The film was shot and mastered in high definition and its release was delayed until the technology was more widely available.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Lefevre, Tracey (16 September 2005). "TTU student featured in Bell Witch film". Tech Times. Cookeville, TN: Tennessee Tech University. Retrieved 5 August 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Corneau, Allison (1 June 2015). "Betsy Palmer Dead: Friday the 13th Actress Dies at 88". Us Weekly. New York, NY: Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. ^ McCarter, Pete Kyle (1934). "The Bell Witch of Tennessee and Mississippi: A Folk Legend". The Journal of American Folklore. 47 (183). Bloomington, IN: American Folklore Society: 45–63. doi:10.2307/535902. JSTOR 535902.
  4. ^ University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture (1 October 2012). "The Bell Witch". Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b Kazek, Kelly (2011). Forgotten Tales of Tennessee. Charleston, SC: History Press. pp. 139–141. ISBN 9781609491567. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  6. ^ Fitzhugh, Pat (2013). "The Bell Witch Haunting". The Bell Witch Web Site. Fitzhugh. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Big River Pictures".
  8. ^ "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". Archived from the original on 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2021-05-25.