If you loved The Haunting in Connecticut, try Mercy

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Mercy has roughly 4.5× fewer votes than The Haunting in Connecticut — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Peter Cornwell, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Haunting in Connecticut, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Mercy is

Rural West Virginia. Perpetual twilight. A crow's caw. Single mother and her two sons arrive at grandma's farmhouse. The old woman seems frail, but something watches from the darkened corners. The family learns too late of a dark secret. Familiar haunted-house tropes get a backwoods polish.

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