The Haunting of Molly Hartley
** SHUN **
HEADLINE: ** Making Satanism Seductive **
TITLE: THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY
Quality: * * Acceptability: -4
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: LL
Violence: VV
Sex: S
Nudity: None
RATING: PG-13
RELEASE: October 31, 2008
TIME: 86 minutes
STARRING: Haley Bennett, Chace Crawford, Annalynne McCord, Shannon Woodward, Shanna Collins, Ron Canada, and Jake Weber
DIRECTOR: Mickey Liddell
PRODUCERS: Mickey Liddell and Jennifer Hilton
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stephen Kay
WRITERS: John Travis and Rebecca Sonnenshine
BASED ON THE NOVEL/PLAY BY: N/A
DISTRIBUTOR: Freestyle Releasing
CONTENT: (OOO, FRFRFR, AbAbAb, C, PC, H, LL, VV, S, AA, D, MMM) Very strong Satanic, occult worldview with false Satanic religion that gives people occult power to succeed and contains very strong anti-Christian, anti-religious elements that make faith in God and faith in Jesus Christ ineffective and includes some comments against faith, comments against Christian student and an ending where the strongest Christian in the story does not have a strong enough faith to overcome evil with the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and actually tries to kill someone after baptizing them because the person is "destined" to become part of Satan's minions, plus some true statements about Christianity but the ending undermines them and some politically correct humanist psychology and a humanist education philosophy in a school are presented; 17 obscenities (including one "f" word) and four light profanities; some strong scary violence with some blood but nothing extremely graphic includes people are startled, mother tries to stab daughter destined to become part of Satanic group, girl tries to drown another girl after baptizing her, girl hits head on baptismal tub during fight and apparently dies with blood in water shown, girl tries to stab herself but she now has Satanic power giving her immortality apparently, girl gets nosebleeds, scary whispers are heard coming from the air, girl faints a couple times, some pushing, girl hurts another girl by twisting her wrist very hard, girl moans in pain after her wrist is hurt, mother falls down a stairwell and apparently falls on her knife, and girl knocks her father unconscious; no explicit sex but some kissing and minor teenage characters in prologue secretly meet in cabin but girl's father shows up; no nudity, but brief shot of teenage girl in bra and some female cleavage; alcohol use and teenager drinking at party; brief implied smoking in one shot; and, demonic villains win and movie makes it look attractive in the end, negative parental figures, teen lies to father about studying and going to a drinking party, parents put into mental institutions, and humanist psychology in a prep school.
GENRE: Horror
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Teenagers and adults
Please address your comments to:
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SUMMARY: THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY is a mediocre B movie in the horror genre about a teenage girl harassed by a cabal of Satanists. This movie is mediocre and has a truly evil, anti-Christian ending and worldview.
IN BRIEF:
THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY is a mediocre B movie in the horror genre about a teenage girl harassed by a cabal of Satanists. Molly's mother tries to kill her twice. Before she accidentally dies, the mother tells Molly that Molly actually died when born. A Satanist offered to bring Molly back to life if her parents agreed to give Molly over to them when she turns 18. In desperation, Molly turns to a Christian teenager, who assures her that faith in Jesus Christ can save her from the Satanists. The teenager tries to kill Molly after she baptizes her, however, and Molly ends up being part of the Satanists, who give her immense power.
This is one of the most evil endings we have ever seen. It's bad enough that the evil Satanists win in a seductive way. The movie also shows that Christian faith is ineffective against Satanism and Satanic powers. This is despicable. Please tell the people you know and meet to turn toward Jesus Christ and avoid movies like THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY. Please go to movieguide.org for better choices at your local movie theaters.
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