Bell Witch: The Movie
This Saturday, September 24th, the chilling Bell Witch: The Movie premiered in the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. A legend so tragic and mysterious, the movie depicts the historic haunting of the Bell family in Adams, Tennessee in the early 1800’s, with paranormal happenings documented to this day in the Adams area.
The movie is the first feature length film produced entirely in East Tennessee by native joint East Tennessee film companies, Big River Pictures and Cinemarr Entertainment . It is also the first horror film shot with the new Sony CineAlta 24p HD camera.
The story of the Bell Witch begins in the early 1800’s, when John Bell moved his family from North Carolina to Robertson County, Tennessee to start a new life. Upon arrival, their new life slowly became full of torment, fear and eventually murder. The tormentor? The spirit of the Bell Witch, who called herself Kate. Kate murdered John Bell in 1821, and had an especially intense hatred for his daughter, Elizabeth. Elizabeth received nightly beatings by the spirit, and due to Kate’s severe torturous prodding, broke off an engagement with her true love. The family never experienced a normal life; indeed, the Bells experienced living hell.
After the murder of John Bell in 1828, the Bell Witch promised to return 107 years later; to this day, strange things happen in Adams, Tennessee and the surrounding area. Spine numbing shrieks, bizarre whispers and eerie songs have been heard in the cave on the Bell family property. It is very difficult to take good pictures in the surrounding area, and people have reported video-recording equipment batteries being drained instantly, among other happenings…