The St. Francisville Experiment

Movie
German title	The St. Francisville Experiment
Original title	The St. Francisville Experiment
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2000
length	77 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Ted Nicolaou
production	Paul Salamoff
camera	Tim Baldini
cut	Jeff Bradley Tom father
occupation
Madison Charap : Medium, Clairvoyant Troy Taylor : Spirit Researcher Ryan Larson : History student Paul James Palmer : Paul Carson, group leader Tim Baldini : Tim Thompson, filmmaker Paul Salamoff : producer Ava Jones : Voodoo priestess Katherine Smith : Paranormal Phenomenon Expert Sarah Clifford : Introduces the viewer to the historical background story

The St. Francisville Experiment is an American horror film made in 2000 in the form of a mockumentary . The film is also distributed in Germany as At the Gates of Hell .

background

The film begins with the story of Delphine LaLaurie , who is said to have severely abused several slaves in her house in the 19th century. She and her third husband, the doctor Leonard Louis Nicolas Lalaurie, fled their villa in April 1834 after it was burned down in a fire. The firefighters found several shackled, half-starved and tortured slaves in the property, which seemed to confirm the rumors of abuse. Although the owners did not return, it was restored, but it was claimed that the screams of their victims could still be heard in the house.

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The film plot takes place around 150 years after these events. Tim, Madison, Paul, and Ryan enter Madamme LaLaurie's mansion in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Equipped with cameras, they spend the night in the horror house. The group consists of a clairvoyant, a historian, a filmmaker and a ghost hunter. Because it is said that the souls of the tortured victims never left the house. The group tries to get to the bottom of the paranormal phenomena in the villa.

criticism

"Miserable follow-up to ' The Blair Witch Project ', the hectic staging of which is out of proportion to the narrative result. A pathetic film in all respects. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• The St. Francisville Experiment in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The St. Francisville Experiment atRotten Tomatoes(English)
• The St. Francisville Experiment on kino.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ schnittberichte.com, accessed April 1, 2014
2. ↑ LaLaurie House ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at neworleans.de, accessed on May 16, 2013. 
3. ↑ The St. Francisville Experiment on moviepilot.de, accessed on May 16, 2013.
4. ↑ The St. Francisville Experiment. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .