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Jessabelle is an American horror thriller film directed by Kevin Greutert and written by Ben Garant. The film stars Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, Joelle Carter, David Andrews, Amber Stevens and Ana de la Reguera. The film was released on November 7, 2014.After losing her fiance and the use of her legs in a car accident, grief-stricken Jessie (Sarah Snook) retreats to her father's rundown Louisiana mansion where she begins to suffer frightening visions of a dead young black woman trying to attack her.
While watching some old video tapes, Jessie eventually discovers that her parents aren't her biological parents and that the baby her 'mother' was pregnant with - Jessabelle - was not her but the result of an affair with a black man. Her 'father' murdered Jessabelle and adopted her to cover it up. Jessie's 'mother' then killed herself after casting a spell on Jessie enabling Jessabelle's spirit to return to life in Jessie's form.Greutert was approached to direct Jessabelle a year after the release of Saw 3D and after reading through the script, Greutert agreed to direct. Filming was initially meant to take place in Louisiana, where the film is set, but was forced to move to Wilmington, North Carolina after no appropriate filming location could be located. Greutert edited the film on his own and initially the film was slated to release on January 10, 2014, The film was later pushed back to an August 29 release date before it was given a limited theatrical and video-on-demand release on November
Critical reception for Jessabelle has been predominantly negative and the film holds a 24% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 21 reviews) with the consensus "Jessabelle hints at a bright future for star Sarah Snook, but clouds her performance with a cliched -- and tasteless -- storyline.". Slant Magazine and IGN both panned the film, with IGN stating that "Jessabelle's familiar trickery and repetitive screams sucks the life out of a promising Southern bayou atmosphere." Fangoria was somewhat more positive in their review, writing "If the buildup is more satisfying than the payoff, JESSABELLE remains a creditable attempt to do something a little different and down-to-Earth on the paranormal scene.
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