I grew up knowing the Bell Witch legend since Betsy Bell Powell eventually settled and died in my home county. I've actually been to the Bell farm in Robertson County, but the cave was closed at the time so I wasn't able to tour. First of all, the Bell farm is in the rolling hills of Middle Tennessee, not the mountains of Eastern Tennessee. And while some of the details of the "haunting" were depicted correctly in the movie, I have never heard the part about Williams (Richard) finding a body in the cave from which he removed decorated pins. And the actor playing John Bell was all wrong--he appears to be at least 20 years younger than John Bell would have been. As someone else mentioned, Lucy Bell was quite a few years younger than John, but in the movie she looked 20 years older. I don't know why they couldn't just stick to the legend as it has been told over the years without making up events; the legend itself is terrifying enough.
Review of Bell Witch: The Movie
