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Family portraits with dead people.
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I just saw The Haunting in Connecticut and it shows pictures (maybe late 1800s) of dead relatives propped up or sitting on a couch with with family like they were alive. I saw this in another movie once before. I've seen lots of old pics in museums and even our old family pics but never have I seen pictures like this.
Was this common? Was it a certain ethnic thing? I've heard of Irish wakes where they prop up gramps in a chair in the corner while the rest of the family gets stiff. 
Just creepy is all.
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Originally Posted by waxcrash 
Wikipedia is your friend...
This should be the second post in every thread. 
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How was the movie? I'm tempted to see it.
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²
How was the movie? I'm tempted to see it.
All in all, considering the genre, I thought that it was very well done. Well directed and well acted, especially by the kid who plays the main character. I enjoyed the hell out of it. It's on the cliched side, of course, but that goes with the territory.
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Originally Posted by RhymesWithOrange
Was this common? Was it a certain ethnic thing?
Isn't this normal in Western culture?
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²
How was the movie? I'm tempted to see it.
It's a PG-13 "horror." I can't imagine anything good about it.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
It's a PG-13 "horror." I can't imagine anything good about it.
Then you obviously don't have much of an imagination.
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