Comparison: 'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' vs. 'The Haunting in Connecticut'
Adaptation
In the case of The Haunting in Connecticut, the so-called adaptation occurs with that fantastically marketable 'based on a true story' title which appears right at the start of the film. This title is so-often whipped out by many horror film producers to help yank audiences by the collars and get them all hot and bothered. And it is rarely used in a beneficial way, and never as some sort of plot device... but, here, with this 'true' horror story, it feels rather fitting. Because, with the film's opening scene, which shows us a mother being interviewed on camera in order to tell her family's haunted story (which we witness thereafter), you immediately get the sense that a part of this is 'their' story... and therefore, by no means, is it entirely 'true.' It is their (the family's) interpretation of what happened—or rather, an adaptation of what she says happened. It is very layered, and a great conceit for interpretation through the mode of film adaptation— where things can get lost and twisted.
