Fearing not

Entertainment | Old Testament plagues in The Reaping don’t rattle the spiritual cages of star Hilary Swank or director Stephen Hopkins | Jamie Dean

LOS ANGELES— When Hilary Swank moved into an old farmhouse in rural Louisiana to begin filming The Reaping, a kind next-door neighbor promptly appeared, bearing a freshly baked pecan pie to welcome the actress to the neighborhood. Easing down the front porch steps, the neighbor also mentioned a piece of friendly advice: "Watch out for the ghosts."

Stories of haunted houses and eerie occurrences on the movie's set in the Louisiana bayou are plentiful when Swank recounts making The Reaping, a horror film involving a modern-day repeat of the Old Testament's 10 plagues in a small Louisiana town (see right). But Swank says she is more "open-minded" than superstitious when it comes to the supernatural.

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