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The Haunting

1963

Robert Wise

Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn ...

6.3

3,581

Horror Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity. With him are the skeptical young Luke, who stands to inherit the house, the mysterious and clairvoyant Theodora and the insecure Eleanor, whose psychic abilities make her feel somehow attuned to whatever spirits inhabit the old mansion. As time goes by it becomes obvious that ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"It's one of the most highly-wrought films ever made, with art direction, editing, sound effects, weird camera angles and lighting orchestrated to fill every frame with hints of the unsettling"	POS
United Kingdom	Stuart Heritage The Guardian	"From a potentially creaky, cliche-filled premise, director Robert Wise leads us on a brilliantly unsettling journey"	POS
United States	TV Guide	"An undeniably effective adaptation of the Shirley Jackson novel and one of the best haunted-house movies."	POS
United Kingdom	Gary Arnold Time Out	"What makes the film so effective is not so much the slightly sinister characterisation of the generally neurotic group, but the fact that Wise makes the house itself the central character"	POS

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