November 15, 2009
Too dramatic but overall it was quite good, I enjoyed the classic cheesy story!
The Haunting Reviews and Ratings
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November 9, 2009Eerie haunted house story follows a paranormal investigator who gathers three people to a large estate to study the supernatural. Understated, low key and elegant, this horror film is based on the novel "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson. Film remarkably builds ten...( read more)
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October 2, 2009A bit over-dramatic, like many films during this time period, but entertaining overall. Richard Johnson plays a wonderful ghost hunter (as well as lending one of his lines to White Zombie's Super-Charger Heaven).
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October 1, 2009I just love the tension it built, the ambiguity, the mind-playing..The eeriness, its just so real, I felt like the house was sucking me in too..I must agree, that CGI is never appropriate to scare people this way. An amazing way that is. Please avoid the remake.
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September 20, 2009The classic one... Thanks that Robert Wise came up with the idea. Creepy classic. Avoid the remake at all costs.
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September 9, 2009The classic haunted house movie. Dark corridors, lurking shadows and noises from the other world. The movie follows a working formula of spooks and pits a handful of different people, the prof, the beau, the lesbian and the wicked lady in an old house under ludacrious circumstanc...( read more)
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August 15, 2009I loved the 1999 remake of The Haunting so much I really wanted to see the original. Well, finally did and have to say it's also good stuff, but the remake kills it to me.
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August 13, 2009For some reason this is one of the very few movies I have to watch with the lights on.
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July 29, 2009eski film diye kiyak mi gecicem, banane. filmin guzel tarafi hic hayalet olmamasiydi. kötü tarafi oyuncularin gicikligi ve sacma sapan hikaye. daha guzel olabilirmis robert wisecim. git roman polanskiden örnek al azcik. tenant daha guzel.
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June 27, 2009The cinematography and editing were neat and added to the suspense. But I was not a fan of the movie's excessive use of voiceover.
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June 25, 2009With high regards from my professor, I was determined to watch this film. It truly did not disappoint. I loved the gothic elements of this film: the spiral staircase, the statues, the doors... everything about this movie smelled of death and screamed of the supernatural. All t...( read more)
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June 15, 2009My Thoughts
There is no blood, there is no slashing, today this would be rated "G." But, this is the scariest movie to me.
Julie Harris: Eleanor 'Nell' Lance
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June 1, 2009weird movie and i first saw it when i was a little kid and thought it was hilarious the way the ghost move under the covers and stuff
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May 17, 2009Like everything but the ending, but it fits the novel better than the later remake. Much scarier and atmospheric too. Something about the bending door and laughter/crying coming from behind the wallpaper still gets me.
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May 15, 2009A creepy and effective film that really makes you think about the titular haunting and the haunted characters.
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April 19, 2009When I was a Boy, this movie scared the S__T out of me. Its still scary today. Without special effects even
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April 5, 2009No gore,no violence,no monsters. Still one of the BEST horror movies ever. EVER!
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March 26, 2009This was a pretty messed up film! I thought it was a real masterpiece though.
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March 2, 2009This movie was pretty frightening. Watch it late at night with the lights off.
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February 17, 2009A classy and classic Ghost Story, this movie has been imitated often, but never topped. If you love ghost stories, this is an absolute must-see!
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January 30, 2009This movie really creeped me out, even though it was one that was made in the 60s. You hear lots of scary noises and a lot of weird things happen. Nothing really gory or bloody happens.
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December 19, 2008Great horror movie. I'm amazed how very well directed this B/W picture really was. I enjoyed the conversations (for once women are not equal to stupid beautiful creatures as is so many times the case in 60ies movies!) It wasn't so scary but the camera work is great and makes it c...( read more)
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December 2, 2008I saw the remake. I didn't realize it was a remake though until just now.
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November 18, 2008This is far better than the 1999 remake for 2 reasons: the lack of actually seeing the ghost, and Luke's reaction to becoming a believer.
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November 12, 2008Old school! I just wished that they didn't pick Julie Harris as the lead actress, there's something with this woman that I don't like... Every time she showed up, she just pissed me off, just like what she did to me in James Dean's East of Eden.
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November 8, 2008Robert Wise's elegant piece is a triumph of soft-sell horror. A good old fashioned ghost story, an eerie atmosphere of sustained threat and some gently understated performances and direction make this first-rate stuff. Quite the opposite of the recent re-make, which I'd advise y...( read more)
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November 3, 2008Not particularly scary, plus the real-time voice-over narration seems hokey now.
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October 27, 2008robert wise's haunted house thriller still effective after all these years
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October 15, 2008Read the book. Read Shirley Jackson & MR James & LeFanu... just read. P/S: Has anyone ever noticed how truly bitchy Eleanor is in the orig? lol.
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October 12, 2008'The Haunting' (the original) is a spine tingling must for any horror movie fan. It may leave even the hardest person looking over his or her shoulder when the lights go out. Much unlike its pathetic remake in 1999, this classic horror movie is perfect for Halloween.
The fact...( read more)
