The Haunting
Horror
7.074/10
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|112 min
Release Date: 1963-03-28
Overview - Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
Production Companies
Argyle EnterprisesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer British StudiosMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
User Reviews
Nutshell
10/10
Many years ago little nutshell asked Mommy and Daddy for permission to stay up and watch this movie. He soon regretted it, as this bone-chilling ghost story nearly caused the young lad to soil his shorts, and it would be several more days until he could fall asleep with the lights out. Even today, I can't watch this movie in an empty house with the lights off. It's just too damn scary. Robert W...
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John Chard
10/10
And whatever walked there, walked alone. The Haunting is directed by Robert Wise and adapted to screenplay by Nelson Gidding from the Shirley Jackson novel The Haunting of Hill House. It stars Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn and Lois Maxwell. Music is by Humphrey Searle and cinematography by David Boulton. Hill House has a troubled history, death, either by accident...
