Based on Shirley Jackson's creepy tale titled ¨The haunting of Hill House¨, is a suspenseful and frightening terror movie by Robert Wise dealing with a haunted mansion and it was subsequently adapted (1999) by Jan De Bont . It's longly deemed one of the masterly crafted stories of terror ever brought to the screen ; ¨Haunting¨(1963) by Robert Wise , is a gripping film which still packs a punch . Hill House is a hundred-year-old haunted mansion , it is the setting for chosen group . The haunted house has an evil history with tragic accidents, suicide, and human misjudgement. It seems which the eerie mansion has been the place of several killing deaths . A psychologist scientist (Richard Johnson subsequently played by Liam Neeson) is a Pyschic researcher who assembles a group with histories linked to the paranormal . As three people are lured to a ghastly mansion deceived for fake pretenses realized by a psychological researcher . Nell (Julie Harris in posterior remake performed by Lili Taylor) was the subject of unexplained poltergeist activities as a child . She also is riddled with pain over her mother's death . Theo (Claire Bloom , ulterior role by Catherine Zeta Jones) is a clairvoyant who befriends Nell at Hill House . Furthermore , Luke Sanderson (Russ Tamblyn , posterior character by Owen Wilson ) is a cynical scion and Bon Vivant sent to make sure that the property and not affected by other characters . Together the group explore scary Hill House and their own insecurities and finally face off the evil that inhabits with hair-raising results . Through the course of the night some will unravel , some will question , and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back. As the days and nights pass, the group slowly begins to learn the terrifying secret behind the house's former owner. They soon realize that the house is pure evil, and they must battle a terrifying spirit to escape the house of nightmares .
This interesting terror movie is packed with thrills, intrigue, suspense, horror and lots of interminable screams . Acceptable budget , fine performance and exciting issues make for big scary scream-feast and frights . This is a chilling adaptation from Shirley Jackson's novel based on an assortment of ghouls and ghosts and gets a high rating . Splendid Julie Harris as a fragile , lovely youth who results to have unexpected ties to the creepy ghost , she's the mainly redeeming feature of this movie . Robert Wise had seen Julie Harris in a play and decided she was perfect for the leading role. She later confessed that shooting the picture had been very hard on her. She saw her character, Eleanor, in a different way than director Wise but didn't feel it was her place to disagree, so playing the part was a struggle for her . Strange and thrilling musical score by Searle and atmospheric cinematography by David Boulton . Director Robert Wise created a taut drama where the real question is who is haunted and who may be unstable . Robert Wise made the film as a dedication to the memory of his mentor, Val Lewton, who had died 12 years earlier . The picture is very well realized by Robert Wise , a successful director of all kind genres as musical as ¨West side story¨, ¨The sound of music¨ , Sci-fi as ¨The day the earth stood still¨, ¨Star Trek¨, ¨The Andromeda strain¨ and Terror as ¨The body snatchers¨ , ¨ Curse of the cat people¨, ¨Audrey Rose¨ and of course ¨The haunting¨ .
It turns out to be a chiller , being well produced and compellingly directed . And followed by an inferiors sequel (1999) by Jan De Bont, a mindless and average film with all the FX budget can be created and contains several scenes without sense , no logic and in little common to the novel . This is an inferior version that relies heavily on the impressive special effects , however the classic version is the best and the greatest as acting as atmosphere .
This interesting terror movie is packed with thrills, intrigue, suspense, horror and lots of interminable screams . Acceptable budget , fine performance and exciting issues make for big scary scream-feast and frights . This is a chilling adaptation from Shirley Jackson's novel based on an assortment of ghouls and ghosts and gets a high rating . Splendid Julie Harris as a fragile , lovely youth who results to have unexpected ties to the creepy ghost , she's the mainly redeeming feature of this movie . Robert Wise had seen Julie Harris in a play and decided she was perfect for the leading role. She later confessed that shooting the picture had been very hard on her. She saw her character, Eleanor, in a different way than director Wise but didn't feel it was her place to disagree, so playing the part was a struggle for her . Strange and thrilling musical score by Searle and atmospheric cinematography by David Boulton . Director Robert Wise created a taut drama where the real question is who is haunted and who may be unstable . Robert Wise made the film as a dedication to the memory of his mentor, Val Lewton, who had died 12 years earlier . The picture is very well realized by Robert Wise , a successful director of all kind genres as musical as ¨West side story¨, ¨The sound of music¨ , Sci-fi as ¨The day the earth stood still¨, ¨Star Trek¨, ¨The Andromeda strain¨ and Terror as ¨The body snatchers¨ , ¨ Curse of the cat people¨, ¨Audrey Rose¨ and of course ¨The haunting¨ .
It turns out to be a chiller , being well produced and compellingly directed . And followed by an inferiors sequel (1999) by Jan De Bont, a mindless and average film with all the FX budget can be created and contains several scenes without sense , no logic and in little common to the novel . This is an inferior version that relies heavily on the impressive special effects , however the classic version is the best and the greatest as acting as atmosphere .