The Haunting

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j f Scared the hell out of me Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Mitch V Based on the novel by Shirley Jackson (author of "The Lottery") its an excellent movie that doesn't get its due. One of my top ten faves. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/12/24 Full Review John K First few times it scared me. Not only good acting but haunting musical score. Seems like a lot of Americans need more gore and violence in their movies these days, whereas I'm opposite, the scariest movies have some finess; it's not what you see but what you don't see. This movie is like that. And it is a psychological study. Each character has some hidden depths. Julie Harris does a great job. While Dr Markaway reminds me of both Clark Gable and Ernest Hemingwway. Another great directorial effort by Wise. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/03/24 Full Review Morbeus f When I look at this film again after 50 years of seeing it I see why it was such a favorite of mine in the genre. Considering all the cgi and special effects of todays films this little gem managed to ackieve its goal of scarying the pants off us by the simplist of effects such as a great storyline, sound, camera techniques and the brilliance of two gifted actors whose interactions enhanced it especially Blooms internal dialogue. The recounting of the legend at the start with the history of the tragedies that befell all its vistors including its owner set the stage for the belief that it was truly malignant and evil in its nature even prior to these events. A simple ghost story brilliantly executed, suspending our sense of disbelief and a type of film that we should see more often but rarely do. Another one similar to it was the B&W version of the innocents Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/15/24 Full Review babarizam D Film doesnt follow its own plot apart from one point where one character mentioned geometric flaws in construction of the place. Movie did one good job to create fear. Apart from Doctor, none of them was qualified for the job and even at the end of the movie, doctor declared place is haunted without an emperical data to support. Lead character was traumatised and found psychological relief in that place. She had no other place where she could relate to so she wants to stay. I think director was fascinated by hitchcooks work Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review Sadie M - Hot doc - Queercoding - The kind of acting that you can't decide whether it's good or bad Everything a person could ask for in an old movie (especially of the horror variety). Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/25/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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