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The Haunting

Starring: Julie Harris; Claire Bloom & Richard Johnson Director: Robert Wise

DVD Features:

• Region 1; USA & Canada
• Snap Case
• Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.39
• Audio:

Description by OLDIES.com:

"It was an evil house from the beginning, a house that was born bad." The place is the 90-year-old mansion called Hill House. No one lives there. Or so it seems. But please do come in. Because even if you don't believe in ghosts, there's no denying the terror of The Haunting. Robert Wise returned to psychological horror for this much admired, first screen adaptation of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. Four people come to the house to study its supernatural phenomena. Or has the house drawn at least one of the them to it? The answer will unnerve you in this "elegantly sinister scare movie. It's good fun" (Pauline Kael, 5001 Nights at the Movies).

Product Description:

A paranormal investigator invites a trio of people to help him examine Hill House, a sinister family estate haunted by the angry souls from its troubled past. While Eleanor (Julie Harris) looks for an escape from the memory of her recently-deceased mother, she becomes increasingly obsessed with the history of the huge, ominous house. Based on Shirley Jackson's lyrical novel, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, and one of the most frightening psychological horror films ever made, featuring virtually no blood, gore, or monsters for its effective scares.

Plot Keywords:

Based On A Novel | Classic | Essential Cinema | Ghosts | Haunted Houses | Psychic Forces | Psychodrama | Recommended | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• Theatrical Release: September 18, 1963.
• Adapted from Shirley Jackson's classic story, "The Haunting of Hill House."

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