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Genres:
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Horror /
Thriller /
Mystery
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Release:
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Director:
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Jan de Bont
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Actors:
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Charles Gunning,
Saul Priever,
Hadley Eure,
Lili Taylor,
Liam Neeson,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Owen Wilson,
Bruce Dern,
Marian Seldes,
Alix Koromzay,
Todd Field,
Virginia Madsen,
Michael Cavanaugh,
Tom Irwin,
M.C. Gainey
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Duration:
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108 min.
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Rating:
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(4.5/10)66.5
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Plot Summary:
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Hill House was built one hundred and thirty years ago and is filled with tales of tragedy but has the domicile remarkably been left side empty? A century later Dr David Morrow brings three people to Hill House and soon the ghosts of the past manifest themselves in shocking visitations. Was this the reason that the group was warned that no one stays in the board at night... in the glowering...?
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Tags:
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Waste of talents
Possibly the worst 'horror' movie I have ever watched. A waste of talents of what one would think was such a gifted cast.
Haunted
Words cannot begin to describe how utterly appallingly awful this film really is. I know people are always writing in reviews 'this is the worst film I have ever seen' but for me this one really is. Based on the original novel The Haunting of Hill House and the original film The Haunting - both of which are scarey, creepy, traditional ghost stories this remake had a lot to live up to. Instead of learning from the original though director DeBont walks all over it, destroying the story and making the plot a complete farce. The special effects are used as a substitute for directorial talent, they are no more scarey than a computer game. The acting is terrible as though the cast cannot believe the scripts they have been given and are reading from them half heartedly. As a whole the fil...
A complete masterclass...
...in how not to pressurize a scary movie. Or any big-hearted of movie, for that count. Words be me. This is utter bilge from beginning to end, but would purposes not worth such vitriol on my part if it was not based on what is undoubtedly the greatest haunted company movie of all culture (yes, including The Shining) - the original The Haunting from 1966. Ebony and white, hardly any special effects, and it will frighten the bejessus at liberty of you. But this is a review of the remake, so with a heavy heart here are some of its sundry flaws; a house that looks as creepy as a ride at Disneyland. No-a certain builds houses this excepting from flick picture show mise en scene designers, so - thwack me down with a feather - you should not be amazed that you throw away the with few exceptions...
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