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Genres:
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Horror /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Robert Wise
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Actors:
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Rosalie Crutchley,
Fay Compton,
Diane Clare,
Valentine Dyall,
Julie Harris,
Claire Bloom,
Richard Johnson,
Russ Tamblyn,
Lois Maxwell,
Ronald Adam
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Duration:
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112 min.
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Rating:
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(7.8/10)89.5
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Plot Summary:
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Dr. Markway, doing check in to prove the fact of ghosts, investigates Hill Parliament, a large, creepy mansion with a revolting recapitulation of violent ruin and absurdity. With him are the skeptical young Luke, who stands to inherit the house, the mysterious and clairvoyant Theodora and the insecure Eleanor, whose mind-reader abilities make her feel somehow attuned to whatever spirits inhabit the old mansion. As one of these days goes by it becomes much in evidence that they oblige gotten more than they bargained for as the phantasmal shade aplomb in the house manifests itself in horrific a... nd deadly ways.
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The Haunting
This is one of the pre-eminent supernatural chillers ever made. Richard Johnson plays the subjective researcher who brings along two mediums to serve him investigate a monstrously haunted mansion steeped in spectral phenomena. All the more effective after keeping its horrors unseen, helmsman Robert Warn of's autocratic reworking of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is an exercise in concealed mad dog. All you meditate on are pulsating walls and all you hear are loud pounding noises! Julie Harris shines as the spinster worst affected by the poltergeist events, whose psychical state is cleverly kept in matter everywhere in the tale.
The Haunting
Very much frightening but fatiguing and humourless melodrama with a lot of suspense, no visible spooks, and not sufficient plot for its length. The wide screen is a detriment.
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