The Haunting
The film follows Dr. John Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, who invites two women to a haunted mansion. One of the participants soon starts losing her mind.
31 December 1896, Bromyard, England, UK
1888 in Clerkenwell, London, England, UK
August 6, 1898 in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales, UK
June 7, 1956
7 May 1908, London, England, UK
30 December 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 February 1927, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
18 September 1894, West Kensington, London, England, UK
18 January 1911, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
15 February 1931, Finchley, London, England, UK
12 November 1921, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
December 1, 1904 in West Ham, London, England, UK
8 July 1938, London, England, UK
30 July 1927, Upminster, Essex, England, UK
December 9, 1934 in Guiseley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
4 January 1920, London, England, UK
2 December 1925, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, USA
October 19, 2008
A dark brooding atmosphere, disturbing psychological insights and a handful of suddenly executed surprises make this old horror as fresh and vital as the day it was made.
September 25, 2007
Properly creepy, unlike like the dodgy remake.
September 25, 2007
An undeniably effective adaptation of the Shirley Jackson novel and remains one of the best haunted-house movies.
August 29, 2011
Borderline perfect... Strip away all of its frightening elements, and the film remains a sophisticated, complex, and tremendously subtle character study.
September 23, 2006
What makes the film so effective is not so much the slightly sinister characterisation of the generally neurotic group, but the fact that [director] Wise makes the house itself the central character, a beautifully designed and highly atmospheric entity.
October 07, 2013
This is one of the best supernatural chillers ever made.
May 09, 2005
Makes more goose pimples than sense.
September 25, 2007
The artful cinematic strokes of director Robert Wise and staff are not quite enough to override the major shortcomings of Nelson Gidding's screenplay.
September 06, 2009
The horror remains admirably attuned to the sense of solitude in a premature spinster
September 25, 2007
Pretty effective when it came out; it may be a little stiff in the joints by now, but it's still a much better scare show than the recent stinker remake.
February 06, 2017
...one of the most fascinating aspects of The Haunting is the multiple interpretations available for many events, which might be supernatural, or might be the product of a disturbed mind or distorted perceptions.
October 19, 2008
People stare about in terror and squeak: 'The house, it's alive!' The picture, it's dead.
