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The Haunting

  • 19991999
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
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Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Haunting (1999)
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  • Fantasy
  • Horror
  • Mystery

A study in fear escalates into a heart-stopping nightmare for a professor and three subjects trapped in a mysterious mansion.A study in fear escalates into a heart-stopping nightmare for a professor and three subjects trapped in a mysterious mansion.A study in fear escalates into a heart-stopping nightmare for a professor and three subjects trapped in a mysterious mansion.

IMDb RATING
5.0/10
76K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,090
272
  • Director
    • Jan de Bont
  • Writers
    • David Self(screenplay)
    • Shirley Jackson(novel "The Haunting of Hill House")
  • Stars
    • Liam Neeson
    • Catherine Zeta-Jones
    • Owen Wilson
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jan de Bont
  • Writers
    • David Self(screenplay)
    • Shirley Jackson(novel "The Haunting of Hill House")
  • Stars
    • Liam Neeson
    • Catherine Zeta-Jones
    • Owen Wilson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 868User reviews
    • 160Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 14 nominations

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    Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Owen Wilson in The Haunting (1999)
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    Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, and Todd Field in The Haunting (1999)
    Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Owen Wilson in The Haunting (1999)
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    Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Haunting (1999)
    Lili Taylor and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Haunting (1999)
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    Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Owen Wilson in The Haunting (1999)

    Top cast

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    Liam Neeson
    Liam Neeson
    • Dr. David Marrowas Dr. David Marrow
    Catherine Zeta-Jones
    Catherine Zeta-Jones
    • Theoas Theo
    Owen Wilson
    Owen Wilson
    • Luke Sandersonas Luke Sanderson
    Lili Taylor
    Lili Taylor
    • Nellas Nell
    Bruce Dern
    Bruce Dern
    • Mr. Dudleyas Mr. Dudley
    Marian Seldes
    Marian Seldes
    • Mrs. Dudleyas Mrs. Dudley
    Alix Koromzay
    Alix Koromzay
    • Mary Lambettaas Mary Lambetta
    Todd Field
    Todd Field
    • Todd Hackettas Todd Hackett
    Virginia Madsen
    Virginia Madsen
    • Janeas Jane
    Michael Cavanaugh
    Michael Cavanaugh
    • Dr. Malcolm Keoghas Dr. Malcolm Keogh
    Tom Irwin
    Tom Irwin
    • Louas Lou
    Charles Gunning
    • Hugh Crainas Hugh Crain
    Saul Priever
    • Ritchieas Ritchie
    M.C. Gainey
    M.C. Gainey
    • Large Manas Large Man
    Hadley Eure
    • Carolyn Crainas Carolyn Crain
    Kadina de Elejalde
    • Rene Crainas Rene Crain
    • (as Kadina Halliday)
    Alessandra Benjamin
    Alessandra Benjamin
    • Psych Patient #1as Psych Patient #1
    Karen S. Gregan
    • Psych Patient #2as Psych Patient #2
    • (as Karen Gregan)
    • Director
      • Jan de Bont
    • Writers
      • David Self(screenplay)
      • Shirley Jackson(novel "The Haunting of Hill House")
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    Storyline

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    A remake of the classic 1963 movie "The Haunting" about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back. —PofRules
    • haunted house
    • mansion
    • insomniac
    • horror movie remake
    • old house
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • A Jan de Bont film
    • Genres
      • Fantasy
      • Horror
      • Mystery
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for intense horror sequences
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Stephen King wrote the first draft of the script. When this fell through, he re-worked it into Rose Red.
    • Goofs
      (at around 43 mins) The curtains of Nell's room clearly aren't long enough to cover the bed as shown during the first night at Hill House.
    • Quotes

      Eleanor "Nell" Vance: Purgatory is over, you go to hell!

    • Crazy credits
      At the beginning, the music from Dreamwork's studio is not heard. Instead we hear the strange noises from inside Hill House.
    • Alternate versions
      The trailer features two little scenes which were not used in the final film. In the first scene, which was probably cut from the sequence where Eleanor and Theo go through the house for the first time, they find a door, which they open, only to find a brick wall. The second scene is a piece of dialogue between Eleanor and Theo. Eleanor asks "Have you ever kept something to yourself because you were afraid?" to which Theo answers "All the time."
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Stanley Kubrick Tribute (1999)

    User reviews868

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    Suspenseful and frightening terror movie about a haunted mansion
    It's a remake to long deemed one of the masterly crafted stories of horror ever brought to the screen ¨Haunting¨(1963) by Robert Wise , a gripping film which still packs a punch . Hill House is a hundred-year-old haunted mansion , it is the setting for chosen group . The haunted house has an evil history with tragic accidents, suicide, and human misjudgement. It seems which the scary mansion has been the place of several killing deaths . A psychologist scientist (Liam Neeson) is a Pyschic researcher who assembles a group with histories linked to the paranormal. As three people are lured to an eerie mansion deceived for fake pretenses realized by a psychological researcher . Nell (Lili Taylor) was the subject of unexplained poltergeist activities as a child. She also is riddled with pain over her mother's death. Theo (Catherine Zeta Jones) is a clairvoyant who befriends Nell at Hill House. Owen Wilson plays a cynical and Bon Vivant sent to make sure that the property is not affected by the researchers. Together the group explore Hill House and their own insecurities and finally face off the evil that inhabits with hair-raising results .

    Mindless and average film is packed with thrills, intrigue, suspense, horror and lots of interminable screams with no sense. However , this is an inferior version that relies heavily on the impressive special effects courtesy of ILM - Industrial Light Magic- , George Lucas owner . High budget makes for big scary scream-feast and frights . Splendid Lili Taylor as a fragile , lovely youth who results to have unexpected ties to the creepy ghost , she's the only redeeming feature of this uneven movie. Supposedly based on Shirley Jackson's creepy tale titled ¨The haunting of Hill House¨, it has little in common with the novel . Stirring and exciting musical score fitting to terror by the veteran maestro Jerry Goldsmith . Very good and colorful cinematography by Karl Walter Lindellaub . Director Jan De Bont created a taut drama where the real question is who is haunted and who may be unstable.The picture is middling realized in his third-time as director by Jan De Bont, a successful cameraman (Basic Instict, Die Hard) and Paul Verhoveen's ordinary photographer and occasionally director (Speed , Twister). The film will appeal to Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta Jones fans. This is a chilling adaptation from Shirley Jackson's novel based on an assortment of ghouls and ghosts and gets a mediocre rating . It turns out to be a chiller with all the FX budget can be created , being lavishly produced ,but also contains several scenes in little sense and no logic.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 23, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La maldición
    • Filming locations
      • Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • Roth-Arnold Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $80,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $91,411,151
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $33,435,140
      • Jul 25, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $177,311,151
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital EX
      • SDDS
      • DTS-ES
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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