Rotten
The artful cinematic strokes of director Robert Wise and staff are not quite enough to override the major shortcomings of Nelson Gidding's screenplay.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Haunting
You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror.
1963 · 1h 52m · G
Horror
Directed by
Robert Wise
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The Haunting
Overview
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
Director and cast
- Robert Wise Director
- Julie Harris as Eleanor Lance
- Claire Bloom as Theodora
- Richard Johnson as Dr. John Markway
- Russ Tamblyn as Luke Sanderson
- Fay Compton as Mrs. Sanderson
- Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Dudley
- Lois Maxwell as Grace Markway
- Valentine Dyall as Mr. Dudley
- Diane Clare as Carrie Fredericks
- Ronald Adam as Eldridge Harper
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
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.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
Makes more goose pimples than sense.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
People stare about in terror and squeak: 'The house, it's alive!' The picture, it's dead.
TIME Magazine
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