The Haunting 1963

[psycho path]

I need your opinions! It looks really original!

[ParileseMonster]

It is original. It is a great movie and that remake was a total spit in the face. What a bunch of shit. I hated the remake. Lily Taylors damn character was so damn childish it was sickening and Catherine Zeta Jones is a beautiful lady but when she opens her mouth shit its all over. Her character is too damn hyper and fake!!! Stick to the original and have yourself a good time and guess what the original does not have any half ass, dumb ass, fake looking CGI!!! I hate that shit! I will take creativity before computers in movies any damn day! That computer stuff just ruins everything!!!

[psycho path]

Thanx man...Although i hated the CGI in the remake,i thought even that one was a bit creepy(ONLY A BIT!!!!)...

[FeydRautha]

I think I can honestly say that the original "The Haunting" scared the F*CK out of me when I first saw it. PM's right, you don't need a bunch of rabid CGI animators to create a frightening scene for the audience. I was heartbroken when they made such a mess out of the re-make.

Get it, buy it, add it to your collection. My friends laugh at me coz I won't watch the original on my own late at night...it's *that* good.

Enjoy.

[psycho path]

Anymore people like it?

[Antonio]

THE HAUNTING (1963) Directed by Robert Wise, adapted from the Shirley Jackson story titled “The Haunting Of Hill House”. A psychic investigation of a haunted New England mansion brings together an odd assortment of ghostbusters: a parapsychologist (Richard Johnson) and his skeptical wife (Lois Maxwell); a lonely spinster (Julie Harris) who falls under the house’s evil spell; a sexy Brit (Claire Bloom) with ESP; and the estate’s heir apparent (Russ Tamblyn). One of the best ghost stories ever told, “The Haunting” scores big time by focusing on the unseen rather than gory FX: ghostly hand-holding, unexplained noises, ghastly voices and an effectively creepy atmosphere. The set design is superb (love that twisty library staircase!), and Davis Boulton’s cinematography is excellent as well, providing brilliant, distorted camera angles. The cast is perfect, as is Wise’s direction. My grade: A

[psycho path]

BUMP

[izombie]

Excellant movie, kicks the living shit out of the remake.

Oh by the way this is going over to Past Horror Movies, continue your conversation there....