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The Haunting

Play trailer Poster for The Haunting PG-13 1999 1h 54m Horror Mystery & Thriller Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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17% Tomatometer 101 Reviews 28% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
This horror tale focuses on visitors to the secluded mansion of Hill House who have been called to the isolated location by Dr. David Marrow (Liam Neeson) as part of a study on insomnia. However, Marrow is really investigating fear, and he plans to scare the subjects, including the introverted Nell (Lili Taylor) and the seductive Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Unfortunately for Marrow and everyone staying at Hill House, the manor is actually haunted by an evil spirit out to torment its guests.
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Sophisticated visual effects fail to offset awkward performances and an uneven script in The Haunting

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David Ansen Newsweek Mar 2, 2018
A ghost has to work overtime to haunt Hill House...the best-that-money-can-buy technology of The Haunting shows how little you can make of too much. Go to Full Review
Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 28, 2010
2/5
High-tech remake is dumb and overblown. Go to Full Review
Susan Wloszczyna USA Today Jan 1, 2000
Director Jan De Bont may have made a cow fly in Twister, but he can't keep the howling dog called The Haunting from spinning into FX excess. Go to Full Review
Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Jul 29, 2024
2/5
Loud, brash and (worst of all) boring, Jan de Bont's adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel is a misfire in nearly every way. The sets look pretty, though. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 20, 2023
2/5
A bloated experience full of ineffective scares that rely entirely on lackluster visual effects. The impressive cast fails to get you to invest in anything happening in this haunted house. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Oct 11, 2021
3/5
...a good/bad movie that contains the ruins of an interesting film... Go to Full Review
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Donna B @BrideofBubbles121 1 day ago Sure, the acting isn't the best; but I genuinely feel that this movie is underrated. Just the house alone is overwhelming and visually appealing. Plus Liam Nelson is always a plus. I've always considered it a cheesy yet fun movie! See more J H @UpstateNYThriller 6 days ago 3.9/10 Haunting late 90s Poorly executed, over emotional, bad haunting not scary. Decent plot but just so poorly executed and the haunting and CGI suck Movie about Liam Neeson as a psychologist doing an experiment on people within insomnia to see how they react to hauntings. The haunting turns out to be real and the owner of the house previously killed a bunch of children who worked in his factories. Owen Wilson the daughter who disappeared from Six Feet Under Catherine Zeta-Jones Liam Neeson star studded cast. See more Robert P @Superbad Sep 13, 2026 The Haunting = a *1.5* star movie! See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 3, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Ricardo D @RT43154676 Jul 14, 2026 O que tem de melhor neste filme são os efeitos especiais, que hoje podem ser ruins mas na época eram assustadores. Também temos uma truilha sonora bem envolvente. Porém as atuações são ruins. Nunca entendi essa escalação de pessoas famosas para fazerem pontinhas no filme. See more Richard L @KaneLives Jul 12, 2026 A marvel of set design and digital effects - and little else - The Haunting (which seems to have nothing to do with Jackson's 'The Haunting of Hill House') is a wonderful product of its time, shot on sets the likes of which we might never see again, but populated by empty puppets of characters, acted to absurdly low standards aside from a decent Neeson, filmed by someone who supposedly thought he was orchestrating a ride in Disneyland, with a main character who's more messed up and unrealistic than the entire house ever could be. Not as rotten as critics at the time said it was, but nowhere near fresh enough to have a second bite either. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis This horror tale focuses on visitors to the secluded mansion of Hill House who have been called to the isolated location by Dr. David Marrow (Liam Neeson) as part of a study on insomnia. However, Marrow is really investigating fear, and he plans to scare the subjects, including the introverted Nell (Lili Taylor) and the seductive Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Unfortunately for Marrow and everyone staying at Hill House, the manor is actually haunted by an evil spirit out to torment its guests.
Director
Jan de Bont
Producer
Susan Arnold, Colin Wilson, Donna Arkoff Roth
Screenwriter
Shirley Jackson, David Self
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG, Warner Home Vídeo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Production Co
DreamWorks SKG, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Argyle Enterprises
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 23, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$91.2M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Surround, Mono, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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