Rating: G
Genre: Horror
Release Date: 08/05/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

One of the most highly regarded haunted house films ever produced, Robert Wise's The Haunting (based on Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House) weaves the dark tale of a questionably sane young woman and a sinister house which holds a terrifying past. Invited to join anthropologist Dr. Markway (Richard Johnson), ESP expert Theodora (Claire Bloom), and probable heir to the estate Luke Sanderson (Russ Tamblyn) in order to dispel the near mythical tales that surround the house, unstable Eleanor Vance (Julie Harris) agrees to spend a few nights in the house following the death of her mother. As they slowly begin to discover, the horrific and seemingly unbelievable tales may hold more truth than the skeptical guests might have previously expected. With a seemingly unstoppable supernatural force lurking in every shadow, the probability of anyone escaping the evil clutch of the cursed mansion seems increasingly remote.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Julie Harris - Eleanor Vance
Claire Bloom - Theodora
Richard Johnson - Dr. John Markway
Russ Tamblyn - Luke Sanderson
Lois Maxwell - Grace Markway
Fay Compton - Mrs. Sanderson

Production:
Robert Wise - Director
Robert Wise - Producer
Humphrey Searle - Composer
Ernest Walter - Editor
Nelson Gidding - Screen Writer
John Jarvis - Set Designer
Denis Johnson - Associate Producer
Shirley Jackson - Book Author
Alan McCabe - Camera Operator
Davis Boulton - Cinematographer
Mary Quant - Costume Designer
Maude Churchill - Costume Designer
David Tomblin - First Assistant Director
Humphrey Searle - Musical Direction/Supervision
Elliot Scott - Production Designer
A.W. Watkins - Sound/Sound Designer
Gerry Turner - Sound/Sound Designer
Tom Howard - Special Effects
Tom Smith - Makeup

What Lies Beneath
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The Sixth Sense [Blu-ray]
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The Masterpiece Theatre: Turn of the Screw
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The Changeling
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Stir of Echoes [Special Edition]
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The Legend of Hell House
    Pamela Franklin / PG / 1973
The Fog
    Adrienne Barbeau / R / 1979
Ghost Story
    Fred Astaire / R / 1981
The Innocents
    Deborah Kerr / NR / 1961
The Turn of the Screw
    NR / 1974
Sometimes They Come Back
    Tim Matheson / R / 1991

1979 Telluride Film Festival

1963 Golden Globe