A film about a 90 year old mansion that is known to be evil,
along with it its dark history. In the
movie the mansion (Hill House) belongs to an elderly woman who is asked by Dr.
Markway, a scientist who is fascinated with ghost, superstition, and anything
else that goes bump in the night, to observe the house with a group of handpicked
assistants.
Even though Dr. Markway is permitted to do his experiment
there is a problem. All of the assistants that he had chosen begin drop out of
the experiment, all except for three. Theodora with an extraordinary gift of
ESP, and then there’s Eleanor who lived in her sister’s living room in a small
apartment. Who also use to be caretaker of their ailing mother. Then finally
there’s Luke who is the heir of Hill house and was volunteered by his aunt to
join them.
When the group arrives at Hill House strange things begin to
happen inside the house. The feeling cold air in some of the rooms, strange
faces seen in the walls, and very loud pounding noise coming from the halls.
What I love about this movie is that they show no ghost… No projections, no men
wearing bed sheets, which are more terrifying because it forces your imagination’s
a worst fear take over.
This film was released in 1963 it is inspired by the novel,
The Haunting of Hill House, written by Shirley Jackson. In 1999 it was remade
but it was clearly not as good as the original. This film was directed by Robert
Wise and it stars Richard Johnson, Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, and Russ
Tamblyn. If you choose to watch this film I’d suggest that you don’t watch this
alone.
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