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The Haunting
from Warner Home Video
starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton
directed by Robert Wise

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Black & White
• Closed-captioned
• Dubbed

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• All-Time Best Horror Movie.
  I like all genres and all eras and have a very minimal bias. The Haunting may not be on every teen's top ten; it is not a slasher/ gore movie. It IS spooky, frightening and incomparably suspenseful. My wife will rarely submit to watching anything with me but horror movies, and this is her favorite! She has seen them all. If you are under 35 years, and want to see the best of the classics, this is hard to beat. I know, there is competition: The Shining by Kubrick, and a few silent films if you want to get to... more info

• Mesmerizing, Beautiful, and...Haunting
  The Haunting still remains the definitive haunted house story-- a weird assortment of people gathered together to spend the night in a large, extravagent house with a gruesome history. The movie gives us many strange images and leaves the main question intact: is the house really haunted or not? Although I can't say I was moved by Julie Harris' performance, she does her job in making us question the motives of an unlikable character, which is what the other characters do. The real stand-out in terms of... more info

• Five stars for film, two stars for Warner Bros. DVD treatment
  By far - the best haunted house story (or any film for that matter) ever filmed. I concur with every five star review that I have read on Amazon and do not need to restate the obvious.
  But I have a bone to pick with Warner Bros.
  The Haunting is considered masterpiece almost unanimously by all the top critic's. Meticulously made and directed by one of the greatest American directors Robert Wise. Yet this DVD version has been given only grade C treatment. The film used for this DVD does not appear... more info

• Even good for teens
  We liked this movie. My teenagers are usually quick to mock the movies I thought were scary at their age but they got into this one and enjoyed it.

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