The Haunting (1999)
When Eleanor, Theo, and Luke decide to take part in a sleep study at a huge mansion they get more than they bargained for when Dr. Marrow tells them of the house's ghostly past. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jan de Bont
Written By: Shirley Jackson, David Self
Starring: Bruce Dern, Liam Neeson, Virginia Madsen, Owen Wilson, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Marian Seldes
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
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The Haunting belongs to 16 collections
1. Based on a Book (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 21 stars)
2. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
3. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)
4. Remake (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 9 stars)
5. Ghosts (collaborative: moderated by mpowell - 8 stars)
6. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)
7. Haunted House (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 4 stars)
8. We Hate Movies podcast (collaborative: moderated by NBD Rab - 4 stars)
9. Nostalgia Critic Episodes (collaborative: moderated by KirkJiggler - 4 stars)
10. Horror remake (collaborative - 1 star)
11. Available on Starz (public: Jason212 - 1 star)
12. Supernatural horror (collaborative)
13. Jerry Goldsmith (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross)
14. Mind blowing collection (collaborative: moderated by hakkanarejo)
15. My Movie Collection (public: cyrax_36)
16. seen in 2021 (public: sproost)
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overrated | 14 7th |
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Zeta-Jones is a lesbian and Owen Wilson gets decapitated, yet somehow this is a terrible film.
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Paxton | 26 3rd |
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Less is more is better than more is less is worse than some is not enough is equal to anything is now over the top is far more boring than this is this.
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BeeDub | 68 15th |
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Stupid and not scary, no matter how many CGI ghosts it throws at us. Skip it and watch the original again.
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TimeCapsule | 58 48th |
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Remember all the subtly and restraint of the original "The Haunting"(1963), well the remake says forget that, throws away any ambiguity, and cranks the ghost nonsense up to eleven. Honestly this film is a guilty pleasure of mine. While in no way is it frightening or suspenseful, luckily where it fails at being spooky, it ends up being pretty darn goofy. With the right mindset, this ridiculous over-the-top CGI ghost schlockfest, makes for a fun unintentional comedy.
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Ytadel | 1 5th |
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This film's distinct lack of any quality, suspense, or scares has been HAUNTING me ever since 1999!
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spleen | 45 19th |
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Purgatory's over. You go to hell, Jan de Bont!
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Big Lemons | 60 6th |
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More than 50 because Owen Wilson gets decapitated.
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talonmalon | 1 0th |
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This is just what we needed. Taking an excellent, psychological horror film and remaking it into a whimsical CGI fest, in a manner that almost makes it seem like a family film. But that's fine, cause you know, "it's about family". Best of all, they had the courtesy to edit out all that pesky quality from the original version.
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doctor7 | 14 7th |
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One genuine scare throughout the entire film. The rest is plagued with being simply poor in all aspects.
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willofgaia | 15 0th |
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"I have to save the children!" Save yourself from this movie, instead.
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Alex Watkins | 0 3rd |
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Even worse than the original, which I didn't like either. And a movie with Catherine Zeta-Jones as a lesbian has so much promise.
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martryn | 34 6th |
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For a cast of solid actors (including Liam fucking Neeson), this film really fucking blows. Lili Taylor does not play a convincing character, and she's certainly not likeable in this movie. Zeta-Jones is sexy, and Owen Wilson is a caricature. The film doesn't really surprise, the special effects suck, and the ending is predictably retarded. Compare this to the earlier film, which is pretty decent, and this thing is a fucking travesty.
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| 1 | Manhatta | 0 0th |
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The worst remake I've ever watched. Fucking CGI bed.
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UniqueName | 51 12th |
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It looks like they hired writers for the first half of the movie, then they went home eat lunch and never came back. Creepy crying kids and some images prevent this movie from being hated, but really don't need to see this again.
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| 1 | pompousass | 0 12th |
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Why would insomniacs have been thought to be particularly good subjects for the study of fear? Where's the correlation? This later version has been thoroughly de-psychologized -- and, an important distinction, de-psychicized -- and it substitutes a heart-tugging rescue of the perfectly harmless ghosts of 19th-century child laborers from the malevolent ghost of a sweatshop Scrooge. It stands entirely on its own. Or rather, it falls.
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 54 12th |
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I will admit this movie frightened me when I was 12, but not so much when I'm 22. Some cool scenes and it builds up fairly well, but it builds up to one of the most retarded endings I've seen in a horror movie, and I even thought so when I was 12.
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Cinema_Asia | 25 1st |
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There were a bunch of CGI haunted house scenes with no suspense. In the late 90's early '00 they were churning out a bunch of these polished horror movies that were just full of CGI with bad acting.
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dunbar | 40 8th |
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Re: House on Haunted Hill. Yes, this is indeed the more crap one of the two.
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hellboy76 | 28 8th |
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I actually liked some of the visuals and the cast is more talented than your average horror movie, but they apparently forgot to have stuff happen.
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Ununnilium | 24 12th |
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That was entertainingly bad, but not *as* entertaining as I expected. The writing keeps trying to be low-key - starting off as low-key family drama and moving into low-key creepiness basically up until the big climax. This doesn't work for multiple reasons, but especially because the set design and special effects are dedicated to being as gaudy and over-the-top as humanly possible. (I do appreciate that the polyamorous bisexual was a good person, but I'm not sure that was a conscious decision.)
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eCitizen | 20 8th |
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Expensive and full of ineffective special effects that become increasingly more stupid and unbelievable as the movie progresses. Some good acting, and a few nice effects. But, it becomes tedious and boring. They took every special effect too far. These story tellers have completely lost the art of telling a story that a person can become invested in. Instead of engaging the audience, they simply bombard you with ever increasing amounts of nonsense.
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QtheAlmighty | 47 6th |
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Whenever Owen Wilson appears in this movie, my anus clenches and I tear up at the memory of the pure awkward and terrible he oozes as he slugs through this incredibly mundane "horror" film.
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Shellish | 55 12th |
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Lol, okay, this was obviously ridiculous, but it was kind of entertaining right? I had a good time, I swear, and I mean, it looked pretty enough. The acting wasn't bad, really. It had a campy charm, c'mon you guys. What do you expect??
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| Average Percentile 20.57% from 2127 Ratings |  |