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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780783237411
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783237413
Label: Dreamworks Video
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 23, 1999
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 9350
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Product Description:
An experiment in fear escalates into a heart-stopping nightmare for a professor and three subjects trapped in a haunted mansion with terrifying secrets. Special features: deleted scenes bios and production notes: directors commentary: two theatrical trailers and interactive menus. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2005 Starring: Catherine Zeta-jones Liam Neeson Run time: 113 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Jan De Bont
Amazon.com:
Suffering from the extreme bad luck of being released at the same time as the low-budget The Blair Witch Project, this adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House attempts to update Shirley Jackson's psychologically terrifying ghost story to the era of big-budget, computerized special effects. Does it work? Well, let's just say that showing isn't exactly the same as telling. A prime example of bloated studio filmmaking, The Haunting telegraphs all its frights so blatantly that it forsakes any of Jackson's subtle horrors for the remedial scares of a clunky carnival ride. The story remains basically the same, with four people called to an old mansion for experiments in the supernatural, but instead of getting inside the heads of its main characters (as the 1963 adaptation by Robert Wise did so well), Jan DeBont's film deserts character development for the huge, glorious set design provided by Eugenio Zanetti (Restoration). Thus, instead of a well-drawn story you get... a well-drawn house, one that four very talented and underutilized actors--Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liam Neeson, and Owen Wilson--wander around in endlessly (as Zeta-Jones puts it, the house is 'sort of Charles Foster Kane meets the Munsters'). Taylor, as the hypersensitive Nell, is the unknowing lynchpin in the battle between good and bad ghosts and gets saddled with most of the expository dialogue of the mansion's gothic backstory. Zeta-Jones (showing some spark) and Neeson (showing none) are sadly reduced to providing reactionary shots of the film's disastrous climax, which mixes hapless new-age affirmations with computer-generated effects of ghosts and exploding windows, walls, doors, etc. For this haunted-house story, take a quick tour of the breathtaking rooms, but definitely don't stay the night. --Mark Englehart
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This movie has a promising start; I liked the re-working of the scene between Eleanore, her sister, and brother-in-law in the beginning because it was the only scene I hated in the original 1963 version. Actually for about the first hour, it was tolerable. But then the special effects kick in and the movie goes downhill. Furthermore, I can think of two scenes where "get out of the way, stupid!" would have applied quite well. I could have done without the effects. I found it particularly confusing ... Read More
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Catherine Zeta Jones and Owen Wilson star in this creepy thriller! This is one scary story of a haunted house that wont rest! Its not like House on Haunted Hill where the house locks you in, this one is just trying to scare you to death while you reside in it! Watch this movie!
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A glitzy 1999 remake of the classic 1963 film of the same name, with different plot twists and an alternate ending.
* Spectacular sets and a star-studded cast make this movie fun to watch.
* The weak story line bears little resemblance to the brilliant 1963 movie, also called The Haunting.
* Cheesy plot twists and some "good scares" contribute to the fun. It's not a thriller, or even a serious movie.
Do not expect this movie to show you what ... Read More
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Get this one just to look at the sets and the stunning effects. I would say watch it with the sound off, but some of the sound design is impressive as well. They obviously spent a lot of money making this movie as beautiful as possible ... too bad they couldn't make it GOOD.
Shirley Jackson's novel _The Haunting of Hill House_ is one of my all-time favorites. I re-read it when I heard this movie was coming out, and I was eager to see it. It started well enough. Even though the premise ... Read More
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Hollywood reheats a classic, but this cheap serving is hardly very appetizing. This remake throws some heavy morsels of CGI down your throat and will give you indigestion.
Same basic story, some people volunteer to stay in an extravagant mansion. This time they aren't told about the house's dark past. They believe they are part of a study on insomnia. The truth is they are part of a controlled experiment on group fear.
Now I thought this was a nice alteration to the story. But unfortunately ... Read More
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