The Haunting

The Haunting is a masterly showcase for digital special effects, but it also demonstrates that it takes more than just impressive special effects to make a good film; for instance a good script, which is exactly what The Haunting lacks.
   The Haunting is an adaptation of a horror novel by Shirley Jackson, "The Haunting of Hill House". Hill House is a gothic mansion where Dr. Marrow will be spending the weekend together with three young people who have volunteered for his study of insomnia. In fact, Dr. Marrow's real field of study is fear, which he gets plenty of opportunities to study, because Hill House is definitely haunted - and not just by friendly ghosts!

Directed by:

Jan de Bont

Written by:
David Self from the novel "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson.

Cast:

Liam Neeson	Dr. David Marrow
Catherine Zeta-Jones	Theo
Lili Taylor	Eleanor 'Nell' Vance
Owen Wilson	Luke Sanderson
Bruce Dern	Mr. Dudley
Marian Seldes	Mrs. Dudley
Virginia Madsen	Jane
Michael Cavanaugh	Dr. Malcolm Keogh
Tom Irwin	Lou