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The Haunting

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The Haunting (1999)

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Reviews Counted:88

Fresh:15

Rotten:73

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: Sophisticated visual effects fail to offset awkward performances and an uneven script.

Runtime: 2 hrs 23 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Jan DeBont (SPEED, TWISTER) remakes Robert Wise's subtle and terrifying 1963 haunted house tale as a computer-effects laden thrill ride. A professor (Neeson) and three subjects (Zeta-Jones and... Jan DeBont (SPEED, TWISTER) remakes Robert Wise's subtle and terrifying 1963 haunted house tale as a computer-effects laden thrill ride. A professor (Neeson) and three subjects (Zeta-Jones and indie heroes Taylor and Wilson) spend an night in an old house with sinister secrets for the sake of a sleep disorder study...but no one gets much sleep. Based on Shirley Jackson's novel. [More]

Starring: Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, Lili Taylor

Starring: Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, Lili Taylor

Director: Jan de Bont

Director: Jan de Bont
Producer: Susan Arnold, Donna Arkoff Roth, Colin Wilson
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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A blaring kitsch project of a horror film.

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Steven Rosen
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Denver Post
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Looking terrified and screaming is really all that's required in David Self's inane script.

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Susan Granger
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The Haunting is a muddled mess that defies any rationality.

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Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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Director Jan De Bont may have made a cow fly in Twister, but he can't keep the howling dog called The Haunting from spinning into FX excess.

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More hokey than haunting.

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Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
San Francisco Examiner

The idea that this film is supposedly based on the classic novel by Jackson is an insult to the author. The words 'insinuated by' would be more factual.

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Not very scary.

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