Year:
1999
Studio:
DreamWorks SKG
Movie:
3/5
DVD:
2/5
Teaser
Three people with sleep disorders -- Eleanor (Lili Taylor), Theodora
(Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Luke (Owen Wilson) -- take part in a
scientific study held at a huge mansion on a hill, nine miles from any
other human habitation. Conducting the study is Doctor Marrow (Liam
Neeson), who is actually conducting a study on the psychology of fear.
But when unexplained things start happening is it all part of the
Marrow's plan or is the house really haunted?
Movie
"The Haunting" is a horror/thriller that I thought was fairly scary.
With only four possible victims, much of the first half of the movie is
set up and buildup. You get introduced to the characters and the house
and then slowly things happen. And not until the last third of the
movie do we really find out whether or not the strange things are just
delusions or actual supernatural phenomena.
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Actors
Although the other actors are fairly good, Lili Taylor steals the movie
with an amazing performance of an emotionally scarred woman. You really
feel that she has issues and that maybe she's really crazy in a not
easy to tell sort of way.
DVD
The movie is in wide screen format with a 25-minute behind-the-scenes
feature. The theatrical trailer is also included.
Recommendations
Not a bad movie but not especially recommendable. By its lackluster box
office I guess that horror fans didn't like it. |