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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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Sep 24, 2002

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06/18/08
Todd McCarthy
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When you're not yawning at the digital ghosts, you're watching a cast of fine actors dogpaddling in cliches and terrible dialogue.

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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

...testament to the fact that well enough should be left alone.

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04/20/02
John J. Puccio
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03/22/02
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Doesn't try to spook you as much as it tries to browbeat you into a defeated, whimpering submission.

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03/08/02
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine

A psychologically apt thriller with the message that love is the only true antidote to fear.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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