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The Haunting (1999)
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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...
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There were only two things that kept me interested in this film: I was waiting for Owen Wilson to die, and Catherine Zeta Jones.
This was basically a one woman show. Catherine Zeta Jones was just there to provide eye-candy. Liam Neeson was totally wasted in this film. Like Jones, he had no role at all. The film was all...
(complete The Haunting review by B Movie Ben)
| The Haunting Movie Review by BuZZeRK (12/24/2007) |
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Since I have already seen the original,superior-by-a-mile 'Haunting' (1963) it's impossible for me not to compare it to this schlocky remake.
Correction.....Actually 'it is' impossible to compare these 2 movies. It would be pretty much like comparing listening to a favourite piece of music played exactly the way I like to...
(complete The Haunting review by BuZZeRK)
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(6/5/2007)
