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The Haunting
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The Haunting

1963 · NR · 1h 52m

You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror.

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…

Plot summary via TMDB

Release

In theaters
August 21, 1963

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Genres

dramamysteryhorrorthriller

Tags

Subgenre

supernaturalhaunted-house

Tone

psychologicalslow-burntragiccharacter-drivendread

Setting

isolated-location

Audience

gateway-horror
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Details

Budget$1.1M
Box office$1M

Directed by

Robert Wise

Written by

Nelson Gidding

Cinematography

Davis Boulton

Music

Humphrey Searle

Starring

Julie Harris as Eleanor Lance · Claire Bloom as Theodora · Richard Johnson as Dr. John Markway · Russ Tamblyn as Luke Sanderson · Fay Compton as Mrs. Sanderson · Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Dudley · Lois Maxwell as Grace Markway · Valentine Dyall as Mr. Dudley

Production

Argyle Enterprises, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

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