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Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, English, Dolby, Digital Audio
In this edge-of-your seat supernatural thriller featuring Hollywood’s hottest stars, a study in fear escalates into a heart-stopping nightmare for a professor and three subjects trapped in a mysterious mansion. For over a century, the dark and forbidding Hill House has sat alone and abandoned...or so it seemed. Intrigued by the mansion's storied past, Dr. Marrow (Liam Neeson) lures his three subjects--Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Nell (Lili Taylor) and Luke (Owen Wilson)--to the site for a seemingly harmless experiment. But, from the moment of their arrival, Nell seems mysteriously drawn to the house...and the attraction is frighteningly mutual. When night descends, the study goes horrifyingly awry as the subjects discover the haunting secrets that live within the walls of Hill House. Don’t miss the state-of-the-art special effects as Hill House unleashes its supernatural wrath in this latest thriller from the director of Speed and Twister.
"A funhouse of shrieks and screams." Joel Siegel
Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Parental Lock | | Deleted Scenes | | English Subtitles | | Behind-The-Scenes Featurette | | Theatrical Trailers | | Widescreen Version | | Scene Selection | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Dreamworks (Universal) |
| Release Date: 8/23/2005 |
| Running Time: 113 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 84820 | | UPC: 00667068482027 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...Extravagant technical prowess....This is a haunted house tale as high-tech as anyone could want..." 7/26-8/1/1999 p.34Sight and Sound
"...[A] bristling, attention-grabbing carnival funhouse of a picture..." 11/??/1999 p.44 Chicago Sun-Times
"...[Zanetti] has done a masterful job of creating interiors that seem to be alive with menace....The special effects are original and effective..." 07/23/1999 p.31 |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  4.5 | | Plot |  3.5 | | Acting | 4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction |  4 |
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5 of 5 Grrrrrrreat Thursday, December 27, 2007
A Viewer from Addison, IL
Its a great movie Was this review helpful?  
3 of 5 Remake Makes Me Want to Watch the Original Again. Monday, March 20, 2000
A Viewer from Paducah, KY
Shirly Jackson wrote the difinitive tale of a haunted house in her classic novel, 'The Haunting of Hill House.' Unfortuantely, the producers of this movie threw away her script and tried to write their own. It seems as if the writers don't even remember what came first in the movie--as the first people to fall victem to the curse of Hill House escape without any drama, while the main characters can't escape to save their lives. The acting is top rate, and the sets are the most lavish I've ever seen. Trouble is, the script should have been scrapped in favor of the original novel--or the script from the original 'Haunting of Hill House,' which is a far better movie indeed. Was this review helpful?
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5 of 5 Excellent for Dolby Digital Tuesday, January 04, 2000
Adam Z S from Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Haunting is a great movie. Anyone who owns a DVD player and Dolby Digital Receiver should be sure to add this movie to their collection. The sound blew me away! Was this review helpful?
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