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The Haunting is a 1999 American horror, fantasy, and mystery film directed by Jan de Bont and written by Michael Tolkin. Based on Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, the movie stars Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, and Lili Taylor. Produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Roth/Arnold Productions, the narrative is set in Massachusetts.
The film has a runtime of 113 minutes and was released on July 23, 1999. It features a budget of $80,000,000 and generated $177,311,151 in revenue. Key crew members include composer Jerry Goldsmith, cinematographer Karl Walter Lindenlaub, editor Michael Kahn, and production designer Eugenio Zanetti. The movie is rated PG-13.
Critical reception includes a Metascore of 42 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 17%. Audience metrics show an IMDb rating of 5.0 from 82,177 votes and a TMDb average of 5.493. The film received four wins and fourteen nominations. It was distributed by Netflix via video on demand.
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5.5Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.
Cast
- Liam Neeson as Dr. David Marrow
- Lili Taylor as Nell
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Theo
- Owen Wilson as Luke Sanderson
- Bruce Dern as Mr. Dudley
- Marian Seldes as Mrs. Dudley
Themes
- based on novel or book
- painting
- trauma
- haunted house
- haunting
- castle
- insomnia
- bone
- poster
- child labor
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Ratings
IMDb
5/10
82,177 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
17%
Metacritic
42/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 4 wins & 14 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Haunting of Hill House
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Jan de Bont
- Screenwriter
- Michael Tolkin
- Cast member
- Tom Irwin
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Colin Wilson
- Production company
- DreamWorks
- Cinematographer
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Narrative location
- Massachusetts
- Filming location
- Long Beach
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 438468
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1999-10-14
- film editor
- Michael Kahn
- title
- The Haunting
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Eugenio Zanetti
- after a work by
- Shirley Jackson
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 3.8/10
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