
A remake of the classic 1963 movie "The Haunting" about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back.... (Full plot summary below)
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A remake of the classic 1963 movie "The Haunting" about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back.
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| TNT's Rough CutChristopher BrandonMost of De Bont's effects, particularly the busts of children, are more amusing than they are frightening. |
| Matinee MagazineChuck RudolphDoesn't try to spook you as much as it tries to browbeat you into a defeated, whimpering submission. |
| Hollywood Report CardRoss AnthonyHas an unseen enchantment, so aptly sets spinning like a huge magnificent gyroscope on a string |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallThe story is a mess, but for long periods of time that hardly matters. It's beside the point, as we enter one of the most striking spaces I've ever seen in a film. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe Haunting can't quite decide whether it's an out-and-out thriller, a psychological drama, or a systematic demonstration of the latest computer-generated effects. But it should attract big crowds for a weekend or two on the strength of its attractive stars and deliciously spooky setting. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinA lavish illustration of how to take a fairly modest black-and -white horror film from 1963 and amplify it so relentlessly that the sight of the flying cow in Twister would not be all that amiss. |
| Film.comErnest HardyThere are few truly frightening moments in the film, little tension or real sense of menace, and the camp humor that is suggested in early scenes dissipates fairly quickly. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenDirector Jan de Bont, known for the razzle he put into the exciting movie Speed and the subsequent dud Twister, proves himself unable to break away from depending on dazzle to substitute for substance. |
| MSNBCJoe LeydonYou can spend millions instead of thousands on a production, and still have nothing more than a B-movie. |
| Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanThis latest special-effects free-for-all from Jan De Bont is a lavish illustration of how to take a fairly modest black-and-white horror film from 1963 and amplify it so relentlessly that the sight of the flying cow in Twister would not be all that amiss. |