The Haunting
Persistent spectral presence
*The Haunting* is a 1963 horror film directed by Robert Wise, adapted from Shirley Jackson's novel *The Haunting of Hill House*.
Widely considered one of the finest haunted house films ever made, it relies on psychological tension and suggestion rather than visible ghosts: *The Haunting* proves you don't need to show the monster.
A 1999 remake with the same title used heavy CGI effects and was poorly received.
- ghostApparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- mansionLarge, stately home
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
restless spirit · dread · apparition · bump in the night · chilling · shadows · paranormal · terror · supernatural · cold spot · creaking · whispers · possession · sinister · gothic · Eleanor · Hill House · Shirley Jackson
- horrorhorror, terror, fear, dread, bloody
- Horror FilmsThe Exorcist, Halloween, The Shining, Friday the 13th, Night of the Living Dead
- Robert Wise filmsWest Side Story, The Andromeda Strain
The Hauntingslasher film
Stalking killer horror genre
Friday the 13th · shock horror · body horror · found footage horror
The Hauntingjump scare
Abrupt frightening moment
blessing · exorcism · cleansing · banishment
The Hauntingjump scare
Abrupt frightening moment
sudden jolt · startle · shock