The Haunting (1999)
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| Directed by | Jan de Bont |
| Produced by | Donna Roth Colin Wilson Susan Arnold |
| Screenplay by |
David Self Michael Tolkin |
| Based on |
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson |
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| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Edited by | Michael Kahn |
| Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures |
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114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $80 million |
| Box office | $177.3 million |
The Haunting is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Jan de Bont. The film is a remake of the psychological horror film of the same name. Both of them are based on the 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. The Haunting stars Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor. It was released in the United States on July 23, 1999.
Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Lili Taylor) has cared for her invalid mother for 11 years. After her mother dies, her sister Jane (Virginia Madsen) and Jane's boyfriend Lou (Tom Irwin) eject her. Nell receives a phone call about an insomnia study, directed by Dr. David Marrow (Liam Neeson) at Hill House, a secluded manor in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, and applies for it. At the house, she meets Mr. and Mrs. Dudley (Bruce Dern, Marian Seldes), a strange pair of caretakers. Two other participants arrive, Luke Sanderson (Owen Wilson) and Theodora (Catherine Zeta-Jones), along with Dr. Marrow and his two research assistants. Unknown to the participants, Dr. Marrow’s true purpose is to study the psychological response to fear, intending to expose his subjects to increasing amounts of terror. Each night, the caretakers chain the gate outside Hill House, preventing anyone from getting in or out until morning.
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