InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Prichards12345 Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is rightly viewed as a classic of supernatural fiction, felt by some to be the best ghost story ever written (it's certainly one of the subtlest). I've read it at least 5 times and it never loses it's power to enthrall.Robert Wise's movie version, The Haunting, is a pretty faithful adaptation, presenting its four complex central characters marvellously well. Julie Harris, Richard Johnson, Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblyn are perfect casting choices, and there is the house itself...I don't think there's ever been a better "house with a personality" in movies than the depiction of Hill House here. Director Wise had form, of course, in the genre; having previously finished off Curse of The Cat People for Val Lewton and The Body Snatcher, both of which are superb films. The "Lewton Approach" is well served here in what Stephen King once described as "The world's only radio horror movie." That famous scene, where Harris and Bloom cling to each other in sublime terror while SOMETHING pounds on the door outside is one of my favourites in all horror movies. Eleanor even laughs at one point and makes a joke, a knowing comment from Wise, perhaps, on the reaction of audiences to horror movies.The basic plot is simply this: four people spend some time in a supposedly haunted house to investigate whether there is such a thing as the supernatural, and, as one of the four begins to submit to the aura of the house, Wise always keeps a balanced view - is it really largely in Eleanor's mind? Did she write the message to herself on the wall? Or is something really there, walking alone? The travesty of a remake that was produced in 1999 is a fine illustration of how low some of Hollywood movie-making has sunk. A total CGI mess, where the original is a masterpiece. Just my opinion - but this is a truly great film. Watch it at night, in the dark...

lastchancename-210-949164 I saw this as a pre-teen about 47 years ago, and while I'm not easily 'led', this film has been imprinted in my mind ever since - as a classic. The audience was fifty school kids on a Saturday night, running on 16mm film... Far more worthy than the more recent slasher genre, or the remake with Catherine Zeta Jones (but she's nice to look at!). Don't go in expecting CGI or effects. Have dinner, a glass of wine then watch it in a darkened room without distractions. A great example to show film students how script, acting and direction are far more important than colour, zombies or other 'horror' affectations. Just good solid filmmaking and will keep you up all night - if you 'get it' unlike some earlier reviews!

jacobjohntaylor1 This not scary movie at all. The only thing good I can say about this movie is that if it had not been made and ended being the unbelievable success that it was the remake would which is one of the best horror movies ever made would never have been made. Other then that this is badly written and has an awful ending. The acting was mediocre. I think people say that it is scary are to easy to scary. They probably not like the remake because they got to scared. Because it is one of the scariest movies ever made. It is not that I do think the old horror movies are scary. I think a lot of horror movies are scary. And this is not one of them. I think people are narrow minded about remakes and sequels and prequels. The reason people don't like the 1999 remake is because it is a remake. The remake was mush stronger story line. The story line in this one is just week. The acting is mush stronger in the remake. The story line is better and ending is better. The special are far more better. And that is a good thing believe me. This movie is overrated 60's cheese. Do not see this movie. Don't wast your time and money.

Johan Louwet Usually I'm not one who likes movies which are more about atmosphere than story. I think "The Haunting" is somewhere in between. The story looks pretty basic about a professor who wants to find evidence of supernatural and this in the spooky mansion Hill House where over the years some people died through accidents and suicide. We see this movie mostly through the eyes of Eleanor, a young woman living in with her sister's family desperately seeking for her own place. She is delighted that she is asked by professor Markway to join him in his quest. The other 2 paranormal investigators are Theodora and the legal heir of the mansion young guy Luke. No this movie doesn't have the sudden ghost faces that we see in today's horror. The horror is here created by noises and the visuals. And also the black/white cinematography as well as the mansion itself enable to create the creepy atmosphere it needs. I especially liked how we get to feel Eleanor's emotions through the voice in her head. She is terrified of the house yet also experiencing a strange attraction tot it. I think together with "The Innocents" one of the best haunted house movies.