Shirley Jackson Archives

The Haunting (1963)

Rating: ★★★★★

Nov 3, 1999Haunted House

This is the finest haunted house film of all. In Robert Wise’s hands, the ghosts are unseen and only ever psychological and suggested – the results are terrifying. Adapted from Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House

Director: Robert Wise

Actors: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, …

Category: Horror

3 November 19992 April 2026 by Roog

The Haunting (1999)

Rating: ★

Jul 25, 1999Haunted House

The original 1963 version of The Haunting was a masterpiece of unseen psychological horrors. This, in which all of the psychological horrors are replaced by loud and unsubtle CGI bombast, is one of the worst remakes of all time

Director: Jan De Bont

Actors: Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson, …

Category: Horror

25 July 19993 November 2025 by Roog

The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 22, 2018Haunted House

The original The Haunting is the finest ghost story ever made. One was sceptical that this remake as a tv mini-series of ten 50 minute episodes would come anywhere near that. Happily, Mike Flanagan proved me wrong.

Director: Mike Flanagan

Actors: Michiel Huisman, Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, …

Category: Horror

22 December 20183 November 2025 by Roog