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Based on Creator/ShirleyJackson's novel ''Literature/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'' and directed by Creator/RobertWise, '''''The Haunting''''' (1963) is the ultimate example of less-is-more in horror cinema.
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The ultimate example of less-is-more in horror cinema. Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Julie Harris) has volunteered for a study on paranormal activity conducted by Dr. John Markway (Richard Johnson), with two other participants: Luke Sanderson (Russ Tamblyn), who stands to inherit Hill House, where the study's being held, and Theodora (Claire Bloom) a supposed psychic. Turns out the doctor's suspicions about the existence of ghosts are correct. There's something in the house with them. But what?
Made in 1963 and directed by Creator/RobertWise, it was based on the book ''Literature/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'' by Creator/ShirleyJackson.
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Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Julie Harris) has volunteered for a study on paranormal activity conducted by Dr. John Markway (Richard Johnson), with two other participants: Luke Sanderson (Russ Tamblyn), who stands to inherit Hill House, where the study's being held, and Theodora (Claire Bloom) a supposed psychic. Turns out the doctor's suspicions about the existence of ghosts are correct. There's something in the house with them. But
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[[Film/TheHaunting1999 Remade]] in 1999 with Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/LiliTaylor, Owen Wilson, and Catherine Zeta Jones. There has also been a stage adaptation.
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* MirrorScare: The house is filled with mirrors hung at creepy and disorienting angles. Nell and the others frighten themselves with them multiple times.
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* AbusiveParents: After his wife died, Crain was incredibly harsh with Abigail. He made her stand and look at her mother's fresh corpse as he read scripture over it, and his idea of bedtime stories was a book detailing how she'd be tortured in hell for her sins.
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** After his wife died, Crain was incredibly harsh with Abigail. He made her stand and look at her mother's fresh corpse as he read scripture over it, and his idea of bedtime stories was a book detailing how she'd be tortured in hell for hersins.sins.
** Nell's mother. Every time she recounts her care of her, she speaks as if it was a horrible experience. Her brother-in-law even refers to her as a horrible old woman. Her sister doesn't contradict him, she simply reminds him not to speak ill of the dead.
** After his wife died, Crain was incredibly harsh with Abigail. He made her stand and look at her mother's fresh corpse as he read scripture over it, and his idea of bedtime stories was a book detailing how she'd be tortured in hell for her
** Nell's mother. Every time she recounts her care of her, she speaks as if it was a horrible experience. Her brother-in-law even refers to her as a horrible old woman. Her sister doesn't contradict him, she simply reminds him not to speak ill of the dead.
* ExtremeDoormat: Nell's place in her family. She took care of her invalid mother for eleven years while her sister was off having a life and started a family. Now that her mother is gone, her sister treats her as a burden. Even though she pays half of the family's expenses, she has no privacy, sleeps on a sofa in the living room, isn't allowed to use the car without permission, and her niece openly mocks her.
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* {{Poltergeist}}: Nell is recruited because Markway believes she'd been the focal point of poltergeist activity as a child. Nell remembers the incident as vandals throwing rocks at her home, but her mother may have given her that idea.
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: Was everything Nell went through really just her being crazy with no true supernatural elements involved, or is the house truly haunted?]]
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: By playing up the psychological element - specifically, Nell's dubious sanity - the film leaves open the possibility that nothing supernatural was happening. We never saw anything, after all. Which makes it much scarier.
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Made in 1963 and directed by RobertWise, it was based on the book ''Literature/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'' by Creator/ShirleyJackson.
[[Film/TheHaunting1999 Remade]] in 1999 with LiamNeeson, LiliTaylor, Owen Wilson, and Catherine Zeta Jones. There has also been a stage adaptation.
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* CreepyHousekeeper: Mrs. Dudley who makes sure to remember the guests that she lives miles away from the house, that there won't be anyone around if they need help, no one will hear them if they scream and then [[TheUnsmile unsmiles]].
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* CreepyHousekeeper: Mrs. Dudley Dudley, who makes sure to remember remind the guests that she lives and her husband live miles away from the house, that there won't be anyone around if they need help, no one will to hear them if they scream scream...and then [[TheUnsmile unsmiles]].
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* BookEnds: "Hill House had stood for ninety years and might stand for ninety more. Silence lays steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there... walked alone."
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* SupernaturalProofFather: Luke. He is not a father (not even fatherly), but he certainly is very skeptic about all the hauntings. Mrs. Markway is even more skeptical, and dangerously so. [[Both are quite convinced by the end.]]
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The ultimate example of less-is-more in horror cinema. Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Julie Harris) has volunteered for a study on paranormal activity conducted by Dr. John Markway (Richard Johnson), with two other participants: Luke Sanderson (Russ Tamblyn), who stands to inherit Hill House, where the study's being held, and Theodora (Claire Bloom) a supposed psychic. Turns out the doctor's suspicions about the existence of ghosts are correct. There's something in the house with them. But what?
Made in 1963 and directed by RobertWise, it was based on the book ''TheHauntingOfHillHouse'' by Shirley Jackson.
[[Film/TheHaunting1999 Remade]] in 1999 with LiamNeeson, LiliTaylor, Owen Wilson, and Catherine Zeta Jones.
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* AbusiveParents: After his wife died, Crain was incredibly harsh with Abigail. He made her stand and look at her mother's fresh corpse as he read scripture over it, and his idea of bedtime stories was a book detailing how she'd be tortured in hell for her sins.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Theo.
-->'''Eleanor:''' What scares you, Theodora? \\
'''Theo:''' Knowing what I really want.
* AttentionWhore: Theo suggests more than once that Nell is one.
* BigFancyHouse
* BookEnds: "Hill House had stood for ninety years and might stand for ninety more. Silence lays steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there... walked alone."
* BrickJoke: Two jokes for the price of one punchline: Markway is warned not to play Gin with Luke as he's a card shark. Theo's psychic powers were tested by having her identify playing cards she couldn't see (scoring 19 out of 20). On their first evening in the house, Luke loses spectacularly to Theo and angrily insists that she was cheating as she gloats and tells him to pay up.
* ClosedCircle: The gates are locked every night when the Dudleys leave and, as in the book, they stay in town since "no one will come any closer than that" and "they couldn't even hear" if they needed help.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Mrs. Dudley who makes sure to remember the guests that she lives miles away from the house, that there won't be anyone around if they need help, no one will hear them if they scream and then [[TheUnsmile unsmiles]].
* CrustyCaretaker: Mr. Dudley
--> You'll be sorry I ever opened the gate.
* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:Nell willingly dies because all she wants is to stay in Hill House, because she's finally wanted somewhere.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: One of the past owners of the house hanged herself. [[spoiler: Nell]] may qualify too.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The air around the nursery is terribly cold, Dr. Markway says it's the heart of the house.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: [[AdaptationDisplacement Which not many have heard of since]]. (In the niche circles of horror literature fandom, the book still has a reputation as something of a classic, though many are still introduced to it via the works inspired by it.)
* FootFocus
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Nell asks to borrow her sister's car, to which her sister replies: [[spoiler: "How do I know you'll bring back my car in good condition?" Nell is killed when she crashes the car into a tree]].
* GeniusLoci: If you take into consideration what Eleanor says about the house, it certainly is one.
* GhostlyChill
* HauntedHeroine: Nell. Most of the hauntings centers around her.
* HauntedHouse
* HauntedHouseHistorian
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Nell is overjoyed to be part of the study because it simply means she's ''wanted'' somewhere. [[spoiler:When the house wants to keep her permanently, she gladly dies just so she can belong somewhere]].
* LovecraftCountry: The film takes place in an unspecified, isolated part of New England, and has the requisite spooky woods, creepy Puritan background, and unfriendly country folk. Shirley Jackson, the author of the original book, lived in Vermont.
* MeaningfulEcho: Nell reveals that she ignored her mother's tapping on the wall on the night she died, exactly as the Companion did the night Abigail died.
* MyBelovedSmother: Eleanor's late mother.
* NothingIsScarier
* OnlyOneName: Theo
--> I'm Theodora, just Theodora.
* TheOphelia: [[spoiler: Nell as the house slowly drives her insane. She even starts twirling and humming to herself.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PsychicPowers: Theo is an Esper and it shows, subtly.
* SkepticNoLonger: Luke, just before the final credits.
* ScreamingWoman
* SupernaturalProofFather: Luke. He is not a father (not even fatherly), but he certainly is very skeptic about all the hauntings.
* TitleDrop
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Theo and Nell.
* [[{{Manchild}} Womanchild]]: Eleanor, somewhat.
* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost
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The ultimate example of less-is-more in horror cinema. Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Julie Harris) has volunteered for a study on paranormal activity conducted by Dr. John Markway (Richard Johnson), with two other participants: Luke Sanderson (Russ Tamblyn), who stands to inherit Hill House, where the study's being held, and Theodora (Claire Bloom) a supposed psychic. Turns out the doctor's suspicions about the existence of ghosts are correct. There's something in the house with them. But what?
Made in 1963 and directed by RobertWise, it was based on the book ''TheHauntingOfHillHouse'' by Shirley Jackson.
[[Film/TheHaunting1999 Remade]] in 1999 with LiamNeeson, LiliTaylor, Owen Wilson, and Catherine Zeta Jones.
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* AbusiveParents: After his wife died, Crain was incredibly harsh with Abigail. He made her stand and look at her mother's fresh corpse as he read scripture over it, and his idea of bedtime stories was a book detailing how she'd be tortured in hell for her sins.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Theo.
-->'''Eleanor:''' What scares you, Theodora? \\
'''Theo:''' Knowing what I really want.
* AttentionWhore: Theo suggests more than once that Nell is one.
* BigFancyHouse
* BookEnds: "Hill House had stood for ninety years and might stand for ninety more. Silence lays steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there... walked alone."
* BrickJoke: Two jokes for the price of one punchline: Markway is warned not to play Gin with Luke as he's a card shark. Theo's psychic powers were tested by having her identify playing cards she couldn't see (scoring 19 out of 20). On their first evening in the house, Luke loses spectacularly to Theo and angrily insists that she was cheating as she gloats and tells him to pay up.
* ClosedCircle: The gates are locked every night when the Dudleys leave and, as in the book, they stay in town since "no one will come any closer than that" and "they couldn't even hear" if they needed help.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Mrs. Dudley who makes sure to remember the guests that she lives miles away from the house, that there won't be anyone around if they need help, no one will hear them if they scream and then [[TheUnsmile unsmiles]].
* CrustyCaretaker: Mr. Dudley
--> You'll be sorry I ever opened the gate.
* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:Nell willingly dies because all she wants is to stay in Hill House, because she's finally wanted somewhere.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: One of the past owners of the house hanged herself. [[spoiler: Nell]] may qualify too.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The air around the nursery is terribly cold, Dr. Markway says it's the heart of the house.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: [[AdaptationDisplacement Which not many have heard of since]]. (In the niche circles of horror literature fandom, the book still has a reputation as something of a classic, though many are still introduced to it via the works inspired by it.)
* FootFocus
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Nell asks to borrow her sister's car, to which her sister replies: [[spoiler: "How do I know you'll bring back my car in good condition?" Nell is killed when she crashes the car into a tree]].
* GeniusLoci: If you take into consideration what Eleanor says about the house, it certainly is one.
* GhostlyChill
* HauntedHeroine: Nell. Most of the hauntings centers around her.
* HauntedHouse
* HauntedHouseHistorian
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Nell is overjoyed to be part of the study because it simply means she's ''wanted'' somewhere. [[spoiler:When the house wants to keep her permanently, she gladly dies just so she can belong somewhere]].
* LovecraftCountry: The film takes place in an unspecified, isolated part of New England, and has the requisite spooky woods, creepy Puritan background, and unfriendly country folk. Shirley Jackson, the author of the original book, lived in Vermont.
* MeaningfulEcho: Nell reveals that she ignored her mother's tapping on the wall on the night she died, exactly as the Companion did the night Abigail died.
* MyBelovedSmother: Eleanor's late mother.
* NothingIsScarier
* OnlyOneName: Theo
--> I'm Theodora, just Theodora.
* TheOphelia: [[spoiler: Nell as the house slowly drives her insane. She even starts twirling and humming to herself.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PsychicPowers: Theo is an Esper and it shows, subtly.
* SkepticNoLonger: Luke, just before the final credits.
* ScreamingWoman
* SupernaturalProofFather: Luke. He is not a father (not even fatherly), but he certainly is very skeptic about all the hauntings.
* TitleDrop
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Theo and Nell.
* [[{{Manchild}} Womanchild]]: Eleanor, somewhat.
* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost
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