The Haunting is a 1999 remake of the 1963 horror film of the same name. Both films are based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, published in 1959. The Haunting was directed by Jan de Bont; the main actors are Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor. It was released in the United States on July 20, 1999.
Eleanor “Nell” Vance (Lili Taylor), a shy and rather plain-looking woman, has cared for her deman...
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The Haunting is a 1999 remake of the 1963 horror film of the same name. Both films are based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, published in 1959. The Haunting was directed by Jan de Bont; the main actors are Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor. It was released in the United States on July 20, 1999.
Eleanor “Nell” Vance (Lili Taylor), a shy and rather plain-looking woman, has cared for her demanding invalid mother for eleven years. Soon after her mother dies, her sister (Virginia Madsen) evicts her. Nell then receives a telephone call, telling her about an advertisement for an insomnia study directed by Dr. David Marrow (Neeson) at Hill House—a secluded manor in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Nell arrives first and meets Mr. Dudley (Bruce Dern) and Mrs. Dudley (Marian Seldes), a strange pair of caretakers who do not stay on the property after dark. Soon afterward, two other participants of the study arrive, extroverted Luke...
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