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But you forgot the BEST haunted house film of the lot: THE CHANGELING with George C. Scott.

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Cutting his losses at home (where ethnic actors like Al Pacino and, interestingly enough, Robert DeNiro were getting the plum roles), Dullea returned to Canada for a number of interesting but distinctly B - grade films (Welcome to Blood City with a pre-comeback Jack Palance) and the continent for guest starring roles in poorly - received art house productions (Pope Joan with Liv Ullmann) and the occasional thriller (as Mia Farrow's disbelieving stuffed shirt of a husband in The Haunting of Julia).

[the house's] structure reflects that of the film - a creaky accumulation of tropes from all manner of haunted house movies, stitched together into an impressive if ungainly edifice.

The Haunting is the second film to be made from Shirley Jackson's book, «The Haunting of Hill House.»

This film is based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, which was previously filmed in 1963 by Robert Wise.

For the most part, however, the actor's last two decades as a performer were distinguished by a steady stream of cheap, threadbare horror films, reaching a nadir with such fare as Hillbillies in a Haunted House (1967).

They forget that the original film version of «The Haunting» (based on Shirley Jackson's truly terrifying «The Haunting of Hill House») worked so well because of what the audience didn't see.

When the skeleteon jumped out of the fireplace, this should have turned into a roller coaster ride of a haunted house film and instead turned into psychobabble bull shit that didn't hold people's attention let alone frighten them.

Of course, this still might be somewhat forgivable if De Bont and first - time screenwriter David Self didn't openly acknowledge their inspirations for the film — the wonderfully creepy 1963 movie of the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.&raquOf course, this still might be somewhat forgivable if De Bont and first - time screenwriter David Self didn't openly acknowledge their inspirations for the film — the wonderfully creepy 1963 movie of the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.&raquof the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.&raquof Hill House.»

It's hard to separate a sequel from its original counterpart, especially with a movie like The Conjuring, which is quite simply one of the very best haunted house movies ever — not only that, but it pretty much set the bar for all future films of its ilk; that's a hell of an accomplishment, to say the least.

Rounding out the cast are Chris Hemsworth (the «Thor» films) in the role of Stone Crandall, Rusty's irritatingly successful brother - in - law; Charlie Day (the «Horrible Bosses» films), who plays a river rafting guide; and Skyler Gisondo («Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,» «Hard Sell») and Steele Stebbins («A Haunted House 2»), who play Rusty's sons, James and Kevin.

The film's Exorcist - themed pre-title sequence is probably the funniest stretch of the whole series, but the main plot — with the gang from the first film tricked into staying at a haunted house — lacks whatever inspiration there was in the first one.

That's why I was looking forward to «Burnt Offerings», a 70s haunted house film featuring the likes of Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith and Bette Davis.

Possessing an intelligent script and a trio of fine performers, the film falls back on familiar haunted house tics — look, a creepy kid — but tells a compelling, literate tale all the same.

Wise and his stable of superlative actors brought to life Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House, and by the time the film's narrator quoted those famous last words from the novel — «whatever walked there, walked alone» — it was time to go to bed and pray that my own bedroom door didn't start pounding.

Remake of the classic haunted house horror film of the same name is an awful mess of a film that is uninspired and poorly acted.

If you've seen either A Haunted House or those earlier Scary Movies you know what to expect: a plethora of lewd and crude renditions of popular scenes based on notable horror film releases since the last flick.

On a bright Los Angeles morning a few days after the Golden Globes, Helen Mirren — dressed impeccably in black while discussing her latest film, the haunted - house tale «Winchester» — arrived at an unexpected concern: the fate of all those poor...

Based on the true story behind the Perron family's terrifying haunting of their Rhode Island farmhouse in 1971, the film focused on real - life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren's efforts to rid the house of the demonic presence of the witch Bathsheba.

Given that neither of the A Haunted House films are better than the worst of the Scary Movie franchise, that's a gripe that is likely to fall on deaf ears.

In the decades since that first film told the story of a quaint American family whose house was haunted by a group of disgruntled spirits, there have been countless horror entries offering up the same basic premise in slightly titled ways.

It's hard to separate a sequel from its original counterpart, especially with a movie like The Conjuring, which is quite simply one of the very best haunted house movies ever — not only that, but it pretty much set the bar for all future films of its ilk; that's a hell of an accomplishment, to say the -LSB-...]

He fills the gloomy town with colorfully abstract peasants and hard - bitten villagers, films the Talbot Manor like a haunted house, pumps fog through every nighttime scene, silhouettes his figures in the night with carefully calibrated backlights and sweeps through every transition with striking images that look more like TV commercials than portents of horror.

In anticipation of the home video release, we have an exclusive Winchester clip that takes you behind - the - scenes of the haunted house film.

But the production behind the haunted house film worked diligently to recreate the real house for the film, and in the exclusive clip below, you can see just how much work went into recreating large portions of the real Winchester Mystery Hhouse film worked diligently to recreate the real house for the film, and in the exclusive clip below, you can see just how much work went into recreating large portions of the real Winchester Mystery Hhouse for the film, and in the exclusive clip below, you can see just how much work went into recreating large portions of the real Winchester Mystery HouseHouse.

The Innkeepers Easily one of my favorite films of last year (it even made my top ten list), Ti West's take on the haunted house is equal parts well - played comedy and atmospheric horror, and both parts work perfectly.

Eric Walter is the director of the new film surrounding Long Island, NY's famous haunted house with the documentary «My Amityville Horror».

It reminded me of being a young lad seeing Vincent Price's House on Haunted Hill for the first time in the way that the film mesmerized me from the get go and the score captures the atmospheric intensity to draw the viewer in and never let them go.

While sitting around a table in the DeFeo dining room, Lorraine has an out - of - body experience that allows her to see the shotgun murders that took place in the house and a «Demon Nun» (Bonnie Aarons), which is literally how the recurring vision is listed in the credits, who will haunt Lorraine throughout the film, and issue a warning that Ed's days are numbered.

And the fact that «A Haunted House» (starring «Scary Movie» co-creator Marlon Wayans) spoofed many of the same films only a few short months ago makes this fifth installment even more pointless, although I'm not entirely sure that's possible.

In the film, «On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world.

At its best, the film functions as a Hitchcockian haunted house movie with a palpable air of mystery, intrigue, elegant set pieces and offers up exquisite period details.

Arriving October 6th from Universal and Legendary Pictures, the trailer for Crimson Peak looks like a classic haunter on roids as Guillermo del Toro brings all sorts of inspiration from films such as The Legend of Hell House, The Haunting, House On Haunted Hill, The Addams Family and even Haunted Mansion.

Maureen is also a spiritual medium trying to make contact with her recently deceased twin brother in the parts of the film that resemble a haunted house movie.

The story — which simply has the characters from the first film stay in a haunted house — is supposed to get its (for lack of a better term) «inspiration» from thrillers of a supernatural bent such as The Haunting, What Lies Beneath, Poltergeist, and The Exorcist.

This haunted house film has all the usual elements of the horror genre, but also serves up some disturbing visual images and themes.

She mentions in the first film that she hasn't been to a haunted house since she was eight or nine years old, and it is obvious by the second that, after the ending of the first (which takes place over a mere six days, much of which are spent driving or being attacked in the RV at night), she has not gone to one again.

Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of «the most haunted house in the world», built by Sarah Winchester, played by Helen Mirren, heiress to the Winchester (weaponry) fortune.

Yeah, you read that right: the long - delayed Amityville: The Awakening, directed by Franck Khalfoun (who made the remake of Maniac) is the 18th film in the mostly direct - to - video franchise, 19th if you count Conjuring 2, and maybe 20th if you count My Amityville Horror, the genuinely disturbing documentary about the troubled son of George and Kathy Lutz, the couple whose haunted - house claims were detailed in Jay Anson's best - seller.

It's fitting that Jackie keeps John Kennedy (Caspar Phillipson) on the film's periphery, a powerful and almost haunting ghost of a presence who utters almost no words but whose brutal death and its aftermath is graphically displayed, the sudden, jarring explosion of the President's skull determining a sudden new path for the First Lady, who in the midst of her grief and shock must pack up her belongings and leave the White House and her former life behind.

It's a gorgeous looking film far beyond anything we've seen out of the genre in a very long time, and with Guillermo del Toro behind it all, I'd say we should be rightfully excited for his epic haunted house of horrors.

Audiences could once again have been faced with the small group of people confronted by a single - minded killing machine alien monster - the bog standard plot of countless horror films from Halloween to Friday the 13th to the first ever haunted house story ever filmed.

Director Guillermo del Toro has described the script for his upcoming film Crimson Peak, his first ghost - themed horror film since The Devil's Backbone, as a classic Gothic romance with a mix of kinky and scary moments, set in a haunted house in England.

The production design helps greatly with this; Wan and crew pulled out all the stops in making everything from the costumes to period cars scream the exact kind of washed - out 1970s look the film needs to match its period and remind us of those great 70s haunted house flicks (The Exorcist, Poltergeist) this film pays homage to.

After an immensely creepy prelude that reminds us of James Wan's fetish for creepy dolls, an opening text crawl provides us with the context of the film: The Warrens are «demonologists» who are formally recognized by the Catholic church, and the following is the tale of their most bizarre, harrowing case, involving a cursed house and a haunted family, all set against the groovy yet Gothic backdrop of the 70s.

The film plays like one of those elaborate Halloween haunted houses, with the Russians moving through various cramped corridors, only to have some unthinkable horror come charging at them in a rush.

The haunted house tale is said to be taking cues from classic horror films like The Haunting and The Shining it should be at the very least one of the more visually impressive films coming later this year.

Inevitably, Prometheus had to look beyond the rather cosy set - up of the first film, which was effectively a turbocharged update of the haunted - house theme in which the haunting was being done by something nobody had previously been able to imagine.

Watching this film unfold is like being in the middle of an amazing haunted house, every inch of it is lovingly designed to send chills down our spines.

Now it makes sense for Netflix, since the streaming service had success with Flanagan's subsequent films Hush and Gerald's Game, with his Haunting of Hill House series on the way.