Rating: G
Length: 112 minutes

Widescreen 1.85:1 B&W (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono

English, French, Spanish

Based on the novel "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirly Jackson, this is a basic haunted house story. The house has been left unoccupied for the last 90 years after a string of mysterious deaths. A Dr (Johnson) arranges for himself and three other people to live in an old haunted house to do some observations of the supernatural. His guests include Eleanor (Harris), Theo (Bloom) and Luke (Tamblyn). Eleanor has lead a life very similar to the last occupant of the house, Theo is a women with exceptional ESP and Luke is the eventual heir to the house who's only concern is how much it's worth.

Just a good old fashioned B&W haunted house movie. Unlike today's movies, the scares here are done with camera work and sound effects, not a lot of CGI and gore. All that's missing here is Vincent Price (then again if you're looking for him in a movie like this, check out the 1958 version of "House on Haunted Hill").

I really wish this was done in color, I'd love to see what the set would have really looked like.

• Commentary with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Robert Wise and Nelson Gidding
• Still Galleries
• "Great Ghost Stories" Essay
• Theatrical Trailer

Wait until dark, turn off all the lights and enjoy.

Robert Wise   [The Andromeda Strain, The Desert Rats, Star Trek The Motion Picture]

Ronald Adam - Eldridge Harper

Claire Bloom - Theodora 'Theo'

[Clash of the Titans]

Diane Clare - Carrie Fredericks

Fay Compton - Mrs. Sanderson

Rosalie Crutchley - Mrs. Dudley

Valentine Dyall - Mr. Dudley

Julie Harris - Eleanor 'Nell' Lance

Richard Johnson - Dr. John Markway

[Laura Croft: Tomb Raider]

Lois Maxwell - Grace Markway

[A View to a Kill, Diamonds are Forever, Dr. No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Gold Finger, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, Moonraker, Octopussy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice]

Russ Tamblyn - Luke Sanderson

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