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 and stars Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor. It was released in the United States on July 23, 1999. Eleanor “Nell” Vance has cared for her invalid mother for 11 years. After her mother dies, her sister evicts her. Nell receives a phone call about an insomnia study, directed by Dr. David Marrow at Hill House, a secluded manor in the... Berkshires of western Massachusetts, and applies for it. At the house, she meets Mr. and Mrs. Dudley , a strange pair of caretakers. Two other participants arrive, Luke Sanderson , and the bisexual Theodora , along with Dr. Marrow and his two research assistants. Unknown to the participants, Dr. Marrow’s true purpose is to study the psychological response to fear, intending to expose his subjects to increasing amounts of terror.
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| Release date: | July 23, 1999 |
| Directed by: | Jan de Bont |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Donna Roth, Colin Wilson, Susan Arnold |
| Editor: | Michael Kahn |
| Music by: | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Screenplay by: | David Self |
| Estimated budget: | $80,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Haunting |