The Haunting: Book vs. Movie
Robert Wise's 1963 film The Haunting adapts Shirley Jackson's book The Haunting of Hill House. Julie Harris plays Eleanor, one of a small group investigating the mansion's disturbances, with Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson and Russ Tamblyn.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Shirley Jackson
- Year
- 1959
- Pages
- 240Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 7 hr 27 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Bernadette Dunne
Dr. Montague invites a small group to stay at Hill House and investigate its reputation for supernatural disturbances. Among them is Eleanor Vance, who arrives hoping to escape a lonely, constricted life. As noises and messages unsettle the guests, Eleanor begins to feel that the house has singled her out.
- Director
- Robert Wise
- Writer
- Nelson Gidding
- Year
- 1963
- Runtime
- 1 hr 47 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
- Genre
- ghost, horror, LGBTQ-related, psychological horror fiction
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Eleanor Lance takes a rare chance to leave her family behind when a researcher invites her to help investigate Hill House. Staying with three strangers, she is torn between the pleasure of being wanted and the fear provoked by the mansion's noises and disturbances. The investigation grows more threatening as Eleanor interprets the house's attention as something meant especially for her.
Other adaptations of this book
The Haunting of Hill HouseThe Haunting · Movie · 1999Details
- Director
- Jan de Bont
- Writer
- Michael Tolkin, David Self
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 1 hr 53 min
- Cast
- Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, Lili Taylor
Eleanor accepts an invitation to an insomnia study at an isolated mansion, hoping to get away after years spent caring for her mother. Dr. Marrow is secretly conducting an experiment in fear, using the house's history to unsettle his guests. When the building begins to act on its own, Eleanor senses a connection to its past that his staged scares cannot explain.
The Haunting of Hill HouseTV show · 2018 · NetflixDetails
- Creator
- Mike Flanagan
- Year
- 2018
- Episode
- 58 min
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 10
- Network
- Netflix
- Cast
- Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser
The five Crain siblings have grown up with sharply different memories of the summer their parents tried to renovate Hill House. A new family tragedy forces them back into one another's lives and revives questions about the night they fled. Moving between childhood and adulthood, the series follows how those experiences shape their marriages, work and relationships with their father.
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