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The Haunting
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
1963 · Directed by Robert Wise · 112 min · Horror · 16 frames
Tagline
You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror.
Crew
- Screenplay: Nelson Gidding
- Cinematography: Davis Boulton
- Edited by: Ernest Walter
- Music: Humphrey Searle
- Production design: Elliot Scott
- Produced by: Robert Wise
Cast
- Julie Harris as Eleanor Lance
- Claire Bloom as Theodora
- Richard Johnson as Dr. John Markway
- Russ Tamblyn as Luke Sanderson
- Fay Compton as Mrs. Sanderson
- Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Dudley
- Lois Maxwell as Grace Markway
- Valentine Dyall as Mr. Dudley
- Diane Clare as Carrie Fredericks
- Ronald Adam as Eldridge Harper
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Argyle Enterprises, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $1,050,000
- Box office: $1,020,000
- Themes: suicide, experiment, based on novel or book, alcohol, insanity, haunted house, disappearance, black and white, orphan, nervous breakdown
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