"God! God! Whose hand was I holding?"
THE HAUNTING (1963)
Directed by Robert Wise
There are several memorable haunted house movies I could have included in this project including "The Innocents", "The Changeling" and "The Others" but for me the quintessential film on the subject is Robert Wise's "The Haunting." The oldest film I've included, it remains a genuinely chilling and creepy experience and I'd stack it up against any modern ghost story. This is a film that generates fear entirely through sound, shadow and suggestion. The ambiguity of the supernatural elements may be annoying to modern audiences used to being spoon fed answers, but to hell with those people anyway.
Great movie.
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