“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.” Shirley Jackson, ‘The Haunting of Hill House’
Yes, yes I know. Everyone always includes Robert Wise’s 1963 scarefest ‘The Haunting’ as one of the films to see on Halloween. And now ‘everyone’ includes Martin Scorsese:
11 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time by Martin Scorsese
But you know what?
Everyone, and now Marty, are right.
It is scary. In fact it will scare the be**********s out of you. Don’t believe me? Then I dare you watch the first few minutes of the pic – presented after the break:
What’d I tell you? Scary.
If I wasn’t off to watch ‘Scream Blacula Scream’ tonight I’d stay at home watching ‘The Haunting’. Really I would.
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