1999 · horror · thriller · fantasy
The Haunting
Directed by Jan de Bont1h 53m1999
Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.
Our read: The Haunting (1999) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · thriller · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- surreal
- cold
- twisty
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