NIGHT THIRTY: The Haunting (1963)

THE HAUNTING

(1963, dir. Robert Wise, 112 min.)

Starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn

Still a great and unexpectedly subtle Gothic ghost story that keeps you guessing about the nature of what's happening all the way to the end. One of these days I really need to read Shirley Jackson's original novel, but Wise's ever-so-patient direction feels novelistic in how its reveals the interiority of the main characters without ever feeling bogged down in exposition. A true classic of both the genre and the medium!

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Review of ‘The Haunting’ (1963) ★★★★½

HOOPTOBER XII NIGHT THIRTY: Still a great and unexpectedly subtle Gothic ghost story that keeps you guessing about the nature of what's happening all the way to the end. One of these days I really…