Hill House

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Hill House is a sinister, isolated mansion in Shirley Jackson’s horror novel "The Haunting of Hill House," renowned as one of fiction’s most iconic haunted houses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional haunted house
fictional location
mansion
appearsIn The Haunting of Hill House
associatedWithCharacter Dr. John Montague
Eleanor Vance
Hugh Crain
Luke Sanderson
Theodora
builtBy Hugh Crain
centralTo plot of The Haunting of Hill House
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Shirley Jackson
describedAs isolated
not sane
sinister
firstAppearanceYear 1959
hasFeature cold spots
disturbing interior design
doors that swing shut by themselves
labyrinthine architecture
odd angles and proportions
hasReputation one of fiction’s most iconic haunted houses
hasSupernaturalPhenomenon ghostly manifestations
unexplained noises
writing on walls
hasTheme psychological horror
supernatural horror
unreliable perception of reality
influencedGenre haunted house fiction
inhabitedBy Dr. John Montague
Eleanor Vance
Luke Sanderson
Theodora
inspiredAdaptation The Haunting
surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)

The Haunting
surface form: The Haunting (1999 film)

The Haunting of Hill House
surface form: The Haunting of Hill House (2018 TV series)
languageOfWork English
locatedInFictionalRegion Hillsdale
locatedNear Hillsdale
surface form: Hillsdale village
ownedBy Hugh Crain
partOf American Gothic literature tradition
settingOf paranormal investigation
symbolizes entrapment
family trauma
psychological instability
workOfFictionGenre horror

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The Haunting setting Hill House
subject surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)
Eleanor Lance in "The Haunting" associatedLocation Hill House
subject surface form: Eleanor Lance
novel "The Haunting of Hill House" setting Hill House
subject surface form: The Haunting of Hill House
novel "The Haunting of Hill House" hasTitleCharacter Hill House
subject surface form: The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House setting Hill House
this entity surface form: Hill House (fictional mansion)
Olivia Crain in The Haunting of Hill House residesIn Hill House
subject surface form: Olivia Crain
this entity surface form: Hill House (temporarily)
Olivia Crain in The Haunting of Hill House residesIn Hill House
subject surface form: Olivia Crain
this entity surface form: Crain family home (after Hill House)
Olivia Crain in The Haunting of Hill House deathLocation Hill House
subject surface form: Olivia Crain
Eleanor Lance associatedWith Hill House
Eleanor Lance setting Hill House
Theodora associatedWith Hill House
Theodora settingOfActivity Hill House
this entity surface form: Hill House, New England mansion (fictional)
Eleanor Vance settingOfStory Hill House
this entity surface form: Hill House, a secluded mansion
Luke Sanderson settingOfActivity Hill House
Luke Sanderson houseHeirTo Hill House