The Haunting

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British film film supernatural horror film

The Haunting is a 1963 British supernatural horror film directed by Robert Wise, widely regarded as one of the most influential and psychologically driven haunted house movies ever made.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
The Haunting (1963 film) 1
The Haunting (1999 film) 1
The Haunting of Hill House 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British film ⓘ
film ⓘ
supernatural horror film ⓘ
basedOn The Haunting of Hill House ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Shirley Jackson ⓘ
bbfcRating X (original UK release) ⓘ
castMember Claire Bloom ⓘ
Fay Compton ⓘ
Julie Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lois Maxwell ⓘ
Richard Johnson ⓘ
Russ Tamblyn ⓘ
cinematographyBy Davis Boulton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation one of the greatest haunted house films ⓘ
director Robert Wise ⓘ
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
distributedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editor Ernest Walter ⓘ
filmingProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre horror film ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
supernatural horror ⓘ
hasRemake The Haunting self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Haunting (1999 film)
influenced The Legend of Hell House ⓘ
surface form: The Legend of Hell House (1973 film)

The Others ⓘ
surface form: The Others (2001 film)

The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Dr. John Markway ⓘ
Eleanor Lance ⓘ
Luke Sanderson ⓘ
Theodora ⓘ
musicBy Humphrey Searle ⓘ
narrativeFocus haunted house ⓘ
psychological terror ⓘ
notableFor minimal on-screen gore ⓘ
subjective point-of-view shots ⓘ
use of sound design to create fear ⓘ
producer Robert Wise ⓘ
productionCompany Argyle Enterprises ⓘ
publicationYearOfSource 1959 ⓘ
ratingSystem BBFC ⓘ
releaseDate 1963-09-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 112 ⓘ
screenwriter Nelson Gidding ⓘ
setting Hill House ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Eleanor Lance
Robert Wise → directed → The Haunting ⓘ
The Turn of the Screw → hasAdaptation → The Haunting ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Innocents (1961 film)
The Haunting → hasRemake → The Haunting self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)
this entity surface form: The Haunting (1999 film)
Claire Bloom → notableWork → The Haunting ⓘ
Robert Wise → notableWork → The Haunting ⓘ
Shirley Jackson → notableWork → The Haunting ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Haunting of Hill House
subject surface form: Eleanor Lance
this entity surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)
subject surface form: Eleanor Lance