Product: The Haunting [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 4.0
Ambitious, but too reliant on CGI
This is definitely better than HOHH but it was panned severely by critics because of the extreme overdose of CGI and the camp-gothic sets. Like HOHH, it is a remake of the original of the same name. The original Haunting was quite good for it's day. But let's be honest...it's not it's day anymore.But what annoyed ME most about this movie was Lillie Taylor's character. I just didn't like how she whispered every word and was a bit of a weirdo. The ending's a little corny but some decent frights throughout make up for that.The sound design in the cinema was incredible. It was very scary and you really did feel like there were ghosts behind you and from every other direction. Most impressive indeed.HOHH tried to be quick and frenetic. In doing so it lost character and dialogue. But The Haunting takes a little bit of time to build and in some places is almost a psychological horror. For these ambitions alone, it is better than House on Haunted Hill.