Product: The Haunting [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 1.0
A major disappointment
Having read the brilliant novel by Shirley Jackson years ago, having seen the brilliant film by Robert Wise years ago I was very sceptic when I heard that Hollywood would be doing a remake of that horror classic and when I heard that "Mr.-No-Content-Twister-Jan-De-Bont" would direct this movie I was even more sceptic. The film turned out to be what I expected it to be. A lot of special effects, simplified story and by no means could that movie capture the feel of the novel or the brilliant adaption by Robert Wise. The actors in Wises' flic were all together brilliant, in De-Bont's version only Lily Taylor can sometimes live up to the original film. The original film lived from the "to-thrill-is-not-to-show" atmosphere and what made this movie so good were the actors, the music, the camera angles and the cuts - nothing of this is present in this remake, just a bunch of special effects.So my recommendation would be - read the book, watch the movie by Robert Wise but avoid the remake.