Product: The Haunting [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 1.0
POINTLESS REMAKE!
I would rather give a positive review to something I like but I must attack this sickening trend. There seems to be a revolt by the new film makers in Hollywood to cast off the achievement of the great directors by remaking their movies into CGI affected trash. The best CGI can be found in commercials so where is the novelty in that? This film takes unwarranted credit by calling itself "The Haunting" in total disregard of it's 1963 predecessor or Shirley Jackson's Book! A total waste of time and talent for the actors. Nothing has been added to improve the plot. In fact a lot of the script that offered an intelligent perspective into the supernatural is lost. If Hollywood has been completely exhausted of originality then why don't they revive and improve the long list of B films that had good ideas. They failed in credibility because they did not have the budget to rise to their full potential. This is a respectable challenge! Instead they envy and tarnish the value of accomplished classics by making pointless remakes!