Product: The Haunting [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 1.0
Worst movie ever?
Well, I'm not sure if it's the worse movie ever made, what with garbage like "Wild Wild West" and "The Beach" out there in abundance, but for anyone that saw the original and/or read Shirley Jackson's book, this is a definite must to avoid. Incoherent, unscary, muddled, wooden acting, and these are the high points. The best part of this movie-and I use the term loosely--is the house, although the house in the original is still a thousand times creepier. Only Lili Taylor can hold up her head after this train wreck passed off as cinema; alleged actors Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones (who was obviously preoccupied with planning her fleecing of Mr. Mid-Life Crisis) go through the motions here, nothing more. And Owen Wilson from "Bottle Rocket"? Well, he tried, but the script, written by Hollywood's finest, falls flat from scene one. If one hates a good script, good dialogue and good acting, but loves CGI, then this is the movie for you. A painful experience, not unlike root canal without the anestesia. Do yourself a favor and see the original.