Product: The Haunting [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 1.0
0 STARS: This movie stinks, stank and stunk!
The 1999 remake of "The Haunting" is a terrible movie in all respects to put it mildly. In particular, the movie fails miserably in every way in its ability to provoke fear in any audience on any level and douses itself in the absurd. The special effects in this movie are particularly annoying and ridiculous. When I saw this movie at the theatre, I laughed out loud when I saw these stupid little manifestations of paranormal phenomenon and ghosts. This movie is not a horror movie...it is a comedy, but the problem is that this movie is only a comedy in how terribly pathetic it is.Armed with a horrendous cast and uninteresting characters, the special effects only make the movie that much worse than it could have been. The acting in "The Haunting" remake is horrible and that includes Catherine Zeta Jones, not to even go into the fact that the directing of this movie was also very poor. The 1963 original version of "The Haunting" was not a good horror movie by any means, but at least it was successful with its ghost story and paranormal theme. Any success from the original version that this remake could have relied was killed by the special effects, poor acting and poor direction. In fact, the strongsuit of the original was that it did leave something for the imagination.In short, the remake is just plain stupid and comes off as a total joke with respect to being a horror movie. Well, this is not a scary movie!!! But, if you are interested in a comical attempt at a horror movie and ghost story then you might like this farce. Sorry if this review is harsh, but the truth is the truth and this movie stinks.