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Robert WiseScénario:
Nelson GiddingPhotographie:
Davis BoultonMusique:
Humphrey SearleActeurs·trices:
Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton, Rosalie Crutchley, Lois Maxwell, Diane Clare, Ronald Adam, Verina Greenlaw (plus)Résumés(1)
Le docteur Markway, professeur d'anthropologie de renom, désireux de mener à bien ses études et déterminé à prouver que les phénomènes paranormaux existent, loue un magnifique manoir en Nouvelle-Angleterre. Cette vieille et vaste demeure souffre d'une effrayante réputation. C'est justement pour cette raison que le chercheur a souhaité y emménager en compagnie du jeune Luke, héritier de la maison, et des mystérieuses Theodora et Eleanor, douées de pouvoirs médiumniques... (LaCinetek)
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Critiques (3)
Probably even the Lumière brothers with the first film ever wanted to scare the audience. It stuck with the filmmaking industry since then and in every decade, we get to see how far films would go to frighten their viewers. With The Haunting I was really curious about that. The premise was more than good. However, it is apparent that we live in a completely different time now, because what happens in the film had little to do with haunting, yet the atmosphere was still quite good. It’s a pity that the main character was so snobbish, and the professor was waltzing through the house as if he didn’t give a fuck about the ghosts.
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I watch old horror movies in self-denial, but this one was able to justify its cult status. Given the year it was made, it’s almost surprisingly scary and something that no horror fan should miss. It’s also one of those films that relies on the fact that we’re afraid of things we can’t see. The Haunting will not show you any monsters, but you’ll surely be scared. Brilliant.
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I have two criticisms: 1) It's long. 110 minutes is too much, particularly because the real "scares" don't kick in until half an hour before the end. The rest of the runtime is taken up with long-winded dialogues about nothing, or about the main character’s relationship with her mother. Freud would surely be pleased. And 2) The main character is solidly deranged, but unfortunately to such an extreme (whiny monologues) that it destroys any sort of viewer empathy. I’m giving it a better three stars, noting that I still crave to see Robert Wise’s films. There was something to that gentleman.
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