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Release Date: July 23, 1999
Genre: Horror
Director: Jan de Bont
Writer: David Self, Shirley Jackson
Cast: Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Todd Field, Alix Koromzay, Marian Seldes, Owen Wilson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Liam Neeson
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Running Time: 117 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for intense horror sequences.

Dark and forbidding, Hill House sits alone. It was built 130 years ago by textile baron Hugh Crain for his wife and the children they would never have. Instead it was filled with stories of tragedy which over time turned into ominous tales of death that left the house uninhabited ... or so it seemed.

A century later, Dr. David Marrow (Liam Neeson), intrigued by the mansion's storied past, has drawn three people to Hill...

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Dreamworks presents The Haunting, a supposedly chilling but realistically not horror film from director Jan de Bont. Previously titled The Haunting of Hill House (and a remake of the original), The Haunting (which is, by the way, no where as good of a name) stars Academy Award winner Liam Neeson, heartthrob Catherine Zeta Jones, and Owen Wilson, but most notably Lili Taylor, who's character is most greatly affected by the dark side of Hill House. Full movie review »

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