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Summary: Visually Stunning!
Review: This movie was visually stunning, due to the large amounts of special effects. The special effects make the movie fun to watch. The character development was OK, maybe a B-, the plot was a C, but the effects were an A. It averages out to a B, which is the perfect rating for this movie. Even though this movie kept me on the edge of my seat when I first watched it, I would definately watch the original over this (not saying this on was bad at all).
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Summary: ORIGINAL MUCH BETTER
Review: THE ORIGINIAL OF THIS MOVIE WAS MUCH BETTER. THE SPECIAL EFFECTS IN THIS REMAKE ARE BETTER-BUT THE PLOT IS NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL.
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Summary: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Review: Catherine Zeta-Jones is the saving grace for this underachieving film that shows promise, but instead flickers in and out of consciousness throughout, never really achieving any sort of rhythm . . . A little like a flashlight running low on juice on a midnight walk from the campground to the nearest rest room! Fortunately, it never quite fizzles thanks in large part to Jones who performs several energizing bits in conjunction with her typical razzle dazzle! Jones displays flashes of brilliance with intriguing facial expressions and an upbeat tempo, but the script makes it hard for even her to be truly convincing most of the time. Other cast members are even less convincing, especially the leading actress. This version of "The Haunting" is worthy of praise for its spooky atmospheric conditions and genuinely frightening moments! But these positive attributes should not be confused with a "good movie" nor does the film particularly fit the description of being "well made" or "intelligent". Some of the special effects are excellent but others are less than believable, and actually downright amusing!
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Summary: An impressive movie...
Review: I think that :the haunting was not such a bad film to take less than four.I am a big fun of horror films and i think that this film was impressive for his effects and of course his scenario...(We must consider this element also!!Not just blood and blood...)
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Summary: Very slowly, you are sucked into a nightmare!
Review: I understand why there are a lot of people who say that this movie is not very scary. I think that the movie is too slow for that. Because Jan de Bont takes his time before the actual nightmare begins. And I'm glad he did, because you can't start with some gory killings right away. It just wouldn't be believable. So you have to be patient with this movie. But in the main time, the movie is still very interesting because of the beautiful and scary lookin' house and the stories they tell about it. Inside the house, everything looks great and big which also gives you the creeps. But there are still some pretty suspenseful scenes which keeps the movie interresting and sometimes you even jump off your chair(if you have the sound a bit loud, that is). "The Haunting" also contains some very cool looking effects and sounds which realy makes the house living! I especialy loved the wooden children who start to live! The performances of Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Owen Wilson are also great and all this makes "The Haunting" a movie wihch you just have to see if you have a bit patient and like not very gory horror movies, because this movie hardly has any violent scenes!
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Summary: Terrible
Review: To sum up this movie takes one word and one word only...Terrible. If this is your first foray into The Haunting stop now and go back 36 years to the original.
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Summary: A GOOD, CLASSIC HAUNTED HOUSE FILM!*****
Review: This movie was great! Though not very scary, the director, Jan de Bont did a bang-up job on it. The film has hardly any bloopers in it, and the special effects are fantastic. The plot is great and creepy, the actors/actresses give a knock-out performance and the movie is above all, GOOD! Not to mention, along with the constant cold temperature felt by the characters, and the swaying drapes, and the scary noises heard by Huge Crane (bad guy) the movie is actually if watched in the dark for the very first time...SCARY! The part where the skeleton lurches out of the fireplace made me jump. The slamming doors, the moaning echoes, the brilliant score conducted by Jerry Goldsmith, all give this movie the perfect touch to be allowed in the horror section.
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Summary: Its no exorsist but should be seen.
Review: I liked this movie, it had some realy good special effects and a good story line, it is mildly scary but not nearly as scary as i thought it would be, and some parts were predictable. I think it could have been made a little better, but its entertaining and definatley worth seeing.
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Summary: Pretty Good Flick
Review: Not so much scary as it is interesting, however some decent performances keep you involved. The story is a little drug out, as this could have been much better at 90 min. as opposed to its 115 min. run time worth seeing never the less.
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Summary: Wish I could give it 0 stars
Review: This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen! It was absolutly stupid, boring, and a time-waster. The movie seemed to take forever and I couldn't wait for it to end. Plus, the ending was absolutely terrible and stupid. The main character in the story was such a bizzare character you really couldn't relate to her at all. The other characters were pretty weird too, but they were just funny. The special effects were OK, but it really annoyed me that those stupid statues kept coming to life to make the movie go on and on. There were so many many comedy aspects of this movie that it was hard to tell sometimes whether it was a comedy or a horror movie(such as the fact that all the characters had problems that were very obvious). I don't know about the old version of this movie, but the new one really sucks.
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