Robert Wise’s chilling film is leaden with eerie tension and fraught performances. Dr Markway imprudently invites guests to act as guinea pigs in his ill-advised studies.
Eleanor, a woman whose own subconscious spirit plays as much a part in “the haunting” as the malevolent phantoms encased within the stone walls of the venerable yet malignant edifice.
Theo hides her vulnerability behind a façade that shatters under the relentless erosion of Hill House’s enduring denizens.
Luke vaunts like a braggadocio but soon laments his bravado.
You may never look at wallpaper the same way again…
In the night… In the dark…
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