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Originally Posted by grannyGrumpy
Does anyone else remember the movie "The Haunting"? Based on Shirley Jackson's excellent "The Haunting of Hill House." NOT the disappointing 1999 remake or the ghastly Stephen King "Rose Red" pastiche, but the original black-and-white film? I found it on vhs at a garage sale, I must get it on dvd.
No blood, no shrieking violins to jump out and go BOO!.
Just distilled quiet terror.
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Love both the book and the original movie: "Whose hand was I holding?"
I remember the morning after I first saw
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