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0 STARS: This movie stinks, stank and stunk!
The 1999 remake of "The Haunting" is a terrible movie in all respects to put it mildly. In particular, the movie fails miserably in every way in its ability to provoke fear in any audience on any level and douses itself in the absurd. The special effects in this movie are particularly annoying and ridiculous. When I saw this movie at the theatre, I laughed out loud when I saw these stupid little manifestations of paranormal phenomenon and ghosts. This movie is not a horror movie...it is a comedy, but the problem is that this movie is only a comedy in how terribly pathetic it is.

Armed with a horrendous cast and uninteresting characters, the special effects only make the movie that much worse than it could have been. The acting in "The Haunting" remake is horrible and that includes Catherine Zeta Jones, not to even go into the fact that the directing of this movie was also very poor. The 1963 original version of "The Haunting" was not a good horror movie by any means, but at least it was successful with its ghost story and paranormal theme. Any success from the original version that this remake could have relied was killed by the special effects, poor acting and poor direction. In fact, the strongsuit of the original was that it did leave something for the imagination.

In short, the remake is just plain stupid and comes off as a total joke with respect to being a horror movie. Well, this is not a scary movie!!! But, if you are interested in a comical attempt at a horror movie and ghost story then you might like this farce. Sorry if this review is harsh, but the truth is the truth and this movie stinks.



Worth Watching Once, Nothing Worth Buying
It does succeed as a ghost story somewhat. Definitely goes nowhere as for a thriller with nearly no horror. Any other ghost movie out right now is probably better than this.
The only reason I think it's worth watching, and worth 2 stars... is to respect the actors. Liam Neeson always puts you into the movie with his great representation. Owen Wilson, who isn't necessarily considered an actor... is worth a laugh for this movie. And the actresses do what they do... they run, they scream, and they slowly solve this ghostly murder.
It's true, this isn't worth typing a lot for. If you love movies and are rarely disapointed, you can try renting this out. If you are bored, and like the actors who are in it... it's worth reading about and that's about it. I don't recommend this, but only for if you love movies... like I do!

A movie worth watching!
The Haunting brings to the screen the story of a scientist who decides to carry out an experiment on Fear in an old and rather scary 19th Century mansion. The participants, however, believe that they are taking part in a study on Insomnia. Things become a bit more complicated when the residence turns out to be crawling with restless ghosts, who seem to recognize one of the visitors...
The film does a GREAT job of conveying the eerie feeling one looks for in a thriller.
Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, Lili Taylor, and the rest of the cast have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are exceptional to say the least. All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is AMAZING)!
The plot, the setting, the dialogues, the special effects, and the music are all EXCELLENT!
In conclusion, The Haunting is a movie guaranteed to provide an evening's entertainment and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection!
It is one of those films that gets you and keeps you thinking long after it's over.

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