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| The Haunting--A Review |
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 The Haunting: Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor Rating:  1 Star (though I am tempted to say 0)This summer seems to be the year of ghost flicks with this one, The Blair Witch Project and The Sixth Sense. The other two are scary. This one is ridiculous. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liam Neeson, and Lili Taylor all star in this campy, weak-scripted bore. All three are talented actors and actresses, and I am stil wondering what they were smoking when they decided to take their respective roles in this movie. The premise for this one is a psychologist (Neeson) under the guise of studying sleep disorder takes three people to a gothic house to study the effects of fear. He puts a wild tale of ghost and evil into their heads to get the ball rolling, but it seems the tale was not so far-fetched after all. What follows is a menagerie of impressive scenery, well-done special effects, weak dialogue, boring scares, and an all out feeling that something was missing. There are a couple of genuinely intense moments (i.e. when the covers of the bed form the face of a child, when the frost on the window forms the hideous, simian-like face of Mr. Hill, and when the skeleton pops up from the fireplace), but the movie relies mostly on the cheap jump-out-and-scare-the-hell-out-of-you gags that has made horror a weak and sub-par genre in the world of movie-making. Statues come to life, as well as the whole house, and, though the compute animation is undeniable, the viewer realized the millions spent on the images were worthless because it left no real lasting impression. I hear the old version of the movie is good, and the book it is based on (The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson) is a tale of a womans awakening to life and sexuality as well as a good scare. I have not experienced the movie, but I can say with conviction that the book is a worhtwhile pursuit. I hope to have a review of it up soon. Still, if you read the book, do not expect a good compliment in the movie. The only lasting scare this movie will ever have is on the actors when they look back on their career and recall that they did the project. My take on it: Don't get near it. |
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