********THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SMALL SPOILERS!!!***********
What's the matter with trailers these days? They show only the best parts of a movie, so that when you're watching the damn thing, you can find out it actually sucks! Like most of the movie fans on this site, I can conclude that the acting was terrible! I mean, I've seen Liam Neeson in 'Nell' and 'Rob Roy' and oh yes, 'The Phantom Menace ( Star Wars )', anyhow: he can do much better than THIS! Lily Taylor ( never heard of her before ) and Catherine ( yuck yuck ) as well as Owen Wilson ( look at that: the giant lion head bites his head off: yippeee! ) playing Luke Sanders, but erhm, it wasn't Wilson who annoyed me but his character, so sorry Owen..., they ALL seem to have no experience with acting. The plot did it again, right?
What is so great about 'The Haunting' that I've bought both the VHS and the DVD-version? Well, listen up:
**********HILL HOUSE-HILL HOUSE-HILL HOUSE-************* The Great Hall is the most spectacular part of the set, the painting of Hugh Crain, the fireplace,... Most people think the SFX suck too, but hey, that's not TRUE!!! The statues coming alive and the ghosts are very realistic. I do admit they could have made the children look less cartoony and Hugh Crain's ghost more scary. The hand coming out of a door, the voices etc. they were funny, yes, not even SPOOKY! I thought the giant lion carvings on the fireplace were the most scary, but also most beautiful parts of the interior,and more scary than Crain's huge painting. As I already said in my previous review: a sequel of this movie shouldn't contain actors of flesh and blood; no way: they should use Hill House itself. The outside, the inside, everything. Because thàt does deserve an Oscar. Have you heard me you Hillbillies in Hollywood???
10/10 for Hill House 2/10 for the acting
A 7/10 for the whole thing.
What's the matter with trailers these days? They show only the best parts of a movie, so that when you're watching the damn thing, you can find out it actually sucks! Like most of the movie fans on this site, I can conclude that the acting was terrible! I mean, I've seen Liam Neeson in 'Nell' and 'Rob Roy' and oh yes, 'The Phantom Menace ( Star Wars )', anyhow: he can do much better than THIS! Lily Taylor ( never heard of her before ) and Catherine ( yuck yuck ) as well as Owen Wilson ( look at that: the giant lion head bites his head off: yippeee! ) playing Luke Sanders, but erhm, it wasn't Wilson who annoyed me but his character, so sorry Owen..., they ALL seem to have no experience with acting. The plot did it again, right?
What is so great about 'The Haunting' that I've bought both the VHS and the DVD-version? Well, listen up:
**********HILL HOUSE-HILL HOUSE-HILL HOUSE-************* The Great Hall is the most spectacular part of the set, the painting of Hugh Crain, the fireplace,... Most people think the SFX suck too, but hey, that's not TRUE!!! The statues coming alive and the ghosts are very realistic. I do admit they could have made the children look less cartoony and Hugh Crain's ghost more scary. The hand coming out of a door, the voices etc. they were funny, yes, not even SPOOKY! I thought the giant lion carvings on the fireplace were the most scary, but also most beautiful parts of the interior,and more scary than Crain's huge painting. As I already said in my previous review: a sequel of this movie shouldn't contain actors of flesh and blood; no way: they should use Hill House itself. The outside, the inside, everything. Because thàt does deserve an Oscar. Have you heard me you Hillbillies in Hollywood???
10/10 for Hill House 2/10 for the acting
A 7/10 for the whole thing.