Haunting - Presenze

Titolo originale: The Haunting

1999
T
1h 53min

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

5,0/10

82.375

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Haunting - Presenze (1999)

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Quando Eleanor, Theo e Luke decidono di partecipare a uno studio del sonno in una villa enorme, ottengono più di quello che se aspetassero quando il dottor Marrow racconta il passato spettra... Leggi tuttoQuando Eleanor, Theo e Luke decidono di partecipare a uno studio del sonno in una villa enorme, ottengono più di quello che se aspetassero quando il dottor Marrow racconta il passato spettrale della casa.Quando Eleanor, Theo e Luke decidono di partecipare a uno studio del sonno in una villa enorme, ottengono più di quello che se aspetassero quando il dottor Marrow racconta il passato spettrale della casa.

Regia
- Jan de Bont
Sceneggiatura
- David Self
- Shirley Jackson
Star

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

5,0/10

82.375

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

Regia
- Jan de Bont
Sceneggiatura
- David Self
- Shirley Jackson
Star

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Premi
- 4 vittorie e 14 candidature totali

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Recensione in evidenza

5/10

Great special effects...but not at all scary

I hadn't heard anything particularly good about this film, but I thought I would see it for myself. I was disappointed to a certain extent- because it just was not at all scary. it looked like it might be, and the haunting of Hill House certainly is a very creepy novel- but this film is just special effects wizardry and thats about all. It has a great cast, particularly Taylor, Neeson and Zeta-Jones, but they really do play second fiddle to the special effects. The set design really is magnificent, but the story is fairly average and the characters are unfortunately a little underdeveloped. By the end I was bit bored with the 'creepy house', because it just was not 'creepy' enough. Some of the lines were so laughable it could have been mistaken for a comedy. Visually stunning for a while, but when you run out of things to look at- there is nothing else of interest.

Meredith-7
29 apr 2000
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Quiz
The house used in the film is located in Grantham, England, and is owned by the University of Evansville (Indiana). It is used by students that study abroad.

Blooper
(at around 19 mins) When Nell and Theo first meet, Theo puts on her leather jacket. In the following shot, Theo's reflection can be seen in the mirror behind Nell, and she puts on the jacket again.

Citazioni
Luke: Hey, you guys wanna hear something really scary? I just found this out. It turns out there's a more darker chapter in the Hugh Crain fairytale. Remember his lovely wife Renee? Well Renee, the town beauty, she didn't just die, she killed herself.
Theo: Really? He just told you that?
Luke: Yes, but you can't say anything because he actually swore me to secrecy.
Eleanor "Nell" Vance: Why did she kill herself?
Luke: The stillborn children story is more sinister, and maybe Hugh Crain was a horrible monster that drove her to it.
Eleanor "Nell" Vance: Monster? But he built this house with the woman he loved like the Taj Mahal.
Theo: The Taj Mahal wasn't a palace, it was a tomb. And equally overdone.

Curiosità sui crediti
At the beginning, the music from Dreamwork's studio is not heard. Instead we hear the strange noises from inside Hill House.

Versioni alternative
The trailer features two little scenes which were not used in the final film. In the first scene, which was probably cut from the sequence where Eleanor and Theo go through the house for the first time, they find a door, which they open, only to find a brick wall. The second scene is a piece of dialogue between Eleanor and Theo. Eleanor asks "Have you ever kept something to yourself because you were afraid?" to which Theo answers "All the time."