Its what you cant see. Sounds that play tricks, and strangers you cant trust.
The Haunting is uncomfortable viewing. Unsettling in its presentation of the supernatural and the cursed Hill House that has seeemingly ruined the lives of anyone thats lived there.
Theres no ‘big’ set piece. No bombastic sfx. No scenes purely there for shocks or controversy. One of the most influential horror films films of all time, inspiring the likes of Steven Speilberg and Martin Scorcese, is very much the melodrama wrapped inside a very well crafted, slow burn horror.
And it stays with you even after multiple viewings.