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Old 09-03-2008, 06:32 AM
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I don't think that there was ever a film that scared me as much as the original THE HAUNTING. As terrifying as I found it, except for the thing with the door, you never saw anything. It was all in your mind. Great work by Robert Wise.

I always say that if I were to go back to my hometown cinema and look at the seat I sat in, I'd find my fingerprints still embedded in the underside of the arms after all these years. That's how tight I was holding on.

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Old 09-03-2008, 11:49 AM
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And any of Welles' B/W films, plus Carol Reed's The Third Man.
could not imagine the The Third Man in colour, great film
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Old 09-03-2008, 01:50 PM
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Watch the Original Gaslight to the remake and you can see why black and white works and colour does not,
Erm ... wasn't the remake in black and white as well?

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Old 13-03-2008, 04:12 PM
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Oh yes. Patrick McGoohan was brilliant in Shinda Shima. It was just the plot and that awful bren-gun scene..... scarred me. I saw the end of 'You Only Live Twice' the other weekend on TV, and that looked more Shindy to me (but I'm not sure what came first)

BTW. Hate to argue.... ..... but the Legend of Hill House was nothing like The Haunting, other than that it took place in an old house. It's got Michael Gough's voice in it, so that's worth the effort I suppose......



PS. I don't think Patrick McGoohan plays golf..... Maybe someone knows different.
Moor, just got around to looking at this thread again, The Haunting is available at £2.99 delivered at Play .com. Anyway, The Legend of Hell House & The Haunting are very similar in my view, I guess we will have to disagree.
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Old 13-03-2008, 05:05 PM
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Moor, The Legend of Hell House & The Haunting are very similar in my view
Oh No They're Not!!
They are plotted after a similar fashion but the Legend film is a do it by numbers pretence of science in pursuit of ghosties, all mixed in with cod psychology...

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The Haunting..........
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The difference between The Legend of Hell House & The Haunting is pretty simple.......


The Haunting never had a stuffed cat in the film whereas Legend of Hell House did.
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Watch the Original Gaslight to the remake and you can see why black and white works and colour does not,

Oh!! and include The Spiral Staircase and The Dark Mirror as well.
But the remake of Gaslight is in black and white as well.
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But the remake of Gaslight is in black and white as well.
There was a made for tv remake wasn't there ?
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There was a made for tv remake wasn't there ?
Apart from the 1947 BBC version I don't know of any other remakes.
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Old 15-03-2008, 11:44 AM
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Oh No They're Not!!
They are plotted after a similar fashion but the Legend film is a do it by numbers pretence of science in pursuit of ghosties, all mixed in with cod psychology...

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Moor, I will watch both next week, and if you are right then I will send you a five bob postal order
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Apart from the 1947 BBC version I don't know of any other remakes.
There's a 1959 French TV remake/adaptation and a 1977 German one and a 1957 BBC Sunday Night Theatre production

None of them can be anywhere near as good as the 1940 film though

BTW there was also a 1939 BBC production

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Thanks Steve. I would be interested in seeing the French and German interpretations of such an English play. Presumably the German one is the only one in colour.
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Moor, I will watch both next week, and if you are right then I will send you a five bob postal order
received both from Play.com today, I look forward to viewing these
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The bit where the bedroom door moves to form screaming faces and moves in and out as if breathing, is still an all time favourite horror film scene. Absolutely inspired.
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Moor, I will watch both next week, and if you are right then I will send you a five bob postal order
Right, I did the Haunting last night, indeed very very good. The Legend of Hell House tonight, looking forward to seeing it again and comparing the 2 films.
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