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The Haunting

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Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror… From TMDB

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  • John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2026

    Rewatched the greatest haunted house movie of all time. THE HAUNTING, with Claire Bloom and the marvelous Julie Harris, the original 1963 b/w film--not the execrable 1990s remake. What is a better or even comparable haunted house film? Directed by Robert Wise! The psychology, the photography!

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  • Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2026

    The Haunting: released on this day in 1963. Still the best American haunted house movie.

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Mar 8, 2025

    💙📚 For International Women's Day, recommend ten books by women writers. 1. The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson 2. Experimental Film, Gemma Files 3. Tell Me I'm Worthless, Alison Rumfitt 4. The Good House, Tananarive Due 5. Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez 6. The Grip of It, Jac Jemc 1/2

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  • Steven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    Currently watching The Haunting (1999) which is not a good film. Best things about it are the enormous and elaborate sets. Worst is the CGI. Lili Taylor is always really watchable, Catherine Zeta-Jones is pretty good casting for Theo, but Owen Wilson feels like he's dropped in from Scooby-Doo.

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  • Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2026

    Sony Pictures Animation has officially confirmed they’re making a fifth Hotel Transylvania. The film will be titled The Haunting Of Hotel Transylvania and will be released on October 5, 2027. I’m surprised they’re making another one, but I guess we’ll see how this turns out.

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    The Haunting (1963) Directed by Robert Wise

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  • Hallow’s Books, Movies, and TV @hallowshaunt.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    Any fans of the original 1963 film The Haunting?

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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · Feb 21, 2025

    Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, Doctor Sleep) is writing a Clayface movie for DC, and Eden Lake director James Watkins has been enlisted to direct:

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    10 horror novels to get to know me by The Haunting of Hill House Experimental Film A Head Full of Ghosts House of Leaves The Stepford Wives Beloved You Should Have Left The House Next Door Frankenstein IT

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  • 🎃 ƚԋҽ ԋαυɳƚιɳɠ σϝ Aʅҽx˚Jҽɾι⛦ @mobiusstrip8.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    The Haunting ⁞1963 www.imdb.com/title/tt0057129 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. now Dr. Markway has assembled a team of people who will prove whether or not the house is haunted·

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  • Jeremy Williams @jerqwills.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2025

    All rewatches for the first week of November Return Of The Fly (1959) The Haunting (1963) Batman (1966) Gun Crazy (1950) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky 🎬🍿📽️

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  • Darrell Clem @darrellclem.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 30, 2025

    Hanging out at the public library and remembered I’ve never read this. I’ve seen the movie The Haunting (1963) a few times. So this goes home with me.

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  • Zeb Cyrus 🎃👻🙀 @zbcy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    Thornewood Castle, Lakewood, Washington, USA. The castle was used for the film Rose Red and the series The Haunting of Bly Manor. #photography #architecture #travel #Gothic #EnglishGothic

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  • Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2026

    #Edwards1000SixtiesMovies 312/1000: THE HAUNTING I love everything about this horror movie from Robert Wise (the director of the musical classics West Side Story and Sound of Music). Its eerie cinematography and genuine expressions of terror from the cast is just totally perfection!!!

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  • Sarah Makes People Watch Things! @torsodapop.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2025

    #Junesploitation DAY 30: ITALIAN HORROR UN FIOCCO NERO PER DEBORAH (1974), Marcello Andrei Masqueraded as another Rosemary's Baby yet more congruous with later Farrow film The Haunting of Julia, Deborah is an existentially unsettling ghost story set amidst the ruins of a once ardent marriage.

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  • Pod Mortem: A Horror Podcast @thepodmortem.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    In our new episode, we discuss Peter Cornwell’s 2009 supernatural horror film THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT! Listen here and don’t forget to subscribe and share! allmylinks.com/thepodmortem

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  • Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    somehow I didn’t see Crimson Peak until now which is frankly incredible given how much this movie is For Me. Please note, I watched The Haunting on repeat as a child and it made me who I am.

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2025

    #NowWatching The Haunting (1963) #Horror #Movies #Film #HorrorSky

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  • Clinton of the Damned 🎃👻 @puritythrufire.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #19 "The Haunting" (Robert Wise/1963) Fantastic adaptation of Shirley Jackson's excellent novel "The Haunting of Hill House". Incredible, unnerving use of sound in this film. Check it out!

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  • Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2024

    Official The ___ing horror movie rankings: 1) The Shining 2) The Thing 3) The Haunting (1960s version) 4) The Wailing 5) The Conjuring 6) The Vanishing 7) The Changeling (1980s version)

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  • Mrs. McD @my-cat-thelma.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    If you're a scary movie buff, "The Haunting" (from 1963) is really good.

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  • Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    10 September 1914 – 2005 Robert Wise, 91, US filmmaker. 4 Oscars: West Side Story (Director, Producer) The Sound of Music (Director, Producer) 3 Oscar nominations: Citizen Kane (film editor) * I Want to Live! * The Sand Pebbles Curse of the Cat People * The Day the Earth Stood Still * The Haunting

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  • Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    6. The Haunting (1963). Simply the best haunted house movie ever made, in which a quartet of ghost researchers visit a house and it slowly and subtly preys on the weakest member of the group. Based on Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, also a classic.

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?. It's probably this or The Haunting (1963).

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  • Iain Clark But In The Fog @iainjclarkart.comBluesky · Jul 19, 2025

    Woken this morning by a poltergeist head-barging our bedroom door (as seen in the classic film The Haunting.) Fortunately the cat must have heard it too and was heroically standing guard outside the door. #cats

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  • BULLY🐮✨ @bullypop.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2025

    Not a movie, but definitely The Haunting of Butthole House And it’s follow-up The Haunting of Bly Butthole

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2024

    Shirley Jackson (with scenes from the Robert Wise film "The Haunting", adapted from Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House) - BOTD

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  • Tom De Ville @devilligan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Last night's film was the quietly grim ghost story The Haunting of Julia, which feels in many ways like a companion piece to Don't Look Now. An understated, criminally overlooked film shot in wintery, late 70s London. Very much my cup of tea.

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  • Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2025

    2/2 Robert Wise’s 1963 THE HAUNTING might be the best US haunted house film. Based on Shirley Jackson’s THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, it’s as much a study in psychology as it about ghosts. Mike Flanagan used Jackson’s book for his own terrific 2018 mini-series.

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  • Paula @totallypaula.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2025

    Books to film. 📚=🎞️ The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson. Adapted to film twice as The Haunting, in 1963 and 1999. And a 2018 mini-series called The Haunting of Hill House. Jackson is a master of Gothic horror. Each adaptation is unique but worthwhile. 😱 #booksky #filmsky #horrorsky

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  • Adam @johngudmann.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2025

    more of my designs! Some are these are from when I really started getting into landscape film pieces. 1) It Takes Two 2) Interstellar 3) The Haunting of Hill House 4) Jurassic Park #crossstitch #games #film #paleoart #horror

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  • Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2024

    Tonight's movie 📽️ - The Haunting, 1963. Based on Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, released four years prior. Trying to get to more classics that I haven't seen yet!

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  • Jack Guignol @jackguignol.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    Film 26 of 2025: The Haunting of Rosalind (1973) A made for tv movie, The Haunting of Rosalind adapts a Henry James short story. The Dark Shadows influence really shows; it has that great vintage "tv gothic" look--and a dewy-faced Susan Sarandon in one of the main roles! Extremely my shit.

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  • The Digital Bits @thedigitalbits.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social revisits Robert Wise's classic 1963 #horror film THE HAUNTING, available in a Collector's Edition 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray release from @screamfactory.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

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  • Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈 @unclebeard1978.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2024

    Worst horror movie you've ever seen? The 1999 version of The Haunting. So bad that I cheered when Owen Wilson got beheaded.

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  • Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2024

    Tonight's movie 📽️ - The Haunting, 1963. I haven't been able to focus too well on anything lately so I'm going to rewatch a classic I've already seen and enjoyed

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · May 16, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book: The Haunting of Hill House One film: Harold and Maude One album: Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters One TV show: Hannibal

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  • Robert. Queer and broken. @queerbrokenfate.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky The Haunting Lodge: "Boring and pointless." Malevolent: "Deliberate but riveting." The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made: "Probably a good intro." The Pendle Witch Child: "Just watch The Crucible."

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2026

    Screening tonight (Tues) at 11.30pm on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, Full Circle aka The Haunting of Julie is a strange ghost story. Mia Farrow, Tom Conti, and Keir Dullea (Gone Tomorrow) star in this atmospheric adaptation of Peter Straub's novel. #TPTVsubtitles film-authority.com/2023/04/27/f...

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  • 🦋 Gabriel Yuriria @gabriel-yuriria.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    #HorrorWritersChat Hello, I'm Gabriel and I write gothic horror and my film inspirations are actually one series and one film, the Haunting of Hill House and Pan's Labyrinth, really anything by Mike Flanagan and Guillermo del Toro

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  • JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2025

    Robert Wise’s unsettling film THE HAUNTING (adapted from Shirley Jackson’s novel THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE) is on BBC2 at 12.05am tonight. A psychological horror classic. #FilmSky #BookSky 💙📚

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  • don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    proven by horror movie The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia they couldn't even keep the sequel in connecticut

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Apr 18, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book: The Haunting of Hill House One film: Suspiria One album: "Boys For Pele," Tori Amos One TV show: Hannibal One book One film One album One TV show

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  • Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 11, 2026

    Recommended movies showing on TCM early tomorrow morning: The Haunting (1963) @ 3:30am. The Tell-Tale Heart (1941) @ 5:30am. Thank you TCM! #TCM #TurnerClassicMovies #Horror #Movie

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2025

    There are only two and a half minutes worth watching in the execrable 1999 film The Haunting, and these are they:

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  • Graham🐝 @grahamthings.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    The Haunting (1963) d. Robert Wise My favourite haunted house story and pobably my favourite haunted house film...

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  • The Frida Cinema @thefridacinema.orgBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Our Classic Movie Nights series is entering the halls of Hill House with the terrifying 1963 version of THE HAUNTING on Oct 14th 👻 Arrive at 7:30PM for a pre-screening presentation on the film from our Marketing Director Bekah 🏰 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-h...

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  • Nenya Bisnis @teleporttomars.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2025

    starting off October movie season with The Haunting (1963) 🎃🍿

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  • Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    The Haunting - which is definitely a Christmas film - is on BBC2 tonight. Horror on Christmas Eve, little better than that

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  • Christine Rains @crainswriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    #FantasyIndiesSpooktober Day 2 Happy Friday! 29 days until Halloween! 🎃 Spooky book rec: Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman (the movie based on this is coming out called Other Mommy) Movie: The Thing TV show: The Haunting of Hill House @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social @lvrussell.bsky.social

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  • JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2024

    A great film - adapted from Shirley Jackson’s novel THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE. Coming up on BBC 2 on 23rd Dec. #BookSky 💙📚 #FilmSky 🎬📽️

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  • AveTeresa @aveteresa.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2024

    A short film for Hallowe’en - The Haunting of Hay Tunnel.

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2024

    Robert Wise (with scenes from his film "The Haunting") - BOTD

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  • Richard Paris @rwparis2.bsky.socialBluesky · May 10, 2024

    What is your favorite black-and-white movie? The Haunting (1963)

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  • Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    This film genuinely scares me. Robert Wise’s The Haunting. The real star is the house. Designed by Elliot Scott, who went on to be a designer on the Indiana Jones movies, it's a swirl of intricate, off-centre geometry that casts a looming shadow. youtu.be/5xLRfsMf7DM

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  • Matthew Turner @filmfan1971.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2025

    FILM RECOMMENDATION: Robert Wise’s horror classic The Haunting (1963). Available on @BBCiPlayer for 13 more days. Don’t miss it, if you’ve never seen it. #FilmRecs25

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  • idk @idkman159.swifties.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Film written by Julia Bicknell aka the person who wrote on The Haunting of Bly Manor and Yellowjackets 😮 and the movie is directed by her wife!

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  • Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2025

    The difference in quality between "The Haunting" (1963) and this pile of shit is one of the greatest quality differences between an original and remake in film history.

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  • Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2024

    I only watched 10 spooky movies this October and I've let myself down. The Haunting was the best rewatch, Red Rooms was the best new film.

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  • Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    I'm sure there were things that scared me before this, but the first movie I remember being too scared to even finish is THE HAUNTING (1963)

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