Details

Description

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

System Details

DVD; region 1; Dolby digital mono.; widescreen format.

Language

Closed-captioned; Optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; Optional dubbed French.

Cast

Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn.

Credits

Director of photography, Davis Boulton ; editor, Ernest Walter ; music, Humphrey Searle.

Note

Originally released in 1963 as motion picture.

Based on the novel: The haunting of Hill House / by Shirley Jackson.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Adapted from Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, this psychological thriller tells the story of four people who come to the house to study its supernatural phenomena.

Note

Special features: commentary by Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, director Robert Wise and screenwriter Nelson Gidding; "Things that go bump in the night" essay; stills gallery; theatrical trailer (3 min.).

Subject

Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965 -- Film adaptations.

Haunted houses -- Drama.

Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965.

Haunted houses.

Haunted houses -- Drama.

Genre/Form

DVD-Video discs.

Feature films -- United States.

Drama.

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

Horror films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.

Horror films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Film adaptations.

Added Author

Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.

Gidding, Nelson.

Harris, Julie, 1925-2013.

Bloom, Claire, 1931-

Johnson, Richard, 1927-2015.

Tamblyn, Russ.

Boulton, Davis, 1911-1989.

Walter, Ernest.

Searle, Humphrey.

Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965. Haunting of Hill House.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Argyle Enterprises.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

ISBN

0790746603

9780790746609

Standard No.

012569519428

Music No.

65194 Warner Home Video