

You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror.
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…
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Intimate, grave, earnest and bleak.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Julie HarrisEleanor Lance
- Claire BloomTheodora
- Richard JohnsonDr. John Markway
- Russ TamblynLuke Sanderson
- Fay ComptonMrs. Sanderson
- Rosalie CrutchleyMrs. Dudley
- Lois MaxwellGrace Markway
- Valentine DyallMr. Dudley
- Diane ClareCarrie Fredericks
- Ronald AdamEldridge Harper
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- Robert WiseDirector
- Nelson GiddingScreenplay
- Shirley JacksonNovel
- Davis BoultonDirector of Photography
- Humphrey SearleOriginal Music Composer
- Ernest WalterEditor
- Robert WiseProducer
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