The lion kingdom revisited The Haunting after over 30 years & found it fascinating.  The original widescreen 1920x800 is like seeing it for the 1st time.  The real house, Ettington Park Hotel in Warwickshire, England, was shot in IR at night to make it look more ghastly.    This movie created all the "in the dark" memes.

The real thing isn't as medieval.  It was renovated in 1862.  Bits of it existed as early as the 1600's.  Times were tough for hill house, during the lockdowns of 2020.

The distorted, wide angle shots popped for the 1st time.

The complete interior sets visible for the 1st time popped. It seemed cozy with them hunkered down in the living room for the night, but the snoring & body odor would have been brutal & if someone had to go to the bathroom, it was a scary trip down past the nursery.

Despite all being shot in old England, we're led to believe the mansion was "in the most remote part of New England he could find".

The 1 editing mistake is still there, with part of a face statue dissolving out.

38 year old Julie Harris was a real hotty with her mane down.  

It was a turnoff when she lost her mind, but after 40 years of dating, not so much anymore.  We're led to believe hotty's sister kept her prisoner because she wasn't all there in the 1st place.

Evil brunette was actually a lesbian.

The face in the wall popped once we had more context.

What a ghoulish fireplace.

The bulging door was real wood, not a rubber miniature.

It never showed how the 2 of them got back down the collapsing staircase.  The lion kingdom would have tried stabilizing it with wood beams.

Where the car is shown in the final scene, there isn't a real road.

Dudley was a hottie by 50 year old standards.

There actually is an audio book in downloadable form with none other than Bob Cratchet reading rather than a synthetic voice.  The IMDB says it has more scenes than the movie.

Miss the days when there was more than 1 brand & it was $2.