Haunting - Presenze

Titolo originale: The Haunting
Regia: Jan de Bont |
Anno: 1999
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror Thriller Fantasy Mistero
Tag: based on novel or book | painting | trauma | haunted house | haunting | castle | insomnia | bone | poster | child labor | audio recording | spiral staircase | evil | loner | researcher | insomniac | paranormal activity | logbook | strange noise | spook | cherub | suspenseful |
Cast: Liam Neeson | Lili Taylor | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Owen Wilson | Bruce Dern | Marian Seldes | Alix Koromzay | Todd Field | Virginia Madsen | Michael Cavanaugh | Tom Irwin | Charles Gunning | Saul Priever | M.C. Gainey | Hadley Eure | Kadina de Elejalde | Alessandra Benjamin | Karen S. Gregan | Brandon Jarrett | Mary McNeal | William Minkin | Debi Derryberry | Jessica Evans | Sherry Lynn | Miles Marsico | Courtland Mead | Kelsey Mulrooney | Kyle McDougle | Hannah Swanson | Travis Tedford |

Un gruppo di volontari si ritrova in un cupo maniero per partecipare a degli studi sui disturbi del sonno: in realtà, quello che veramente interessa al professor Marrow è studiare la loro paura...

Approfondimenti

Voice-actors in this movie Courtland Mead and Travis Tedford appeared in Piccole canaglie (1994). D
The outside of Hill House, as well as some interiors were filmed in Harlaxton Manor, in England. D
The project was originally with Dimension films, with Wes Craven attached to direct. D
The official Spanish title for the film is "The Haunting (La Guarida)". Translated to English, it wo [...] D
The shooting script used during filming saw more scenes with Hill House's caretakers, the Dudleys. I [...] D
In the behind the scenes feature, Owen Wilson says that during the scene where he is beating the pai [...] D
Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Lili Taylor) and Luke Sanderson (Owen Wilson) are the two guests who die in Hi [...] D
In the theatrical trailer, there is a scene where Nell asks Theo if she ever kept something to herse [...] D
At the time of its release, it was widely rumored that Steven Spielberg either directed some scenes [...] D
The giant haunted mansion was built at a cost of £8 million in the dome that used to house the Sp [...] D
This project was originally developed with Steven Spielberg as director. However, when Tom Cruise be [...] D
Deleted scenes shown in theatrical trailers and television commercials for this movie, but not inclu [...] D
This second adaptation of the book was going to be titled "The Haunting of Hill House", which was th [...] D
This isn't a remake of Robert Wise's classic, as the production company did not have the remake righ [...] D
Steven Spielberg's personal film editor, Michael Kahn, was the editor on this film and previously ed [...] D
Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel was originally attached to shoot the movie, and even completed some [...] D
In the script, when Hugh Crain's ghost is closing the doors of Hill House to prevent the guests from [...] D
Even though he's uncredited as executive producer, Steven Spielberg cast Catherine Zeta Jones (Theo) [...] D
When Nell (Lili Taylor) & Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones) first arrive at the house, they wander the cor [...] D
This would be amongst the seven collaborations between Steven Spielberg and Composer Jerry Goldsmith [...] D
This is the third movie composed by the late Oscar Winner Jerry Goldsmith which was plagued by produ [...] D
Coincidently, Jerry Goldsmith wrote the score for this film and The Burbs, which both featured Bruce [...] D
Steven Spielberg was so disgusted by the quality of the final product of the film that he removed hi [...] D
Michael Tolkin did an uncredited re-write on the script. D
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Liam Neeson were so frightened on the set of that neither of them wanted to [...] D
The ghost of Hugh Crain was originally supposed to emerge from the fireplace and try to attack Nell. [...] D
(At around six minutes) In the movie, Dr. David Marrow talks to his boss Malcolm (Michael Cavanaugh) [...] D
Stephen King is an admitted fan of Shirley Jackson, and her work on The Haunting of Hill House was a [...] D
The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Catherine Zeta-Jones; and five Oscar nominees: Liam Neeson, [...] D
In this movie, Owen Wilson plays a character named Luke, his brother's name in real life. D
The part of the big lion head in the fireplace was originally played by a large green ball. D
This was the first film for uncredited executive producer Samuel Z. Arkoff in almost fifteen years. [...] D
Liam Neeson nicknamed Catherine Zeta-Jones "The Welsh Gazelle", because they repeated a running take [...] D
The house used in the film is located in Grantham, England, and is owned by the University of Evansv [...] D
In the original shooting script, Dr. David Marrow's first name was Jim. The name David is taken from [...] D
The small car that Luke tries to crash through the gate is a 1974 AMC Gremlin. D
The mansion set to build had a cost £8 million or $13 million of 1999 (equivalent to £14 milli [...] D
Liam Neeson is afraid of heights, so his fear, when he was dangling off the flight of steps while tr [...] D
During the daylight scenes everything was fine but the moment the light was gone it became the oppos [...] D
Stephen King wrote the first draft of the script. When this fell through, he re-worked it into Rose [...] D
The tagline for this movie "some houses are born bad" is also a line that Dr. Joyce Reardon says in [...] D
The set designed by Eugenio Zanetti and built in the Spruce Goose hanger was one of the largest inte [...] D
Several of the sets, some of the largest interior sets ever built, depicting Hill House were so big [...] D
At one point, Wes Craven was developing a remake to this film, but dropped out in favour of directin [...] D
The creaks and moans heard throughout the house were recorded and played during filming in order to [...] D