The read
A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, Metacritic 74/100. Scores higher than 84% of the 148 1960s horror movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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…
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic74/100
735 audience votes
Key crew
- Humphrey SearleOriginal Music Composer
- Robert WiseDirector
- Nelson GiddingScreenplay
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
- Pamela BuckleyFirst Mrs. Crain (uncredited)
- Frieda KnorrSecond Mrs. Crain (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
suicideexperimentbased on novel or bookalcoholinsanityhaunted housedisappearanceblack and whiteorphannervous breakdownhouse of horrorssuper power
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