Simply the best haunted house movie ever made......no other movie combines a soundtrack and brilliant camera work so effectively.....great acting too.The ultimate movie of it's type that has never been bettered.
This was more or less a modern take on The Haunting (1963). If you have not seen TLOHH....it is quite the epic movie. Fantastic performances all around. The soundtrack is unique. And the use of audio to set the tone of this movie is a master class in itself. OK...some complain about the ending...but I thought it was good....all in all, a great movie. I will have to dig up the DVD .
By the way... if you love this movie or love haunted house movies you HAVE TO buy this. PLUS it has a commentary with Pamela Franklin... the young woman in this very scene. Oh man... Scream Factory did an AWESOME job on this!!!!
To celebrate Halloween, I'm currently re-watching The Legend Of Hell House for its 50th Anniversary. It may not be in the ranks of The Exorcist. But it's still among the films that have refreshed my faith in spiritual resolutions. 🎃
The Doctor Who episode "Hide" (2013), guest starring Jessica Raine ("Call the Midwife" ) and Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible 2) is set in 1974, and the way it's shot is very much of a piece with this period in British horror cinema. According to Wikipedia, "[Neil] Cross wanted to write a scary episode and was inspired by Nigel Kneale's works The Quatermass Experiment and The Stone Tape." Highly recommended, and prior knowledge of Doctor Who isn't important to enjoyment of the episode as a clear homage to the days of 1960s-1970s Hammer and BBC science fiction horror. (It's a standalone "monster of the week" story with no vital connection to the overall series mythology).
Chazbot Maybe incase the servant trips and the best part of the meal ( the meat ) won't end up on the floor. I think it's an English thing ? Your question was funny I gave you a thumbs up : D I have always loved this movie it's one of my favorites.
My Mum had a meat serving dish like this. It stopped the slippery beast from moving while you sliced it. English beef tended to be over cooked so hacking into it took brute force.
One of the most effective tools in this movie is the soundtrack. This movie broke ground in the use of sound (along with The Exorcist which came out the same year) to add to the tension, eerieness, and pure fright that characterizes this movie. I like this movie better than The Exorcist because, in true English style, it is more subtle, and better written as a plot. The Exorcist is effective for sheer terror and the fact it is based on a true story, and extremely well done for its type of horror film, but for plot, character development, subtlety and sophistication, this movie wins hands down in my book.
It's the Englishness that makes this a better movie than The Exorcist. In fact, the only jarring note is Gayle Honeycutt as Edith, being American . . . although as I type I'm actually listening to the audiobook version of Hell House by Richard Matheson, which I read before the movie came out. Matheson wrote (or co-wrote) the screenplay, leaving out most of the sexual bits from the book, but it's the main reason why this is such a good movie, although the original was set in Maine! Which immediately made me wonder: which came first, Hell House, or The Shining? Because a lot of Stephen King's stuff seems lifted straight from Richard Matheson! But I came here looking for a clip of Florence Tanner's memorable line "Who ARE you people?"
I love this movie, but I cannot agree that it's better than The Exorcist. No way! And to claim this movie's sound is on par with The Exorcist is ludicrous too.
I have an idea that the writer and director of Hereditary were inspired by this scene. Except when the conflagration of flames missed the husband, it was seen as a lost opportunity.
You should get the audiobook version from Audible . . . I generally don't like "listening" to novels but the narrator for this book was remarkably good . . . he must have seen this movie before setting out. Of the three versions, I still think Matheson's book was the best, with the movie a close second.
This is a great runner up to the Haunting Them and the Shining seem to embody the darker nature of what happens when evil lurks in a buildings very foundations
As I sit her and watch this clip, oh, a good 35 years or more since I saw this movie, I am thinking to myself as the ghost (Daniel Belasco) rips the room apart, "Like a little kid having a temper tantrum." Then, I recalled, "Oh, yeah, as I remember it, Daniel Belasco WAS a young spoiled rich kid." I guess the director accurately got his point across! A class A horror movie. One of of the best of its day.
It's a frame job too. He's trying to stitch Florence up as the culprit by timing the attack right after their disagreement. And Lionel falls right for it.
"Daniel Balasco," if you'll recall, did not exist. Emrick Balasco made him up, to convince (and mislead) Florence Tanner that the house held multiple entities, when it was always "ONLY Balasco."
I couldn't help feeling that Belasco's status as a very evil, satanic and depraved ogre was literally diminished by the story's denouement. He ended up being a very well-protected pest that could be exterminated by a sort of psychic fumigation.
I would love to see a TV series based on the original novel. The Roaring Giant, Emeric Belasco, is far too infamous, a character to be seen only in one book. Besides, a TV series could expand more on all the terrible horrors he committed
yeah--book is outstanding and they have a KILLER narrator who does an audiobook reading on you tube. . ..full book, free,,....just finishing it up. The narrator is outstanding....as is the story. A really sharp, smart horror story. The Shining on steroids.
🧐👍great movie watching it now sense "Hbo,prime, an others" want you to pay for it!! Thats why i downloaded "Cinema" on my firestick😂never have to pay for movies again..Duhhhh!!!! An the "Exorcist" is a good movie too!! Not in the same genre as Hell house; possession movie (Exocist) hounted house(Hell house) Learn the difference 🧐🤨😑thats wat makes me laugh the most; you post like you know what your talking about an you dont!!!!🧐👍
I don't think so - this came 10 years after "The Haunting" (it's novel coming out even 4 years before that). This one is based on its own novel by a respected author that came out in 1971. Don't think they were cashing in on something so much older. To me, The Haunting is the "Mount Everest" of haunted house movies - but I enjoy this one as well because it has enough differences, has some intellectual content - and I've always had a crush on Pamela Franklin (!) and I always like Roddy McDowell.
Simply the best haunted house movie ever made......no other movie combines a soundtrack and brilliant camera work so effectively.....great acting too.The ultimate movie of it's type that has never been bettered.
Personally I agree. Certainly with much to reflect on for its 50th Anniversary this year.
Agree most of the horror movies now or crap
RIP Roddy McDowell
Classic movie.
I remember how it scared me as a child watching it on TV back when I was much younger. LOL !
Scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. I think I was about 8 or 9 when I seen it. They don't make scary movies anymore
It's a very good film this a true classic👍
this scene is just like a average evening in my household
Except there’s a real person shaking the table & throwing things?!!
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I was the only person to make it out of this house alive and sane in 1952... and I will be the only one to make it out alive and sane this time.
he was not wrong , except the wife made it out too
This was more or less a modern take on The Haunting (1963).
If you have not seen TLOHH....it is quite the epic movie. Fantastic performances all around.
The soundtrack is unique. And the use of audio to set the tone of this movie is a master class in itself.
OK...some complain about the ending...but I thought it was good....all in all, a great movie.
I will have to dig up the DVD .
By the way... if you love this movie or love haunted house movies you HAVE TO buy this. PLUS it has a commentary with Pamela Franklin... the young woman in this very scene. Oh man... Scream Factory did an AWESOME job on this!!!!
To celebrate Halloween, I'm currently re-watching The Legend Of Hell House for its 50th Anniversary. It may not be in the ranks of The Exorcist. But it's still among the films that have refreshed my faith in spiritual resolutions. 🎃
What a cool film. One of my favorite from the 70s. It has that 70s look.
The Doctor Who episode "Hide" (2013), guest starring Jessica Raine ("Call the Midwife" ) and Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible 2) is set in 1974, and the way it's shot is very much of a piece with this period in British horror cinema. According to Wikipedia, "[Neil] Cross wanted to write a scary episode and was inspired by Nigel Kneale's works The Quatermass Experiment and The Stone Tape." Highly recommended, and prior knowledge of Doctor Who isn't important to enjoyment of the episode as a clear homage to the days of 1960s-1970s Hammer and BBC science fiction horror. (It's a standalone "monster of the week" story with no vital connection to the overall series mythology).
And nobody has ever satisfactorily explained to me why the beef had to be served on a bed of razor-sharp nails.
Chazbot Maybe incase the servant trips and the best part of the meal ( the meat ) won't end up on the floor. I think it's an English thing ? Your question was funny I gave you a thumbs up : D I have always loved this movie it's one of my favorites.
In case the beef came alive and walked away
@@greywolf271 It's crawling steak, like the steak in 'Poltergeist.'
@@pamelacorona3665 I think your're correct. It was the type of tray that cooked beef was served on in the distant past.
My Mum had a meat serving dish like this. It stopped the slippery beast from moving while you sliced it. English beef tended to be over cooked so hacking into it took brute force.
Pamela Franklin was such a Doll
One of the most effective tools in this movie is the soundtrack. This movie broke ground in the use of sound (along with The Exorcist which came out the same year) to add to the tension, eerieness, and pure fright that characterizes this movie. I like this movie better than The Exorcist because, in true English style, it is more subtle, and better written as a plot. The Exorcist is effective for sheer terror and the fact it is based on a true story, and extremely well done for its type of horror film, but for plot, character development, subtlety and sophistication, this movie wins hands down in my book.
Extremely loosely based on a true story, to the point that The Exorcist is pure fiction.
It's the Englishness that makes this a better movie than The Exorcist. In fact, the only jarring note is Gayle Honeycutt as Edith, being American . . . although as I type I'm actually listening to the audiobook version of Hell House by Richard Matheson, which I read before the movie came out.
Matheson wrote (or co-wrote) the screenplay, leaving out most of the sexual bits from the book, but it's the main reason why this is such a good movie, although the original was set in Maine!
Which immediately made me wonder: which came first, Hell House, or The Shining? Because a lot of Stephen King's stuff seems lifted straight from Richard Matheson!
But I came here looking for a clip of Florence Tanner's memorable line "Who ARE you people?"
I love this movie, but I cannot agree that it's better than The Exorcist. No way! And to claim this movie's sound is on par with The Exorcist is ludicrous too.
you mean that green vomit was real?!!! Can we throw that at Trump?!!!
❤ roddy mcdowall ❤
I have an idea that the writer and director of Hereditary were inspired by this scene. Except when the conflagration of flames missed the husband, it was seen as a lost opportunity.
Currently reading the book to this awesome movie
You should get the audiobook version from Audible . . . I generally don't like "listening" to novels but the narrator for this book was remarkably good . . . he must have seen this movie before setting out. Of the three versions, I still think Matheson's book was the best, with the movie a close second.
@@kamakirinoko I'll look into it :) though I finished the book kinda recently and was a bit disappointed in the end of the story
@@RabuHina Agreed. I think the movie still takes the cake and on many levels is unforgettable.
great book!
@@plasticweapon agreed. Though the ending kinda surprised me a little bit 😅
An Im 58 yrs old been watching movies since i was young, horror, action, comedy, etc.,
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No insurance company would EVER Give these guys a homeowners policy!!
Lesson learned---don't piss off a ghost!
I do believe Roddy McDowall would have made a great 'Norman Bates' - Psycho. Had Anthony Perkins not had the role.
At 1:50...Wow, the force is strong with this one!
I'm not cleaning that mess.
yep- get *Pazuzu* to do it
Well, that escalated quickly. Yeah, it jumped up a notch.
Not as good of a haunted house movie as The Haunting (1963), but then again, what is?
This is a great runner up to the Haunting
Them and the Shining seem to embody the darker nature of what happens when evil lurks in a buildings very foundations
As I sit her and watch this clip, oh, a good 35 years or more since I saw this movie, I am thinking to myself as the ghost (Daniel Belasco) rips the room apart, "Like a little kid having a temper tantrum." Then, I recalled, "Oh, yeah, as I remember it, Daniel Belasco WAS a young spoiled rich kid." I guess the director accurately got his point across! A class A horror movie. One of of the best of its day.
It's a frame job too. He's trying to stitch Florence up as the culprit by timing the attack right after their disagreement. And Lionel falls right for it.
"Daniel Balasco," if you'll recall, did not exist. Emrick Balasco made him up, to convince (and mislead) Florence Tanner that the house held multiple entities, when it was always "ONLY Balasco."
Pamala's expression at the end : Did I cause that?!
"Now, Miss Turner, let's get you some decaf."
I couldn't help feeling that Belasco's status as a very evil, satanic and depraved ogre was literally diminished by the story's denouement. He ended up being a very well-protected pest that could be exterminated by a sort of psychic fumigation.
thanks fr wrecking the movie for those that hadn't seen the ending dufus! Could you give yourself a swirly as a self congratulation on this?
Belasco was nothing more than a short.pathetic man
But, his giant ego demanded that he portray a tall and imposing presence
I think this actress played flora the little girl in the innocents.
I ain't cleanin' that up.....
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
Did they cleaned the house and cooked the dinner themselves???
I would love to see a TV series based on the original novel. The Roaring Giant, Emeric Belasco, is far too infamous, a character to be seen only in one book. Besides, a TV series could expand more on all the terrible horrors he committed
the book is good too
yeah--book is outstanding and they have a KILLER narrator who does an audiobook reading on you tube. . ..full book, free,,....just finishing it up. The narrator is outstanding....as is the story. A really sharp, smart horror story. The Shining on steroids.
Gosh she is beautiful when she's telling people off!
Did this argument caused the spirits to go haywire?
Come, sit down, for supper? Have some lasagna?? I said!!! Have some!!!!☠️
twentieth century fox film corporation 1973
Okay, it was British food
Let's not pretend this is a huge loss
Who was in that Siloette what Florence was looking at?
I never saw this movie and im 46
i remember as a kid i did not think much of the young girl, but now i find her really attractive lol
Do you people, like my house? We love lasagna 😏
🧐👍great movie watching it now sense "Hbo,prime, an others" want you to pay for it!! Thats why i downloaded "Cinema" on my firestick😂never have to pay for movies again..Duhhhh!!!! An the "Exorcist" is a good movie too!! Not in the same genre as Hell house; possession movie (Exocist) hounted house(Hell house) Learn the difference 🧐🤨😑thats wat makes me laugh the most; you post like you know what your talking about an you dont!!!!🧐👍
What ghost is getting into bed with Florence???
If I remember correctly, it was Belasco
me!
This movie was pure CRAP, trying to play on the success of "The Haunting," which put this cheap knockoff to shame.
I don't think so - this came 10 years after "The Haunting" (it's novel coming out even 4 years before that). This one is based on its own novel by a respected author that came out in 1971. Don't think they were cashing in on something so much older. To me, The Haunting is the "Mount Everest" of haunted house movies - but I enjoy this one as well because it has enough differences, has some intellectual content - and I've always had a crush on Pamela Franklin (!) and I always like Roddy McDowell.
like the other replier said 10 years later? considering both were majority British studios & cast that was a poorly thought out remark
Gee......you must not be an author.