the haunting

Trailer For Christopher Smith’s THE BANISHING Starring Jessica Brown Findlay, John Lynch & Sean Harris

Pitched as ‘The Shining meets Downton Abbey‘ director Christopher Smith‘s The Banishing is a new 1930s set ghost story with an impressive cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, John Lynch, Sean Harris and Adam Hugill. Movies In Focus is [...]

February 17, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Nick Willing’s ALTAR/THE HAUNTING OF RADCLIFFE HOUSE

Writer-director Nick Willing’s Altar/The Haunting of Radcliffe House is an old fashioned ghost story steeped in fantastic atmosphere. It hits the mark for those wanting a horror film light on gore and high on tension. Matthew Modine and Olivia [...]

December 14, 2020

Remembering Jan De Bont’s THE HAUNTING

Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson, Catherine Zeta Jones and Lili Taylor top-lined Jan De Bont’s expensive clunker The Haunting in 1999. The film is an adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House and and updated version [...]

August 14, 2020

20 Years Later: 1999 Was One Of The Greatest Film Years Ever!

Sometimes the stars just align and greatness arrives all at once. Maybe it was because a lot of great filmmakers hit their stride (David Fincher, M.Night Shymalan, Spike Jonze etc) or just pre-millennium fear, but 1999 saw a lot of great movies land [...]

January 3, 2019

DVD Review: Will You Worship At The Altar Of THE HAUNTING OF RADCLIFFE HOUSE?

Writer-director Nick Willing’s The Haunting of Radcliffe House is an old fashioned ghost story steeped in fantastic atmosphere. It hits the mark for those wanting a horror film light on gore and high on tension. Matthew Modine and Olivia Williams [...]

May 9, 2015