The Haunting

Movie • 1999 • Fantasy  

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Dr. David Marrow invites Eleanor Vance, Luke Sanderson, and Theo to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Only nudity is statues and paintings. No naked humans
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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<spoilers> Part of the plot revolves around the ghosts of children who were murdered in past.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there domestic violence?
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<spoilers> the characters are lead to believe they're participating in a sleep study and did not consent to the real study taking place.
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Wine and alcohol is drank but not necessary abused.
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AnonymousFriends
Medical sleeping drugs are discussed at dinner but no one takes any drugs on screen
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
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No animals. Statues & paintings of animals is the closest you see. Late in the film, a bird statue briefly comes to life
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Does a pet die?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a horse die?
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Is an animal sad?
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No real animals in the film. Near the end, a bird statue briefly comes to life for a fight. It gets hit, makes noises, and then turns back into stone.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there spiders?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there sharks?
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No. A woman is pinned to a bed by wooden stakes but it is completely non sexual.
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is there pedophilia?
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AnonymousFriends
Children and their souls are at stake but no sexual content with children
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Is rape mentioned?
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No. A woman is pinned to a bed by wooden stakes but it is completely non sexual.
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KatieD253
Somewhat. Main character gets pinned by furniture that is being acted upon by unknown forces.
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AnonymousFriends
A statue suddenly reaches out and pulls someone almost completely underwater. He is held there for a few seconds before being let go. He does not drown
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Bodily Harm
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Blood but not excessive
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One of dr Marrows' assistants gets "whipped" in the eye with a string from a musical instrument
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Is someone tortured?
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I'd argue yes. The children are tortured in life and then in death
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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Palm of hand is cut with glass
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Decapitation not squashing
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Is someone burned alive?
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Owen Wilson’s character gets decapitated by the fireplace.
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Is there a hanging?
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Main character sees an apparition of a woman hanging from the ceiling in the greenhouse room.
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Someone's face is cut by a wire from an instrument that snaps.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Someone is decapitated.
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The main character hyperventilate a lot during scary bits.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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* Crane's second wife died when she fell down the stairs.
* Eleanor almost suffers a similar fate.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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There's a plotline of dead ghost children but none of them die on screen
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Death
Does someone die?
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Not on screen but yes. Children are taken from their jobs and kidnapped by Cain to be tortured in his mansion
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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The premise of the movie is that the house is haunted. You see the souls/ghosts of children and an evil man. Not all ghost interactions are negative
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Gross
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Does someone vomit?
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A statue vomits blood
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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No police
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
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As Eleanor and dr Marrow are in the greenhouse a (ghost)woman can be seen hung from a flight of stairs. It's only for a second though.
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Not on screen, though you do see her body for a brief moment
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there misophonia?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Does a baby cry?
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Young children ghosts. No babies
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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It’s mentioned several times that a woman had many stillborn children
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Close. It's mentioned several times that a woman who used to live in the house had stillborn children.
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Is there childbirth?
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Pregnancy is mentioned and the main character is shown as very pregnant in a mirror (even though she is not).
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Are there abortions?
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AnonymousFriends
Statues, depictions, and souls of children.
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Prejudice
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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No black individuals in this movie
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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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AnonymousFriends
No. The most sexual content is a woman watches another woman undress briefly but then turns away when she realizes she's staring. Plus some light flirting.
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I'd argue no. Theo intends to be seen as sexual and the others mention her that way
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Social
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No. However, the main character is told she's going to have to move out of her home and says "I have nowhere else to go."
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
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A character crashes his car into the main gate in an effort to escape.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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No planes
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Several times you see blood. Bloody foot prints, a bloody face after an injury, a statue has blood coming out of it, etc
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Is there gun violence?
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Does someone drown?
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There is a scene where a haunted statue attempts to drown dr Marrow, but he doesn't succeed
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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