| From: | Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | The Haunting |
| Date: | Sun, 25 Jul 1999 03:15:03 EDT |
leisnj48@****.cis.uwosh.edu writes:
> *cough* If I'm not mistaken, that's a remake of an old '50s movie called
> 'The Haunting' as well. Old black and white, and I believe it's where the
> line "The supernatural is something that's not supposed to happen, but
> does happen" comes from. Although, I might be mistaken on that latter
> point.
>
>
> -Jared Leisner
The movie is based off Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill
House. In 1963, a movie was made based on it. This current film (The
Haunting 1999) is no more based off the previous movie adaption than Stephen
King's mini-series of The Shining is based of Kubrick's. Both are based off
Jackson's excellent novel. You don't remake movies than are adapted from
books, you make a new adaption. Take the Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend;
The Omega Man and The Last Man on Earth were based on that novel, but TOM is
not a "remake" of TLMOE.
-Twist
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