A list that is trying to contain every horror film made that is not lost and is found on the…, Chris Vandenberg 1,000 films 4,341 79 Edit. And for a conclusion that is so explicit in explaining what happened, I don’t fully understand the logic behind it. Directed by John Hough. Hell House is the sexually awkward tale of a haunted house that can't even bother to be haunted until the book is nearly over. It entertains a few too many ideas that it abandons in the end. Helpful. In 1973, the novel was made into a film The Legend of Hell House, starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, and Gayle Hunnicutt. The story of Hell House concerns four people – Dr. Lionel Barrett, a physicist with an interest in parapsychology, his wife Edith, and two mediums (Florence Tanner, a spiritualist and mental medium, and Benjamin Franklin Fischer, a physical medium who had been to the haunted house 30 years earlier.). The way the ghost story is handled is equally great.…. The start of this movie when the paranormal researchers show up at the house is the best part of the entire movie for me. Stream The Legend of Hell House uncut, ad-free on all your favorite devices. A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death. Everything works really well in creating this overall sense of dread from start to finish. Director John Hough is obviously trying to imitate Robert Wise's seminal "The Haunting" but can't quite make it. The exterior shot of the gorgeous old house, cloaked in fog had me thinking that I was going to love this movie. But there were still…. Adaptations. Part of it is the usage of colors, being slightly dark but also…. Dr. Barrett has been hired by a wealthy, dying man to investigate one of the most haunted houses known to man: Hell House. | Intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying haunted house flick. Fascinating to watch as you can clearly see where the inspiration for huge aesthetic swaths of The Conjuring Universe comes from. Sure, it hasn't aged gracefully, but the atmosphere and the awesomeness of Roddy Mcdowall brings this film up to a near-recommendation. "SPOILER ALERT" When Dr. Barrett meets his demise towards the end of the film, most video releases depict one of his instruments exploding, then cut to the scene in which Mr. Fischer & Mrs. Barrett return to the laboratory and find his dead body under a fallen chandelier. This has some of the best haunted house atmosphere ever put on film. 1973 Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House. Source data can be found via ryno731's original reddit post. Synopsis: An eccentric millionaire has purchased the Mount Everest of haunted houses and sends in a paranormal team to cleanse it of its wicked spirits. Gracias a eso, 'The Legend of Hell House' cuenta con un cuarteto de actores espléndidos —el clímax es una escena antológica de Roddy McDowall—, un diseño de decorados maravilloso, una banda sonora electrónica vanguardista y extraordinaria, y debates sobre espiritismo y cientificismo alrededor de unas tazas de té.