Episode 02.02: The Haunting
Quiet Little Horrors
English - February 28, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 67.6 MBFilm Reviews TV & Film Film History Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As a classic adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting is one of the all-time great psychological horror films. We discuss how it employs character, atmosphere and subtext to create fear, how it depicts the societal contraints placed on midcentury women and how it gets Shirley Jackson right.