2023 Spooky Flix Fest Bonus – The Haunting (1963)

Retro Movie Geek

You can watch the VIDEO version of this episode here: Spooky Flix Fest BONUS Episode: The Haunting (1960) Horror Movie Review - YouTube In this bonus episode, the Retro Movie Geek crew is joined/replaced by their friends over at Phantom Galaxy, and they're geeking out over The Haunting (1963)! Synopsis: "An evil old house, the kind some people call haunted, is like an undiscovered country waiting to be explored. Hill House had stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House and whatever walked there, walked alone." Thus begins one of the most chilling, most frightening, truly unforgettable horror films ever. Dr. Markway is an anthropologist with a special interest in psychic phenomena who wants to try a true exercise in terror. Intrigued by the legend of Hill House, he invites two women, psychic researchers, to join him in his adventure. Mrs. Sannerson, who has inherited the old mansion, is suspicious of Dr. Markway's intentions and insists that her young nephew Luke go along with the group. Luke is a skeptic about the supernatural, until he enters Dr. Markway's eerie world. The classic forerunner of such films as Poltergeist and The Shining, The Haunting is a hair-raising screen rendition of Shirley Jackson's riveting gothic novel, The Haunting of Hill House. Like Luke, you may not believe in ghosts, but you cannot deny the terror of The Haunting! .......................................................................................................................... Special thanks to Midnight Syndicate (find more Midnight Syndicate scares here) for letting us use the tunes Hand In Hand Again and Room 47 from the albums The 13th Hour and Gates of Delirium, for Spooky Flix Fest 2023! .......................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................... LISTENER FEEDBACK: Leave us your voicemail feedback at [phone]. Check out Darrell's other cool podcasts here. Check out Peter's Retro Reviews over at ForgottenFlix.com here. Check out The Forgotten Flix Podcast here. Special thanks to Kevin Spencer for the fantastic show logo! Special thanks to Hayden for the use of his fantastic music for our opening theme this episode! You can check out more from this amazing artist here! Special thanks to Retro Promenade for the use of music from the album Carpenter. Music use permitted under a Creative Commons license. CLICK HERE and get a copy of the album and support these fantastic artists!