the haunting and if you have see the original and you know a great ghost story and it perfection on film . it a haunt tale of 4 people who go into a haunt house and with the simple trick of sound and movement and it terrify people . it still remain effective to this day if you appreciate film . so when the haunting be remake in 1999 and a lot of people pretty much have the same reaction what . why . what the but in my opinion if a remake be respectful enough and just want to reinvent the story for the new generation and i be pretty cool with it . this be definitely not the case and this be just a disrespectful boring shame that will waste your time and i guarantee will deliver no scare pfft . pg 13 and what where they think . not much apparently . when her mother dy and her sister evict her and nell receive a phone call and tell her about an ad for an insomnia study run by doctor david marrow at hill house and a secluded manor . upon arrival and nell meet mr. and mrs. dudley and a strange pair of caretaker who do not stay on the property after dark . shortly thereafter and two other participant in the study arrive and wild theo and bad sleeper luke sanderson along with doctor marrow . unknown to the participant and doctor marrow true purpose be to study the psychological response to fear . each night and the caretaker chain the gate outside hill house and prevent anyone from get in or out until morning and when the caretaker open the lock . there be no work telephone inside hill house and the near town be several mile away . doctor marrow revel the story of hill house . the house be build by hugh crain and crain build the house for his wife and hop to fill it with a large family full of child and however all of crain child die during birth . crain wife kill herself before the house be finish and and crain become a recluse . the first night and theo and nell begin to experience strange phenomenon within the house and include odd noise and inexplicable temperature change . nell be confront after the main hallway be vandalize with the word welcome home and eleanor and and become extremely distraught and set out to prove that the house be haunt by the soul of those victimize by crain cruelty . she learn that crain build his fortune by exploit kidnap child for slave labor and murder them when they be of no more use to him . he then burn the body in the house fireplace to hide any evidence . she also learn that crain have a second wife name carolyn and of whom nell be descend . everyone think she crazy while nell be convince this be where she belong . seriously and i suggest you stay away from this film and it really stupid and pointless . not to mention the actress the play nell and lili taylor completely annoy me and her performance and her look and just everything about her and do not get me start on thing i would do just to not see her in film again . catherine zeta jones just do not fit in her role a well and liam neeson and a wonderful actor waste talent once again . the effect be way over the top and too computerized and i just can not believe that they would trash a wonderful classic with this crud . believe me and if you be go to be afraid of something and be afraid of see how you can turn a great ghost story into an annoy piece of overblown stupid . oh and this film be already hurt me and just do not see it and it bad . negative .