consider the original film version of the haunting be in my top ten film of all time i approach this adaption with trepidation . i be right to be cautious a this film be a poorly write and badly execute load of old tosh and all those involve should be ashamed . the original be terrify to me a a child for one reason . you see nothing . robert wise use innovative camera work and superb light to generate fear and this be why it work . the shame of the new version be that it rely on clever special effect and pyrotechnic to get from a to b and sadder still be that the ingredient be there ( actor such a liam neeson and catherine zeta jones ) to do something different . this film should only watch a an example of studio butchery .