well and my goodness and be i disappointed . when i first hear news of a remake of robert wise 1963 film and the haunting and i have a fear that it would be ruin by an abundance of summer movie size visual effect . but and deep down and i have faith . surely and with such a talented cast intact . de bont and company will not ruin a film and who original be a fantastic and frightening movie that understand the delicate art of subtlety . well and subtlety and where be you now . my fear have manifest . a promising movie have go wrong . yes and eugenio zannetti production design be jaw drop while the movie be wonderfully photograph while and composer jerry goldsmith can never ever do wrong . but and the script put it fine actor to the test . ask them to deliver the kind of stilted dialogue that be only speak in movie . in the end and the always wonderful lili taylor be the only performer to escape with some dignity . and that just barely . but and the crime of all crime be that the horror be show to u . we can no longer use our imagination and feel that horrible dread of fear of the unknown . no and we get some visual effect to show u what be suppose to be afraid of . and you know what . a wonderfully realize a they be . the visual effect come off a sort of silly . and the climax be a phantasmogoric mess . but thing have go terribly wrong long before that . everything in the haunting be overdone and overblown . i be afraid there be no real thrill or creak in this old haunt house monstrosity . only groan . check out the original instead .