The Haunting of Hill House
A Penguin Official Movie Tie-in EditionComing from Dreamworks this July 23rd, a motion picture of Shirley Jackson's harrowing tale, starring Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar; Theodora, his lovely and...
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A Penguin Official Movie Tie-in EditionComing from Dreamworks this July 23rd, a motion picture of Shirley Jackson's harrowing tale, starring Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140287431 (0140287434)
Publish date: July 1st 1999
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleIf you're going into this novel expecting it to be like the recent Netflix series, you will most likely be disappointed. While the series is based on the house featured in the book, it is a very different story.However, I absolutely loved it. By today'...
Audience: Adult Format: Audiobook/Owned No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eight...
"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. W...
"Avant d'aller dormir ce soir, disait Theodora au docteur, je veux être sûre d'avoir vu chaque centimètre carré de cette maison. Pas question de me retrouver dans mon lit sans savoir ce qu'il y a au-dessus de ma tête ou en dessous de moi. Nous devons absolument ouvrir quelques fenêtres, empêcher les...
This was creepy and scary without gore or jump scares. It was almost more psychological because there was never a solid presence or any one thing to fear like in a slasher film/book. It's like going into a dark basement alone at night. Logically you know there is nothing there that can harm you, ...
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