Now a hit Netflix miniseries directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton
Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits.
Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; 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.
This classic horror novel has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.
© 2010 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781483052892
© 2018 Wildside Press (Ebook): 9781479419449
Release date
Audiobook: 29 December 2010
Ebook: 13 September 2018
Now a hit Netflix miniseries directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton
Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits.
Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; 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.
This classic horror novel has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.
© 2010 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781483052892
© 2018 Wildside Press (Ebook): 9781479419449
Release date
Audiobook: 29 December 2010
Ebook: 13 September 2018
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Mayurakshi
26 Nov 2023
Was it the best horror story (in terms of plots) I have ever read? Probably not, but still I really really enjoyed reading it. It is scary and creepy and if you are someone who likes reading in bed after turning the lights off for the night, be prepared for staying at least an hour awake after closing the book convincing yourself, "it is just a book, it is not real, it is just a book". But apart from the scary bits it also had jokes and camaraderie, which was something which was unexpected for me, considering most books of the horror genre are generally entirely somber excluding a few errant sentences maybe, but The Haunting of the Hill House had quite a few moments of friendship and funny conversations. I personally have a love/hate relationship with ambiguity in books, but this is one of the examples of ambiguity done well (acc. to my taste), it made me think for quite some time after I had turned the very last page but it didn't make me flunk the book across room.
Neer
12 Nov 2021
The narration was fantastic but it wasn't that scary. It was a fun-scary one, meaning it was atmospheric and the writing made it spooky. I enjoyed it.
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