The Haunting: Critic Reviews

42%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

17%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

17

Worse than awful!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

The characters are on the dramatic equivalent of Death Row.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

If you crave horror, you're better off seeing The Blair Witch Project a second or third.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

The actors are basically helpless with this.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

When The Haunting finally limps to its conclusion, you may feel like booing the screen.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

A blaring kitsch project of a horror film.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

To my surprise, I find myself recommending The Haunting on the basis of its locations, its sets, its art direction, its sound design, and the overall splendor of its visuals.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

In The Haunting, the moviemakers succeed in something very difficult: creating a haunted house with real personality and terror.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desmond Ryan Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

A passable piece of summer hokum, but it underlines how difficult it has become to make an effective horror movie.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

The Haunting is a muddled mess that defies any rationality.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rod Dreher New York Post (Top Critic)

Clumsy, bloated and wretchedly overdone!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

Shockingly short on suggestiveness and restraint.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Ernest Hardy Film.com (Top Critic)

There are few truly frightening moments in the film, little tension or real sense of menace, and the camp humor that is suggested in early scenes dissipates fairly quickly.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Robert Horton Film.com (Top Critic)

This film relies on special effects instead of suggestion, plot instead of mood, and explanation instead of mystery.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)

A mess, a jumble of fancy special effects that are supposed to be scary but are really just fancy, further decorated with dribbles of dialogue, most of which are unintentionally hilarious.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

40

High-tech remake is dumb and overblown.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

0

When you're not yawning at the digital ghosts, you're watching a cast of fine actors dogpaddling in cliches and terrible dialogue.
Full Review » 5 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

40

...testament to the fact that well enough should be left alone.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Chuck Rudolph Matinee Magazine

0

Doesn't try to spook you as much as it tries to browbeat you into a defeated, whimpering submission.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

A psychologically apt thriller with the message that love is the only true antidote to fear.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 3BlackChicks Review

20

I wouldn't waste more than the price of a video rental on this one.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Dustin Putman DustinPutman.com

38

One of the most misguided big-screen diversions to come along in some time, considering the clear potential it has.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle

25

The only thing scary about the new version is realizing that someone keeps giving director Jan De Bont money to make movies.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

25

This all-flash, no-substance--and no scare--thriller is a textbook example of soulless, money-burning Hollywood hype products.
Full Review » 12 years ago
David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor

50

The best reason to see The Haunting is the sheer sumptuousness of its creepy-crawly set designs.
Full Review » 12 years ago