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- 1973
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 35 m
- 1973
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 35 m
Summary A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.
Directed By: John Hough
Written By: Richard Matheson
- 1973
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 35 m
- 1973
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 35 m
The Legend of Hell House
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Summary A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.
Directed By: John Hough
Written By: Richard Matheson
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Richard Matheson's scripting of his novel Hell House builds into an exceptionally realistic and suspenseful tale of psychic phenomena.
Visually, by today's standards, The Legend of Hell House is pretty tame, but what it may lack in visual acuity is more than made up for in atmosphere and sheer creepiness. [29 Oct 1992, p.30]
The Legend of Hell House is a regrettably just-competent adaptation of a great American horror novel.
While director John Hough (Twins of Evil) does a fine job with the things-that-go-bump-in-the-night aspects of the material, he fails to breathe any life into Richard Matheson's woefully underdeveloped screenplay, which he adapted from his own novel.
Trivialising the theme, saddled with some terrible dialogue, needlessly tricked out with a lot of countdown-style dates, it founders into innocuous routine.
If John Hough, the director, and his small, willing cast maintain mild tension during their harried visit to this haunted "hell house," the few chills they provide are of little help.
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Production Company
Academy Pictures Corporation
Release Date Jun 15, 1973
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline For the sake of your sanity, pray it isn't true!
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
