Dr. John Markway narrates the history of the 90-year-old Hill House, which was constructed in Massachusetts by Hugh Crain as a home for his wife. She died when her carriage crashed against a tree as she approached the house for the first time. Crain remarried, but his second wife died in the house from a fall down the stairs. Crain's daughter Abigail lived in the house for the rest of her life, never moving out of the nursery room. She died calling for her nurse-companion. The companion inherited the house, but later hanged herself from a spiral staircase in the library. Hill House was eventually inherited by a Mrs. Sannerson, although it has stood empty for some time.
MPAA Rating: | G |
Genre: | Horror |
Country: | United Kingdom, United States |
Produced By: | Robert Wise, Denis Johnson |
Directed By: | Robert Wise |
Written By: | Nelson Gidding, Shirley Jackson |
Cast: | Verina Greenlaw, Richard Johnson, Rosemary Dorken, Mavis Villiers, Frieda Knorr, Janet Mansell, Julie Harris, Claude Jones, Ronald Adam, Howard Lang, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn, Rosalie Crutchley, Fay Compton, Paul Maxwell, Lois Maxwell, Amy Dalby, Valentine Dyall, Diane Clare, Pamela Buckley, Susan Richards |
In Theaters: | Aug 25, 1963 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 52 minutes |
Production: | Argyle Enterprises |
Budget: | $1,400,000 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |