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Director
  
Mitch Marcus

Story by
  
Henry James

Duration
  

Language
  
English

4.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Horror, Thriller

Produced by
  
Roger Corman

Country
  
United States

The Haunting of Hell House movie poster

Release date
  
November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)

Based on
  
The Ghostly Rental  by Henry James

Writer
  
Henry James (story), Mitch Marcus, Lev L. Spiro

Cast
  
Michael York
(Professor Ambrose),
Andrew Bowen
(James Farrow),
Jason Cottle
(Fletcher),
Claudia Christian
(Lucy),
Aideen O'Donnell
(Sarah),
Brian Glanney
(Jenkins)

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Tagline
  
The Dead Never Forgive!

The Haunting of Hell House is a 1999 American horror film directed by Mitch Marcus and based on "The Ghostly Rental" by Henry James. It stars Michael York, Andrew Bowen and Jason Cottle. After forcing his girlfriend into having an illegal abortion, resulting in her untimely death, James Farrow (Andrew Bowen) begins to be haunted by evil visions of his girlfriend and seeks the aid of a morbid Professor, who himself has witnessed a chain of horrifying events in his life.

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Plot

James Farrow (Andrew Bowen) is a young student who discovers his girlfriend is pregnant and in a panic, pressures her and forces her to an illegal abortion. However, James' lover dies during the abortion due to the negligence of the abortionist and is left in a pit of grief and guilt and begins seeing demonic, ghostly visions of his deceased girlfriend and begins to visit the house where they had first met. Unable to live in the state any longer, James requests the help and advice of Professor Ambrose, an eerie man whose life has been shattered by multiple tragedies and unfortunate events in his family. Professor Ambrose is also tormented by visions of his deceased daughter in the haunted house where spirits are restless and vengeful.

Cast

  • Michael York as Professor Ambrose
  • Andrew Bowen as James Farrow
  • Jason Cottle as Fletcher
  • Claudia Christian as Lucy
  • Aideen O'Donell as Sarah
  • Brian Glanney as Jenkins
  • Ciaran Davies as Graham
  • Colm O'Maonlai as Reginald
  • Mike Finn as Lieutenant Ryan
  • Mitch Marcus as Professor Benest
  • Reception

    Brendan Kelly of Variety wrote that "it's not quite the campy fun it could've been."

    References

    The Haunting of Hell House Wikipedia
    The Haunting of Hell House IMDb The Haunting of Hell House themoviedb.org