Das Geisterschloss

Originaltitel: The Haunting

1999
12
1 Std. 53 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,0/10

82.001

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Das Geisterschloss (1999)

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Als Eleanor, Theo und Luke beschließen, an einer Schlafstudie in einem großen Herrenhaus teilzunehmen, bekommen sie mehr, als sie erwartet hatten, als Dr. Marrow ihnen von der geisterhaften ... Alles lesenAls Eleanor, Theo und Luke beschließen, an einer Schlafstudie in einem großen Herrenhaus teilzunehmen, bekommen sie mehr, als sie erwartet hatten, als Dr. Marrow ihnen von der geisterhaften Vergangenheit des Hauses erzählt.Als Eleanor, Theo und Luke beschließen, an einer Schlafstudie in einem großen Herrenhaus teilzunehmen, bekommen sie mehr, als sie erwartet hatten, als Dr. Marrow ihnen von der geisterhaften Vergangenheit des Hauses erzählt.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,0/10

82.001

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 4 Gewinne & 14 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
The house used in the film is located in Grantham, England, and is owned by the University of Evansville (Indiana). It is used by students that study abroad.

Patzer
(at around 19 mins) When Nell and Theo first meet, Theo puts on her leather jacket. In the following shot, Theo's reflection can be seen in the mirror behind Nell, and she puts on the jacket again.

Zitate
Luke: Hey, you guys wanna hear something really scary? I just found this out. It turns out there's a more darker chapter in the Hugh Crain fairytale. Remember his lovely wife Renee? Well Renee, the town beauty, she didn't just die, she killed herself.
Theo: Really? He just told you that?
Luke: Yes, but you can't say anything because he actually swore me to secrecy.
Eleanor "Nell" Vance: Why did she kill herself?
Luke: The stillborn children story is more sinister, and maybe Hugh Crain was a horrible monster that drove her to it.
Eleanor "Nell" Vance: Monster? But he built this house with the woman he loved like the Taj Mahal.
Theo: The Taj Mahal wasn't a palace, it was a tomb. And equally overdone.

Crazy Credits
At the beginning, the music from Dreamwork's studio is not heard. Instead we hear the strange noises from inside Hill House.

Alternative Versionen
The trailer features two little scenes which were not used in the final film. In the first scene, which was probably cut from the sequence where Eleanor and Theo go through the house for the first time, they find a door, which they open, only to find a brick wall. The second scene is a piece of dialogue between Eleanor and Theo. Eleanor asks "Have you ever kept something to yourself because you were afraid?" to which Theo answers "All the time."

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Stanley Kubrick Tribute (1999)

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7/10

Better than it's score would suggest although not without faults

This remake of the sixties classic of the same name has unfortunately been somewhat slated by critics, although I feel it's better than most people seem to think it is.

The location work is stunning and the set design has clearly had a lot of work put into it.

Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson and Catherine Zeta Jones all perform their parts quite well, but Lili Taylor is not as good as she should be. On paper she should be perfect for the role of Nell and for much of the film she provokes the necessary sympathy. She seems unable, however, to scream properly, instead letting what sounds like an animal cry. Also, she seems to say "Oh No" in exactly the same tone of voice every time she sees something frightening, although to be fair this is as much the fault of the script as it is hers.

Towards the end the atmosphere is slightly diluted by such things as having the beds and statues spring to life which makes these scenes much less frightening than they could be.

In spite of all this, this movie has a certain something that regardless of it's faults, makes me want to watch it again and again, and ultimately you can't ask much more from a film than that.