(Robert Wise, US/UK 1963, 113 min.)

A curious anthropology professor (Richard Johnson) gathers together three people of disparate personality—the sexy, clairvoyant Theodora (Julie Harris), cynical Luke (Russ Tamblyn), and the sensitive, disturbed Eleanor (Claire Bloom)—to join him in investigating the notoriously haunted mansion “Hill House.” This classic of the horror genre was a throwback in its own time, masterfully employing the powers of suggestion to provoke fear, and now stands as one of Hollywood’s scariest, most atmospheric works.