Talk:The Haunting (1963 film)

Missing footage?
I've watched the film twice in recent years, having purchased a DVD release of it. Thinking back to the first time I saw it, which was on TV one night in the late 1960's when I was probably 16 or 17, I now think some footage has been lost.

There is the scene where the book Hugh Crain put together for his daughter's benefit, full of horrific illustrations of the seven deadly sins, etc., has been discovered. I think more of the book was shown in the film than now exists on the DVD release. For one thing, there was a page where Hugh Crain wrote a letter to his daughter as part of presenting her with the horrible book, and it is discovered by Dr. Markway, Luke Sannerson, Eleanor and Theodora that Crain signed that page in blood, and they are all horrified by the discovery and conclude that Hugh Crain was clearly a sick individual and a horrible father. I suppose I could be conflating what I read in the novel with what I saw in the movie, except for this fact. When I first saw the movie, they talked about Hugh Crain, and imagined his last name was spelled "Crane". Then, when they showed the signature in blood, the handwriting revealed to me the spelling "Crain", which I thought was odd, but took note of. (I hadn't yet heard of the actress Jeanne Crain.) So I do think bits and pieces were trimmed from "The Haunting" to make it fit into a given time slot fo further showings on TV and that the version now seen on DVD is missing bits and pieces here and there. Does anyone else remember what I think I remember?Toddabearsf (talk) 23:13, 15 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Nothing in the original script or the production notes would support this. Anthony McKay (talk) 06:23, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Production country
Two sources have been added to dictate the nationality of the film. One is from IMDb, the other seems to indicate its Britishness. However, the American Film Institute states the film as an American production, here while the Monthly Film Bulletin in a contemporary source states the film is British. So which is it? Andrzejbanas (talk) 20:26, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The sources added since have been contradictory. Some just state "US", others have stated "UK". Not a hybrid of both. So which is it? Andrzejbanas (talk) 07:27, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It was made in the UK for M-G-M in America - but it certainly counts as 'British' under the UK quota scheme. Anthony McKay (talk) 06:22, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm curious about that as the production company is Argyle, who don't seem mentioned anywhere within the article otherwise. Is this to take advantage to make it a legally British production? Andrzejbanas (talk) 01:03, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Just as a follow-up, this keeps being removed to being just British, but there has been no clarification on why or how the conclusion is being of this being done on either the talk page or the edit summaries. If we can clarify this stuff, it would really benefit the article. Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:08, 3 May 2024 (UTC)