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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/151219-the-haunting-of-hill-house
Jim made a comment in the Supernatural Fiction Readers group:
Unfortunately, it has been a long time since I have read the book - I watch the Robert Wise film roughly once a year. My response to it has always been rather odd - it is a brilliant novel and there are portions of it that have not been captured by the film, but I have always somehow preferred Wise's film. My reasons for this are:
1) The film tones down Eleanor to a slight degree (her whining tends to grate a bit in the book) and 2) The wife of Dr. Montague (Markway in the film) is a kooky spiritualist, a change in tone that jars horribly. I prefer the character as changed for the film.
There is a very good website devoted to the book & film:
The second movie "based" on the film? The set design is wonderful - too bad they did not reuse the set for a film deserving of it. It is a travesty of the book.