The Haunting (1963) is a movie I recently rewatched on Amazon Prime for the first time in a long time. A doctor wants to prove a notoriously haunted house is indeed haunted and write a book on his studies. To prove his point he invites a group of people with a history of strange and paranormal events consistently happening around them. When the house grabs one specific member of the group and makes her a target the rest of the groups lives quickly become at risk. This movie is directed by Robert Wise (West Wide Story) and stars Julie Harris (East of Eden), Claire Bloom (Clash of the Titans), Richard Johnson (Zombie) and Russ Tamblyn (West Side Story). The opening narration brilliantly sets up the feel of the film. The cast is very well selected and execute their characters to perfection. The writing for this is awesome and the way the characters backstories are told and the characters are presented if very good. The way the film works in the horror elements around the characters back stories are subtle but very well executed. The cinematography is also excellent the way the house and horror elements are presented and the ending is perfect. Overall this is a horror masterpiece that is very underrated and should be up there with the classics. I absolutely love this film and would score it a 10/10.