The Haunting of Hell House

The Haunting of Hell House
Directed by Mitch Marcus
Produced by Roger Corman
Written by Mitch Marcus
Lev L. Spiro
Based on The Ghostly Rental
by Henry James
Starring Michael York
Andrew Bowen
Claudia Christian
Aideen O'Donnell
Music by Ivan Koutikov
Cinematography Russ Brandt
Edited by Daniel H. Holland
Production
company
Distributed by New Concorde
Release dates
  • November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Haunting of Hell House is a 1999 American horror film directed by Mitch Marcus and based on "The Ghostly Rental" by Henry James. It stars Michael York, Andrew Bowen and Jason Cottle. After forcing his girlfriend into having an illegal abortion, resulting in her untimely death, James Farrow (Andrew Bowen) begins to be haunted by evil visions of his girlfriend and seeks the aid of a morbid Professor, who himself has witnessed a chain of horrifying events in his life.

Plot

James Farrow (Andrew Bowen) is a young student who discovers his girlfriend is pregnant and in a panic, pressures her and forces her to an illegal abortion. However, James' lover dies during the abortion due to the negligence of the abortionist and is left in a pit of grief and guilt and begins seeing demonic, ghostly visions of his deceased girlfriend and begins to visit the house where they had first met. Unable to live in the state any longer, James requests the help and advice of Professor Ambrose, an eerie man whose life has been shattered by multiple tragedies and unfortunate events in his family. Professor Ambrose is also tormented by visions of his deceased daughter in the haunted house where spirits are restless and vengeful.

Cast

Reception

Brendan Kelly of Variety wrote that "it's not quite the campy fun it could've been."[1]

References

  1. ↑ Kelly, Brendan (1999-08-30). "Review: 'Henry James' the Ghostly Rental'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

Further reading


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