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Old 12-31-2015, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Ferox13 View Post
Love the movie to bits - the book is pretty and the back story makes it a bit nastier than the film. Richard Matheson obviously took a lot of ideas and inspiration from The Haunting of Hill House.
No doubt, the books contents add a little spice to rewatciing the movie, which I've done about fifty times.

Also agree with you on it being influenced by Jacksons seminal work. HOHH is one of horror lits most influential books, ...and the movie version is pretty damn good too.
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