The Haunting of Hell House

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The Haunting of Hell House ★ Henry James' The Ghostly Rental; The Ghostly Rental 1999 (R)

Remember when Hammer Studios made all those horror movies based on Edgar Allan Poe stories and they were a lot of campy fun (if not truly creepy)? Well, that's what this Victorian Gothic wants to (or should) be and isn't. Tormented James (Bowen) took his girlfriend to an abortionist and she died. James seeks advice from the mysterious Professor Ambrose (York), whose family past is also filled with tragedy. 90m/ C VHS, DVD . Andrew Bowen, Michael York, Claudia Christian, Aideen O'Donnell; D: Mitch Marcus; W: Mitch Marcus, L.L. Shapira; C: Russ Brandt; M: Ivan Koutikov.

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