Here are 11 facts about The Haunting of Hill House you should know. Since then, the novel has been made into a play, into a widely panned 1999 movie, and a Netflix series. In its review, The New York Times called the story “caviar for connoisseurs of the cryptic” and described Jackson as “the finest master currently practicing in the genre of the cryptic, haunted tale.” It also caught the attention of Hollywood, and within four years MGM released a film adaptation, directed by Robert Wise. Upon its release, the novel sold briskly, earning Jackson a National Book Award nomination and high praise from critics. Things rapidly devolve and the characters-in particular, the novel’s lonely protagonist, Eleanor-realize, too late, that they’re in over their heads. Released in 1959, the gothic novel follows four strangers who converge on a purportedly haunted house to “scientifically” seek out evidence of the paranormal. Can a house be born bad? That’s the question Shirley Jackson asks in her classic novel, The Haunting of Hill House.
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