(Reviewed by Snake-666) - Possibly the best haunted house movie!  I recently purchased this on DVD and first thing I did after work was watch it. This, in my opinion, is possibly one of the greatest haunted house movies in history. Not just dealing with a haunting, also dealing with possession and spiritual interaction this film really is a must watch.

The plot is based around an infamous house and an old mans wish to know whether it is possible for a human to continue being after death. He hires three people to investigate a house that he has just purchased (cutely nicknamed Hell House). In 1951 a team of physicists and psychics had visited the house, only one of which came out alive - Ben Fischer, a physical medium. He, of course, was hired to investigate along with Florence Tanner (a mental medium) and Dr Barratt, a renowned physicist (Dr Barratt's wife also comes along).

Once they get to the house, they begin to experience the bizarre and inexplicable phenomena that has been associated with the house. This is where the films true beauty shows through. It's brutal in some respects, it's not willing to give away too much of what is going on or when it's going to happen. A fairly tight screenplay and good direction makes it unnerving at some points and relaxing at others. There is little indication as to what the outcome would be and the ending, I have to say, is one of the few times when it was something I would have never even thought of.

This film also does a good job at allowing the viewer to build up feelings for the characters. We are shown what they are going through and their different reactions to what is going on around them, we are also allowed (to a certain extent) to get to know them.

Like I say, I think this is a very good (if not one of the best) haunted house films ever. There is so much to this film that it really is worth watching by anybody who hasn't yet seen it.