THE HAUNTING: The Guilty Pleasure I'm Ashamed To Admit

ABOUT THE SHOW:
This show celebrates Ryan's love for film, games, art and entertainment through personal retrospective analysis that aims to explore what made them so good.

MUSIC:
A Fool's Theme by Brian Bolger
Heartbeat by Godmode
Future Rennaisance by Godmode
A Hand In The Dark by Underbelly & Ty Mayer
The Quantum Realmby The Whole Other
Rise by HOVATOFF

TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - Introducing The Haunting's Story
03:29 - Sponsored by VESSI
04:42 - Thoughts on the 1963 Original
07:31 - The Ghosts & CGI Debate
11:31 - The Extraordinary House Design
14:47 - The Owen Wilson Debate
17:35 - Ending Spoilers

[RyanHollinger]

*So, since we're at it... what's your terrible guilty pleasure horror movie?!*

[wstine]

Those poor children souls are trapped in the haunted house. Only the sound of a HOYEVER will set them free.

[ashleighgaweda]

Nothing will be as goose-bump inducing as Eleanor, in the original, asking her pitch black bedroom "Then who's holding my hand?!" I went to sleep every night holding the duvet for months after that!

[gatochick]

The Netflix Hill House series is my favorite of all the adaptions. Though, it really stems from the fact that I'm 1 of 5 kids, and we lost our dad to illness far too soon. So much of the trauma and grief the siblings go through in that series was mirrored of our own- (though we're not psychic or seriously addicted to drugs). It was a real emotional watch for all of us.

[gwen]

I always appreciate the nuanced opinions Ryan gives. There's definitely too many "thing bad" videos that don't really consider the merits in flawed works. I kind of miss films like this, since it really feels like all media has to be commenting on something or lean into hyper-realism to the point where it's just dull. Malignant is the only horror movie in recent memory to go back to the bombast of the 90s/early00s and man was that refreshing.

[adriannebee]

The original is my favourite horror movie. It's such a quietly tense experience with a very ambiguous ending if the house is haunted or if it's in Elenore's head. I've never seen the remake but I'm now interested.

Also holy shit I'm actually super early.

[Veiled_Lepidoptera]

I'm so excited that you did The Haunting! I have such a soft spot for this and Thirteen Ghosts. Something about that era of 'horror' films was just.. fun and a little campy at times. I was 15 when this came out and it's one of the first 'horror' films I saw in theatres so it will forever have a special place in my heart.

[Kokolowolf]

“Everything you’ve seen before but heated in a microwave” - what a perfect sentiment for guilty pleasures as a whole.

[margotpsd]

"It's a turd so well polished, it's blinding-" I had to take a five minute break just to get over that line, the jokes in your scripts are always so hilarious and sarcastic I can't get enough 🖤

[DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

I'll always remember Haunting '99 for the scene of the bed posts coming to life and pinning Nell to her bed a la Sam Raimi's take on Doc Oc. And this was five years *before* Spider-Man 2! 🐙

[peacemaster]

I love this dumbass movie, I caught it a LOT on Sky Movies back in the day. The goofy CGI still stands up pretty well. It also has the bisexual representation we deserve.

[PR-itys]

My main memory of this film is that in the scene where everyone is taking their tests, someone is holding a maze book that was made by my uncle. They used it without his permission. This turned into a long-running lawsuit that took years to settle.

[thebookfiend]

Highly recommend the audiobook of The Haunting of Hill House! It's a quick listen and the narrator absolutely kills it.

[reedkruger]

I truly cannot recommend Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting Of Hill House enough. I honestly can’t think of any horror property that has affected me more than that series. It’s incredible

[shadowblood]

The Haunting was the first time i'd personally seen a woman spit back in the face of something truly evil.
Elenore was my first unlikely hero, one that doesn't get to walk away smiling in the end.
That kind of hopeful melancholy really stuck with me.

[JuniperJadePR]

I didn't know that they were originally working on Rose Red before filming this but it shows when you take a look at those sets.

I was actually obsessed with this film when I was younger along with House on Haunted Hill (99), Ghost Ship, Thirteen Ghosts & even the 2005 version of The Fog (ghosts with faux historical backstories and varied casts giving off Scooby Doo vibes while they try to solve a mystery in order to survive was 10 yr old me's version of a fun horror movie).

[neenuhhh]

This is exactly how I feel about the House on Haunted Hill remake, it scared the hell out of me as a kid and when I went back to watch I was pleasantly surprised to see that some of those visuals are still genuinely terrifying.

[ChickenGeak]

I love this take on the remake, we need more camp in cinema today, everything is either hyper serious or hyper on the nose and the line between the two rarely seem to cross.

Also I want to highly HIGHLY recommend the book to anyone and everyone. It’s a very easy read, only 250ish pages and just leaves you feeling empty and haunted. The final line of the novella sat with me for a month and still gives me chills every time I think of it. The 1963 movie is a very faithful recreation of the novella (and is one of my favourite movies), but the book does have, almost a better way of showing us the quiet horror of the house and the frailty and innocence of all the characters. I’d almost put it as required reading for horror lovers just so I have more people to gush about the book with! I think I’ll read it again this autumn :)

Amazing video as always Ryan, even though you didn’t love the 1963 version haha, always looking forward to your next video!

[jezackr]

While the film was a so-so horror, you've nailed it with the house being the best part of it. The sets are simply amazing and I watched this film again and again as a teen, because I couldn't get enough of them.

[Ledezmamusic]

Not gonna lie the part where there’s writing on the wall above the staircase still freaks me out and is one of my favorite horror moments. Gives me chills