The Haunting (1963)
Skyehawk 2 points 4 years ago*.

“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there walked alone.” Shirley Jackson
Best opening to a book ever and a great prologue to the movie.
There are no characters with scary makeup or super CGI, but this movie will stay with you forever.
One scene has two characters holding hands to support each other and what happens after that has
terrified me for 40 years. I can’t tell more or it would spoil it. Psychological terror at its best.