Spielberg. The project went into turnaround and a complete script was written, but Spielberg demanded more thrills and action sequences while King wanted more horror. King and Spielberg mutually agreed to shelve the project after several years of work, and King bought back the rights to the script. King returned to the project in 1999, completed a revised script, and successfully pitched the script to producer Mark Carliner. King's revised script aired as a miniseries titled Rose Red in 2002, but bears only superficial resemblance to The Haunting. The Haunting was formally remade in 1999 under the same title. Horror director Wes Craven initially worked on the project, but abandoned it. This adaptation, directed by Jan de Bont and starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor in the roles of Markway (now named Marrow), Theo, Luke and Eleanor, was widely panned. References Bibliography Pfeiffer, Lee. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classic Movies. New York: Alpha Books, 2006. Wiater, Stan; Golden, Christopher; and Wagner, Hank. The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King. Rev. reprint ed. New York: Macmillan, 2006. Wagner, Johanna M. "'But it's happening to you, Eleanor': The Haunting as a Buildingsroman." Gothic Heroines on Screen: Representation, Interpretation and Feminist Inquiry, edited by Tamar Jeffers McDonald and Frances A. Kamm, Routledge, 2019, pp. 83–95. (ISBN 1138710997) External links A fan web site about the movie, the book, the videos, the house, etc. British Film Institute's "10 Great Haunted House Films" 1963 films 1963 horror films 1960s ghost films 1963 LGBT-related films British black-and-white films British ghost films British haunted house films British horror films British LGBT-related films British supernatural horror films 1960s English-language films Films based on American horror novels Films based on works by Shirley Jackson Films directed by Robert Wise Films scored by Humphrey Searle Films set in country houses Films set in Massachusetts Films shot in the United Kingdom Gothic horror films Lesbian-related films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films shot at MGM-British Studios 1960s British films Films produced by Robert Wise