Nelson Gidding

He was an experienced filmmaker who understood how to tell a story visually, how to build tension through editing and how to make an audience feel something without having to explain every little detail.

The screenplay was written by Nelson Gidding, based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House.

And if you've never read the book, I'd strongly recommend giving it a go.

Jackson was a remarkable writer who understood that the most frightening things aren't always the things you can see.

... uh, for Eleanor, but one that perhaps, uh, she desires.

So, um, the, this, this is a, an, an amazing, uh, film, uh, as you said, based on the 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson and, uh, uh, uh, written for the screen by Nelson Gidding, who wrote several movies for Robert Wise.

Again, some of our favorite movies: I Want to Live, The Andromeda Strain, The Hindenburg.

So, um, The Haunting is, is, is really something.