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Created Aug 04, 2013 09:03PM PST • Edited Aug 04, 2013 09:03PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   The best horror movies don’t need gimmicks, they just need a really scary story, and The Haunting is a great example of that. Following the Warrens on their spooky adventure to the creepiest house ever to uncover the mystery was just such a story. Yes, it does have a healthy dose of scare you out of your wits scenes, but even if you took those away, you would be left with an A+ creepy story with well developed characters that pull you in like a part of the family. Kudos to James Wan for pulling together a top notch scary flick that did not need to wait until Halloween. I smell a sequel – which if it happens, will be eagerly awaited.

4. Acting

   Great 4.0

   Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson made a great spook-sleuthing couple. I was amazed at just how understated their characters were, yet they still managed to pack a punch at the right times. They felt like real people, which I guess they were.

   Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston were an equally great couple as the victims of household nastiness. Like Farmiga and Wilson, Wan chose a more understated role for Ron Livingston as dad, but for Lili – well, lets just say that she really had to contort herself in wide varieties to make things happen.

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars Great 4.0

7. Female Costars Great 4.0

8. Male Costars Great 4.0

10. Film

    Great 4.0

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Great 4.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.8

17. Sex Titillating 1.8

18. Violence Fierce 1.8

19. Rudeness Salty 1.8

21. Reality

    Supernatural 3.1

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 3.1

23. Biological Supernatural 3.1

24. Physical Supernatural 3.1