My problem with the '99 remake is that it unmistakably defines why the events in the house are happening. It is definitely haunted. This ruins the story, in my opinion.ScS of the Fraternity wrote:I don't know - the first half of the 1999 remake was actually pretty good. Of course, they switch styles of horror several times in the movie, which is usually a no-no.
In the novel and the '63 movie, neither the characters nor the audience know for sure why the events played out the way they did. Was the house truly haunted? Was the house constructed in an eccentric manner and the occupants' imaginations getting the best of them? Was it a mass hallucination? The enduring creepiness of the tale is that the mystery remains unsolved. The '99 remake solves the mystery and wraps everything up in a neat little package. Blah.