The Legend of Hell House
20th Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 15, 1973 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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3
Negative:
0
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80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Richard Matheson's scripting of his novel Hell House builds into an exceptionally realistic and suspenseful tale of psychic phenomena. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Williams
Visually, by today's standards, The Legend of Hell House is pretty tame, but what it may lack in visual acuity is more than made up for in atmosphere and sheer creepiness. [29 Oct 1992, p.30]
63
Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
The Legend of Hell House is a regrettably just-competent adaptation of a great American horror novel. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
While director John Hough (Twins of Evil) does a fine job with the things-that-go-bump-in-the-night aspects of the material, he fails to breathe any life into Richard Matheson's woefully underdeveloped screenplay, which he adapted from his own novel. Read full review
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The New York TimesA.H. Weiler
If John Hough, the director, and his small, willing cast maintain mild tension during their harried visit to this haunted "hell house," the few chills they provide are of little help. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Trivialising the theme, saddled with some terrible dialogue, needlessly tricked out with a lot of countdown-style dates, it founders into innocuous routine. Read full review
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