The Haunting of Hill House
Back Cover Text:A MASTERPIECE OF SHEER TERROR
"...A GHOST STORY IN THE MODERN MANNER...TERRIBLE THINGS TAKE PLACE...MOST AGREEABLY SPINE-CHILLING." - THE OBSERVER
There is so much horror in Hill House that nobody dares live in it. Only a ghost-hunting team would defy the hostile spirits which haunt the house, and the one which gathers together to stay there several weeks consists of four people. Their shocking experiences produce a real and ultimate terror culminating in a screaming climax which is as horrifying as it is unexpected.
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is regarded by many as one of the most powerful horror tales ever told. It was filmed as THE HAUNTING. Shirley Jackson is also the author of the award-winning classic short story, THE LOTTERY.
"...As spine-chilling as anything Edgar Allan Poe ever dreamed up." - DAILY TELEGRAPH
"The story grows from the impact of personality, the shifting climate of fear, springs into action with midnight manifestations, and gathers macabre momentum as one of the four is conquered by the house. Good enough not to be read before going to bed." - SUNDAY TIMES