Hey everyone! Welcome to the 29th edition of my Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon series. As you already know last month here on SuperMarcey.com, I said that this edition was going to be a special horror themed one in honour of Halloween this month. I posted up poll with three bad horror movies and I said that whichever one out of those three films had the highest votes, I would watch and live-tweet for this column. Well, the votes are in and you all have spoken. For this horror themed 29th installment of Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon, you guys wanted me to watch and live-tweet… THE HAUNTING (1999)! Is this one of the worst horror remakes ever? Did this film pretty much destroy SPEED director Jan de Bont’s career? Read on and find out! Enjoy!
Bede @BedeJermyn
Now I know I have said this many times before but I’m going to say it again, is it too late for me to NOT watch this film? #TheHaunting1999
It’s hard to believe that I use to like this film when I first watched it back 1999. How dumb and naive I was back then #TheHaunting1999
Oh hi Lili Taylor! Don’t worry you’ll eventually star in a good haunted house film 14 later with THE CONJURING #TheHaunting1999
Oh hi Virginia Madsen! Nice to see you pop in this film for only 2 minutes #TheHaunting1999
Wow. Virgina Madsen and her onscreen husband are total arseholes to Lili Taylor’s character. #TheHaunting1999
Oh snap! You just got owned Virginia Madsen! #TheHaunting1999
In all seriousness, Lili Taylor gives a better performance than this film really truly deserves. #TheHaunting1999
Thanks mysterious stranger on phone for pointing me out that wanted ad in the newspaper! That was swell! #TheHaunting1999
Oh hi Liam Neeson! #TheHaunting1999
I hope the haunted house doesn’t try to kidnapped Liam’s daughter ’cause if it does, that’ll be the biggest mistake it will ever make. #TheHaunting1999
Well… That was a weird transition from one scene to another. I don’t think we were done with other scene yet. #TheHaunting1999
No Lili Taylor! Don’t go into that house! It’s going to leave a bad stain on your career! #TheHaunting1999
Hey Oscar nominated actor Bruce Dern! I guess the studio forced you to be in this film too, huh? #TheHaunting1999
That’s one big knocker. #TheHaunting1999
“Hello?” IS ME YOU’RE LOOKING FOR?!!!! #TheHaunting1999
“Just because I’m holding a giant kitchen knife in my hand and have a creepy look on face, doesn’t mean I’m evil” #TheHaunting1999
That painting of Mr. Crain kind of looks like Wolverine from the X-MEN #TheHaunting1999
“You must love working here?” “Other than the creepy ghosts, it’s not too bad” #TheHaunting1999
Hello Catherine Zeta-Jones… *Re-ow* #TheHaunting1999
Geez, this house is pretty big. It must take at lest 20 years to clean it from top to bottom. #TheHaunting1999
Geez, stop making fun of that creepy older lady, Lili Taylor. #TheHaunting1999
I like how Catherine Zeta-Jones is strips down to her lingerie in front of Lili with no shame whatsoever. #TheHaunting1999
“I studied Purgatory. I was there for 11 years” Ahhh… Okay… #TheHaunting1999
Say what you will about this film, but the production design in this film is pretty spectacular #TheHaunting1999
Where’s that carnival music coming from? #TheHaunting1999
Oh hi Owen Wilson! #TheHaunting1999
Hey Oscar nominated actor/writer/director Todd Field. I suppose you have to start somewhere I guess. #TheHaunting1999
So far there are 6 Oscar winning/nominated actors in this cast but yet, none of them is Lili Taylor. This is a travesty. #TheHaunting1999
Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah. We’ve all heard how awful your Mum a billion times before, Lili. #TheHaunting1999
Uh, oh. That piano string is getting loose. I hope it doesn’t hurt somebo-oh, wait. Never mind. #TheHaunting1999
Listen, Owen. When Liam Neeson tells you to keep a secret, you don’t immediately go and tell everyone! #TheHaunting1999
Nice pajamas, Owen Wilson. #TheHaunting1999
Ahhh… Did those wooden children’s face just move? Clearly yes. Yes, they did. #TheHaunting1999
Did the house just roar? #TheHaunting1999
It’s a good thing that small lock is keeping those ghosts out. #TheHaunting1999
Why is there a state of a Egyptian Pharaoh in one of the rooms? #TheHaunting1999
Oh, dear God! Owen Wilson is knocking at the door! That’s more terrifying than a ghost. #TheHaunting1999
Oh no! It’s a bad CGI ghost under the bed sheets! #TheHaunting1999
Despite just seeing a ghostly face talking through her bed sheet, Lili is surprisingly taking it well. #TheHaunting1999
Seriously if that happened to me, I would be crapping myself in fright. #TheHaunting1999
“I’ve got a soft spot for Theo” Yeah, I’m pretty sure that the spot you’re referring to isn’t *soft*, Owen. #TheHaunting1999
50 minutes into the film and nothing remotely scary hasn’t happened yet. #TheHaunting1999
That statue kind of looks like the Grim Reaper. He’s probably there to take souls of every involved with this film. #TheHaunting1999
Yeah, Lili. Just casually go listen and follow those creepy children’s voice wherever they lead you. #TheHaunting1999
Can something scary please happen already. I’m bored. #TheHaunting1999
Those wooded children are creepy as hell. #TheHaunting1999
“Oh my God! That ghost was trying to put my hair into a pony tail!” #TheHaunting1999
Yeah, I’m pretty sure your suppose to hear the Liam’s private recordings, Lili. #TheHaunting1999
There’s a woman hanging from a noose. Unfortunately I’m still not scared yet. #TheHaunting1999
I liked how that skeleton was able to sit up straight like that. #TheHaunting1999
“What’s that smell?” That’s the crappiness of the movie. #TheHaunting1999
You know between this film and THE PHANTOM MENACE, Liam Neeson wasn’t having a good 1999. #TheHaunting1999
Hello? Hello?! HELLO?!!! Can something scary please happen! I’m extremely bored right now! #TheHaunting1999
You know this film would be more fun if Liam Neeson went full-blown TAKEN mode on the ghosts in this house. #TheHaunting1999
Why are there shadows of jellyfish on the walls? #TheHaunting1999
Ice to meet you! #TheHaunting1999
You what filmmakers? No amount of CGI is going make this film any scary. Not by a long shot. #TheHaunting1999
You know for someone who suffers from insomnia, Lili Taylor’s hair is still perfect. #TheHaunting1999
Ghost baby bump! #TheHaunting1999
“Help us Eleanor!” Screw you! I’m out of here! #TheHaunting1999
Oh, look! Something scary is about to hap-Zzzzzzz… #TheHaunting1999
Geez, Liam. You’re a Jedi master. You can easily get out of a situation like this. #TheHaunting1999
Yeah, I think after that incident, Liam is going to start believing this house is haunted now. #TheHaunting1999
Man, what a mess. Mrs. Dudley is going to pissed when she comes in to clear up in the morning. #TheHaunting1999
It’s amazing that Owen was able to cut through a some wooden posts with an iron bar. #TheHaunting1999
Geez, Owen. You didn’t even try to attempt to drive through that locked gate. #TheHaunting1999
It’s pretty clear that the makers behind this film didn’t see the original 1962 version of this film. #TheHaunting1999
Run! Run away! #TheHaunting1999
“It’s too late. He’s not going to let you go” Funny, that’s what producers said to the actors when they tried to get out this film #TheHaunting1999
Uh, oh. Owen just wrecked Mr. Crain’s picture. He’s going to be pissed about this. #TheHaunting1999
Owen Wilson just got decapitated by a giant swinging lion pendulum. Yet I’m still not scared. #TheHaunting1999
Oh, man. This finale has gone into full-bore bad CGI mode now. #TheHaunting1999
You know this whole haunted house situation could have easily have been sorted out if they just called the Ghostbusters. #TheHaunting1999
Why does the ghost of Hugh Crain look like the Galactus cloud from FANATSTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER? #TheHaunting1999
Yeah… I’m totally not scared right now. #TheHaunting1999
Only two will enter, only one will leave. #TheHaunting1999
“You go to Hell!” You go to Hell and you die! #TheHaunting1999
This scene would be way better if Lily and the ghost of Hugh Crain had a dance off. #TheHaunting1999
So… Much…Bad…C…G…I… #TheHaunting1999
Oh, hey again Bruce Dern. I forgot you were in this film. #TheHaunting1999
“Did you find out what you wanted to know, Doctor?” Yeah, THE PHANTOM MENACE wasn’t the worst film he starred in 1999. #TheHaunting1999
So… Whatever happened to Liam’s assistants? They left earlier and they never came back. Lucky them. #TheHaunting1999
Well, that’s end of the film. *Sign*… Now excuse me while I go watch a real scary haunted house film. #TheHaunting1999
I hope everyone enjoyed reading this special horror themed 29th edition of my Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon! Keep a look out in November for my 30th edition, which could one of the following three bad films: JURASSIC PARRK III, STAYING ALIVE or TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE. Which one will it be? Vote on the poll which will be posted on SuperMarcey.com soon!
– Bede Jermyn
