Research

Plot of Book
The Haunting Of Hill House is a book about an eighty year old mansion that was built by a man named Hugh Crain. It involves four characters known as: Dr. John Montague, Eleanor Vance, Theodora and Luke Sanderson. The doctor wants to find evidence to prove if the existence of the supernatural is real or not, which is why the Doctor rented Hill House; the guests can stay at Hill House where they start to experience events which all tend to link to Eleanor

Author Research
Shirley Jackson 1916-1965 Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco and started writing poems and short stories when she was a teenager. At the age of seventeen Jackson attended the University of Rochester and then moved onto Syracuse University in 1937-1940. Jackson then moved to New York where she had stories published in The New Republic and The New Yorker Jacksons first novel was released in 1948 named The Road Through The Wall. In 1959 is when Jacksons bestselling book was released which was The Haunting Of Hill House.

Adaptations
There were two adaptations made for The Haunting Of Hill House which both ended up being called The Haunting; the first release was in 1963 which was directed by Robert Wise and the next adaptation was released in 1999, directed by Jan De Bont.