The Legend of Hell House

Four brave souls accept the offer (and sizable amounts of cash) from its new owner to spend one week at Belasco House, the “Mount Everest” of haunted houses, in this “Mount Everest” of haunted-house movies.

The Innocents

Jack Clayton’s masterpiece of narrative ambiguity The Innocents begins with a time-honored tableau: Deborah Kerr, hands clasped devoutly, imploring a higher power to make her useful to her young wards (“more than anything, I love children”).