The Legend Of Hell House (1973)

Having literally destroyed a team of researchers except one in 1953, a brooding mansion is referred to as the Mt. Everest of haunted houses. 20 years later, a second group of psychic investigators attempt to unravel its deadly secret: a physicist (Clive Revill) and his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt), a mental medium (Pamela Franklin) and a physical medium (Roddy McDowall), who is the only survivor from 1953. Based on the novel by Richard Matheson (I AM LEGEND) and directed by John Hough (WATCHER IN THE WOODS). The template for this film is the superior THE HAUNTING (1963) which could justifiably be called the Mt. Everest of haunted house movies. Matheson has cleaned up his novel for this film adaptation eliminating most of the sex and sadism in the original book. What we get is an entertaining piece of second rate horror pulp that should satisfy most horror fans if they don't expect too much but it's not a memorable film although it has its defenders. With Roland Culver and Michael Gough.