At night rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits.

Four seekers have come to the unattractive, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar searching for solid evidence of the psychic sensation known as haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted associate; Eleanor, a unhappy, homeless woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the ambitious future heir of Hill Home. At first, their stay appears destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable sounds and self-closing doors, but Hill Home is normally gathering its capabilities and will shortly choose one of these to make its.

This classic horror novel continues to be hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.