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This, along with Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING, is one of the best haunted house novels ever written. THe brilliance of it lies in its rigourous intelligence and psychological power which makes the battle between good and evil so powerful. Richard Matheson makes sure that the treatment of the investigators is deeply humane so that the reader completely sympathises and cares about them, making the deaths of some of them all the more painful. In my opinion what makes MAtheson such a great writer in this genre is his humanity. He never introduces gore or shock just for tricks but because what interests him is our need to hold onto and struggle for our humanity even in the face of massive evil and horror. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.102 (talk • contribs) .

Really, cause I thought it was a hell of a lot like "The Shunned House" By Lovecraft. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.207.32.133 (talk) 03:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article should delve into novel's development and influences

I just finished reading Hell House and looked it up on Wikipedia to understand Matheson's influences. I respect Matheson's talents in this genre -- unlike others I was not especially fond of this book, but I felt I probably was missing something, reading it so many years after it was written.

To disagree (politely) with a prior note, I did feel some of the gore was for shock value and unnecessarily crude and graphic. That is my personal opinion of course, but understanding the basis of the novel, its characters, Matheson's intents, etc. might have helped me understand. 2600:1700:A9D0:B330:20A8:AEF5:D0F5:7B93 (talk) 18:14, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]