Призрак дома на холме

"The house, awake, insane, stood on the outskirts among the hills, enclosing darkness... And what lived inside, lived there alone..."

The beginning of the book fits perfectly with the spirit of Shirley Jackson's famous work, recognized by many, including Stephen King, as the most important work of horror literature of the 20th century.
An old mansion on a hill brings only grief to its inhabitants. The owners refuse to live in it, an elderly couple looking after the house does not risk staying here for the night. The reputation of the abode of ghosts was firmly entrenched behind the house. And then one day the silence of the house is broken by a noisy company of visitors. Dr. Montagu, a paranormal researcher, rents a mansion for the summer to study the phenomena taking place there. None of the arrivals can even imagine what a nightmare this trip will end.

The popularity of the book was cemented by its two film adaptations - directed by Robert Wise (1963) and Jan De Bont with the participation of Steven Spielberg (1999).