Forbidden Empire vs The Haunting

Forbidden Empire has the higher audience score (5.9/10 against 5.5/10 for The Haunting). The Haunting is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 8m. The Haunting is the older of the two (1999 against 2014). Both are fantasy, horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forbidden Empire posterForbidden Empire2014 VS The Haunting posterThe Haunting1999
Forbidden EmpireThe Haunting
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 5.5/10
Year20141999
Length2h 8m1h 53m
GenresAdventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, ThrillerFantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorOleg StepchenkoJan de Bont
Main castJason Flemyng, Igor Jijikine, Aleksey Ogurtsov, Yuriy Tsurilo, Valeriy ZolotukhinOwen Wilson, Bruce Dern, Lili Taylor, Virginia Madsen, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Synopsis

Forbidden Empire

Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend…

The Haunting

Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

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