The Haunting (1963)

Not for the first time, I got a late arrival intended for October. Rather than save it for next year, I decided to bid Halloween farewell with Martin Scorsese's personal favorite horror. In truth, I think my main reason to put it on my queue in the first place was that the Nostalgia Critic cited it as a G-rated movie that couldn't get a G anymore.

Nell (Julie Harris) accepts an invitation from one Dr. Markway (Richard Johnson) to spend a week at Boston's Hill House and evaluate rumors of its haunting. Along for the ride are Theodora (Claire Bloom), who might have ESP; Luke (Russ Tamblyn), who doesn't believe the rumors at all but expects to inherit the mansion; and eventually Mrs. Markway (Lois "Moneypenny" Maxwell), who tries to talk her husband out of this nonsense. They all observe strange phenomena, but only Nell gets driven over the edge....

Run Silent Run Deep (1958)

For multiple obvious reasons, there aren't many submarine movies, which puts a lot of pressure (heh) on the few of them to excel. I'm sure this one was expensive for the time, even if the exterior shots used mere models. The filmmakers did aim for authenticity by having real submariners train the actors. They did not aim for fidelity to the Edward L. Beach book, from what I can tell.

Apart from that, the main aspect that I appreciate is the casting. Sure, Burt Lancaster and especially Clark Gable were a bit old for captains, but as I heard Gable repeatedly call, "Dive, dive!", I realized what a natural he seemed for a combination of Commander Queeg from The Caine Mutiny and Captain Ahab from, oh, you know. And Lancaster knew how to project a disciplined officer who strongly disapproved a superior (somewhat reversed in Seven Days in May). The film is also notable for the silver-screen debut of Don Rickles, who does better at non-comic roles than I thought.