The Haunting Of Hill House (1959) takes the basic setup of an investigation into a supposedly haunted house as the start of a study of some very damaged people while still working as a ghost story.
The Haunting (1963) is a pretty close adaptation, and a bona fide classic.
The Haunting (1999) is a pretty but dumb ghost train ride which vaguely resembles the outline of the source material. The plot about covering the study of a haunt with a sleep study could have worked on its own, but... As is, some effects have aged well, though the metal gryphon moving its head creepily really should have come before it attacking the group. Some of it would work in a high weird urban fantasy setting.
The Haunting Of Hill House (2018) also only vaguely resembles the original. The family drama in the middle of a very haunted house is a whole different hook.
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