Steven Price (a very hammy Rush) is a wealthy amusement park owner who invites several strangers to his shrewish wife's birthday party, this year held in the abandoned Vannacutt... more
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Blue Sea, and a particularly effective example at that. The plot is pure contrivance: For a party stunt, a wealthy amusement-park manufacturer (Geoffrey Rush) off...
Blue Sea, and a particularly effective example at that. The plot is pure contrivance: For a party stunt, a wealthy amusement-park manufacturer (Geoffrey Rush) offer...
anyone who accepts the offer. Murder is a way of life at the House On Haunted Hill a jolting effects-ramped remake of the 1959 cult classic that starred Vincent Price...
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This astonishingly diverse score suffers unfairly as an album. The chops and changes
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between styles are meaningful in the picture, but here the shift from the tragedy of "Sorry, Tulip" to the electric guitars and drums of "Struggling To Escape" is just unintentionally comical. This being composer Don Davis' next major feature after his excellent work onThe Matrix, he had everything to prove in the Hollywood stakes. As a demonstration of the composer's versatility it's a superb showcase, ranging through choral devil worshipping ("The Corpus Delecti Committee Meeting"), atonal calamitous crashings, and tender moments of mourning. At 54 minutes however, there's too much in too long a period to hold itself together as an album. The pieces are by and large excellent, and if you're a horror fan you'll be prepared for the shocks however they might come. It's a remarkable score, nonetheless, but just too much like hard work in its entirety and in isolation. Judicious track programming is recommended.--Paul Tonks
playboy Frederick Loren who invites five guests out to a genuine haunted house offering them each 000 if they spend the night. Elisha Cook Jr. plays one of the guests a nervous alcoholic who has been in this house before and witnessed some terrible things. Mr. Loren's beautiful but treacherous wife (Carol Ohmart) is also present - and might be out to kill Frederick during the course of the evening; then again he might be out to kill her.
haunted-house thriller as millionaire playboy Frederick Loren who invites five guests out to a genuine haunted house offering them each 000 if they spend the night. Elisha Cook Jr. plays one of the guests a nervous alcoholic who has been in this house before and witnessed some terrible things. Mr. Loren's beautiful but treacherous wife (Carol Ohmart) is also present - and might be out to kill Frederick during the course of the evening; then again he might be out to kill her.
Horror - Director: William Friedkin, John Boorman, William Peter Blatty, Renny Harlin, Paul Schrader - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over
Horror - Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard, Jorge Montesi, Don Taylor, John Moore, Richard Donner - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over
Advantages: A good remake of the 1959 cult classic Disadvantages: Not many special features
...Castle released the cult-classic 'The House on Haunted Hill' a movie which using shock tactics in the theatres scarred the pants off cinema goers.
But with todays audiences, movie makers have to go the step further to make cinema goers even jump slightly and with the remake of William Castle's classic, Dark Castle Entertainment have succeded in producing a film that makes you jump, swear and even hide behind a pillow, ok, so not everyone will, but ... ...where the fun begins, the house locks down and the guests are trapped, with only each other and the house to contend with.
Price informs them if the survive the night they'll be rich, IF they survive......
HAS IT GOT SPECIAL FX AND SOUND?
The special effects in 'House on Haunted Hill' are quite spectacular with the gore been gory and at times you expect something to happen and it doesn't and just as you relax it happens, throwing you right of ...
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...a night in the haunted house and come out alive will get a million dollars.
This is a remake of a 1958 film, but has been vastly improved and is thoroughly more enjoyable. As with other modern Horror movies (Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer), there is plenty of dark humour to lighten up the mood of the film. There also enough twists and turns in the story along with some very scary moments which make you jump, that there should be something ... ...are plenty of surprises in House on Haunted Hill. The only real negative about the film is the ending, which succumbs to the standard Hollywood ending, rather than surprising you with something knew.
The main character in the film is Stephen H. Price, played by Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean). His character has been based on the character played by Vincent Price in the original and Rush has done a worthy job of picking up on the look and ...
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Actor(s): Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher, Chris Kattan, Famke Janssen, Geoffrey Rush, Bridgette Wilson, Jeffrey Combs, Max Perlich, Ali Larter, Dick Beebe, Lisa Loeb, Peter Graves
Director(s): William Malone
Genre: Horror
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1999
Running Time: 1 hour 29 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: A group of people are invited to stay for one night in a haunted house - the reward... a million dollars each.
Remake Of: House On Haunted Hill ( 1959 United States of America ), House On Haunted Hill ( 1959 United States of America ), House On Haunted Hill ( United States of America )
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 14/08/2000
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: D 018018
Editor: Anthony Adler
Barcode: 7321900180184
Production Designer: David Klassen
Screenwriter: Dick Beebe, Robert Zemeckis
Composer: Don Davis
Executive Producer: Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver
Director of Photography: Rick Bota
Producer: Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Gilbert Adler
Author: Robb White
Voice: Joel Silver
Costume Designer: Ha Nguyen
DVD Description
Steven Price (a very hammy Rush) is a wealthy amusement park owner who invites several strangers to his shrewish wife's birthday party, this year held in the abandoned Vannacutt Institute for the Mentally Insane. There, he offers a prize of one million dollars to each party-goer who can spend the entire night in the creepy and cavernous building. As Mr. and Mrs. Price play a bitter game of cat and mouse, the guests begin to think there are more ominous forces at work, especially after the body count begins to creep higher and higher. A remake of the 1958 low-budgeter starring Vincent Price.
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Director Commentary, A Tale Of Two Houses, Deleted Scenes, Behind The Screams, Scenes From Escape From The House, Essays, Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Trailers, Web Events, Chat Room Access
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Creepier than you expect..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.71, 26/11/1999)
"...A slicker and scarier piece of work..." (Variety, p.87-93, 01/11/1999)
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