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 ...
kwildchild 15.04.2005
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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 ...
christianfilmcritic 07.02.2006
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Production Year: 1998 - Horror - Director: Steve Miner - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Williams, Adam Arkin, Adam Hann-Byrd, Janet Leigh, L.L. Cool J.
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