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House on Haunted Hill (1999) 5.6
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Reviews: 531 user | 147 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past. Director:William Malone |
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When an eccentric millionaire offer a group of opposites $1,000,000 to spend the night in a so called "Haunted House" with a murderous past, they figure it is a quick way to get quick money and leave. All of them are sure it is some made up story just to mess with their heads a little and test their courage. But, once they stay in the house they start to think about the mistake they made in coming there when mysterious things start to happen. Written by Kyle <Kyleshivers@aol.com>
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Are You Dying To Be Rich? See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
29 October 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Casa da Colina See more »Filming Locations:
Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$19,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$15,946,032 (USA) (29 October 1999)Gross:
£3,469,882 (UK) (10 March 2000)Company Credits
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Written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart (as Dave Stewart)
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The names William Malone, Gilbert Adler and Vlademar Tymrak appear on Price's guest list before it is deleted. William Malone and Gilbert Adler are respectively the director and producer of the film. Vlademar Tymrak was a serial-killer and evil spirit in Tales from the Crypt: Report from the Grave (1996), which was also directed by Malone. See more »Goofs
When Price takes them all to the casket to get the guns, one of the windows is not shuttered yet "lockdown" had already happened. See more »Quotes
Watson Pritchett: [walks slowly up to Sarah] You don't... get it... do you? This house is pissed. It has no morals, cuz it's a fucking house!See more »
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)Written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart (as Dave Stewart)
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The similarities between William Castle's campy 1959 original and this typical Hollywood remake are kept to a minimum. We have the premise of 5 people who're offered a million $ if they survive spending a night in 'the house' and Rush who brings tribute to Vincent Price (who played the lead role in the original). Other than this, Malone just follows the routine remake-standards meaning bigger, louder and more spectacular. If you're not too harsh, this actually is a pretty enjoyable movie and – at times – a successful mixture between an old-fashioned 'haunted house' chiller and a modern special effects playground. Thanks to some sort of miracle, Malone managed to cast class actor Geoffrey Rush and a more than decent supportive cast. Rush is talented enough to make his performance of eccentric impresario Steven Price look like a homage to Vincent Price instead of doing a lame impersonation. To me, however, the absolute star of this film is Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) who plays the small role of the demented Dr. Vannacutt. As usual, Combs' character is the cause of all horror and his grimaces are more diabolical then ever. He's an amazing horror icon and I simply can't get why he isn't enjoying an immortal success-status. Until about 5 minutes before the ending, the use of CGI is imaginative and not irritating at all. The finale is overly fake and kinda ruins the film. If you're not too demanding, The House on Haunted Hill guarantees a lot of fun and a few scares. Definitely a better remake than Jan De Bont's The Haunting and Steve Beck's 13 Ghosts.