Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs

A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.

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R, 95 min.

Directed by: William Malone

Release Date: October 29, 1999

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DVD Release Date: April 18, 2000

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  • November 21, 2009
    The "House" had really great atmosphere and layout, with its myriad of haunted deathtraps. The set designers did a great job. But it wasn't really a house; it was a mental institution, so points are lost there. I never got how a place abandoned for so long could have functioning ...( read more)electricity and water. The blood and gore effects were cool. I liked the characters. There were nice nods to the original with Jeffrey Rush's "Mr. Price" character doing a nice Vincent Price tribute, plus the guns in the little coffin boxes. The murderous marital dispute got a bit tired. I liked all the guests in the house and thought all the actors did a good job. The poor CGI shadow monster was terribly done; it's asymmetrical form and blending made it look badly overlaid, even for 1999 CGI effects. The other ghosts were effectively creepy, notably Jeffrey Combs as Dr. Vannacutt. The movie wasn't scary, but it was a fun amusement-park sort of ride.
  • October 31, 2009
    A hugely disappointing amateur Horror film with no originality. Famke Janssen has appeared in some pretty good quality films, alongside some good quality Actors, I can?t really see why she would take on a film of this standard.

    For me it was too corny and very Scooby-doo ish.
  • September 24, 2009
    A pointless remake that's only worth watching for Famke Janssen, although Rush and Gallagher aren't too bad in their roles either.
  • July 8, 2009
    A haunted house (mental asylum) story that embraces the camp, the scares and good solid characters. Our main protagonists are the fantastic Rush and Janssen. A couple that genuinely hate each other to the point where their playful banter on offing each other seems to carry sincer...( read more)e malice. The film doesn't leave it there, it does hint at why these two are together and has moments of real love between the two, even if they act ashamed of it. No character is a simple horror cliche that "deserves" to die. Rush seems evil and then does something heroic. Diggs seems perverted and then shows kindness, and so on. The climax is a fitting end, with an abundance of twists for both the characters and the house itself. The final spreading of the "darkness" is a bit of a disappointment as the effects look flat and painted on. Still, the film is fun, thrilling and has some very creepy imagery.
  • March 7, 2008
    creepy but bad
  • November 17, 2009
    Movie was not that good, but Geoffrey Rush can do no wrong by me; Taye Diggs and James Marsters, mmm-hmm, great!
  • November 17, 2009
    Could of been better.
  • November 2, 2009
    nah......don;t bother
  • October 29, 2009
    Love this movie. It's most deff. my fav remake. The original with Vincent Price is a classic and always will be. But, this one runs a close race. After all the years that it's been out, and every time I watch it, it gets better and better. Watching it in the movies was one of the...( read more) creepiest experiance I've ever had! I've own the classic version for years too. This movie doesn't take away from the original like most movies do. Instead it adds more gore, effects, in depth plots, and everything the original lacked. The graphic effects added the realistic visions, that the original couldn't portray (due to the time period.) Watch these 2 back to back to have the best Halloween experiance!
  • October 29, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|

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  • holysocks28
    August 31, 2007
    loved it loved it loved it .... until the end bit.....
    even though i saw this movie at the cinemas when i was like 12 - and i walked out a few times too cos i was scared - its now one of my fav's and i seriously cant wait for the sequel!!!!! have at look at this site - they've got some pretty good pics:

    http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/returntohouse.php?comments_page=1
  • ALISON1900US
    March 14, 2007
    ilike it
  • DivineMadness
    December 15, 2006
    I loved this film! its great! so much blood and body parts! and insane Doctors. You cannot go wrong with this film!!
  • JesusOnlyKnows19
    July 1, 2006
    this is 1 in the few of these kinda movies that I actually liked, becase it did not have ant sex nor much cussing at all so I rate this good!

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