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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  • 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
  • February 9, 2008
    an enjoyable romp of a remake, far better than its horror remake peers of the time: "The Haunting" and "13 Ghosts"
  • 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! :|
  • October 23, 2009
    1 of the worst remakes ever made.Go see the original
  • October 1, 2009
    "Six strangers have the chance to make $1,000,000 EACH. All they have to do is make it through the night alive."

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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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