House On Haunted Hill
(Unrated, 1:14:43, Released 1959)
| Genres: | Drama, Horror, Classics |
| Release Date: | Feb 17, 1959 |
| DVD Release Date: | Oct 26, 1999 |
| Starring: | Alan Marshal, Carol Ohmart, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook Jr., Richard Long, Vincent Price |
| Directed by: | William Castle |
| Synopsis: | Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary house. This house has reputation for murder. |
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November 10, 2009
I love movies with haunted houses and there are still moments of this film that stay with me... A horror movie isn't about acting and people seem to forget that. The story was good and the death scenes were awesome.
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November 9, 2009
the remake is better
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November 9, 2009
Classic Vincent Price
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October 28, 2009
Originals are best 99% of the time.
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October 17, 2009
Love Vincent Price! Quite precictable but, a classic nonetheless.
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October 12, 2009
takes to long to show the movie
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October 7, 2009
Perfer the new age version, can't really get into the whole black and white mode.
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October 3, 2009
very ofol boring!!!!!
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September 19, 2009
I have this one on video. I love every thing that Vincent Price in it. In the A&E Biography, he said that there was a skeleton in a box beside the screen at the premire that came out when the skeleton did in the movie.
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September 13, 2009
This is much better than the remake. Obviously the effects and such are nothing compared to what they can do today, but that's what makes it good. It's creepy and sinister. Enjoyable!
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September 4, 2009
Vincent Price plays a wealthy man who invites 5 strangers to stay a night in a haunted house with the promise of $10,000. He rents the house from a crazy guy for the occasion, and Vincent and his wife act as hosts for this strange party. Hidden passages are once again the name of the game as is suicide and murder. Too many unbelievable twists and turns take any possible fright out of this for me.
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September 1, 2009
Vincent Price made this movie what it was, for me. I loved the predictable and the melodramatic way they went about things.
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August 27, 2009
Vincent Price is always great in these kind of movies
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August 26, 2009
Ah, the house of horrors ride in carnivals and amusement parks. Sit in the cart, lean back, and the ride commences. It progresses slowly at first, with atmospheric sounds and the cover of darkness, followed by subsequent stops: some intended to make you jump, some intended to make you laugh, most intended to make you do both. At the end of the ride, you'll come out happy, your girlfriend in your arm, a goofy smile across both of your faces. Sure the cart itself is rickety and well worn, some of the drapes are falling, some of the gears exposed. It's a ride that has ben taken by thousands and thousands and thousands of others before you. That's part of the fun though, isn't it? It's part of the experience.
William Castle, known as theking of the gimmic and shlockmeister extraordinarie, was also a very underrated director. He made films like amusement park rides. His films were innocent, naive even, and sought to, above all else, make the audience have a good time, for viewers to walk out of the screening with a big, goofy smile on their faces. They were events, not films, but they were so good natured that they managed to tap into the innocence of the previous decade while ignoring the burgeoning cynicism of their current ones.
The House on Haunted Hill does not make a lick of sense, nor is it meant to. Plotholes you say? But there's no real plot to begin with! The movie is, in essence a very atmospheric carnival show: a series of tingling stops loosely strung together around a flimsy plot. It's fun, it's funny, it's atmospheric and sometimes even creepy. The story is merely the means to an end: complete entertainment.
Vincent Price is in top form as the charming, slimy, sarcastic millionaire. Everyone else is serviceable at worst, effective at best. Castle's direction does what it sets out to do, and does it well. He may have been as gimmicky, shlocky or trashy as people accused him of being, as if those are negative attributes, but a hack he was not.
the film is incredibly enjoyable as much more than a piece of notalgia (even for those of us who were born not long before Vincent Price died) if one is willing to go to the film, rather than waiting for it to come. Few films are as joyous, intoxicating and just plain FUN as this. -
August 24, 2009
love this guy he did good stuff
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August 23, 2009
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August 22, 2009
They might not b as scarry as the new mysteries. However, I still like the classic mysteries.
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August 21, 2009
Terror a lo Hitchcock
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August 21, 2009
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August 16, 2009
Nothing beats the original movies of the past. I know producers and film companies mean well by remaking them, but they miss alot of the mystery
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August 16, 2009
it was a treat to see this movie where it was well done
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August 9, 2009
I liked it not much of an ending, but I liked it!
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July 18, 2009
nice but not so scary!!!!!!!!!
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July 10, 2009
Really great film my favourite of the 50's and another reason to is because Vincent Price who worked with Michael Jackson on his thriller album too.
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July 6, 2009
the only price movie i didnt give 5 stars...i dont know why ,,,it is a good movie with a great story line like all of prices films but there is just something about it that makes only 4 stars
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July 6, 2009
Years ago I bought a collection of old horror dvd's for a couple of dollars from Best Buy. I've watch only one or two out of 50, but the other night I decided to watch House on Haunted Hill. Of course I've seen the more recent version, but surprisingly, this one frightened me much more. It was quite entertaining and although the special effects weren't as good, it had a different kind of scary. Definitely worth a watch if you're into horror movies like me.
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June 29, 2009
The original...classic
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June 29, 2009
this movie was ofol some scence i lauged not scary
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June 27, 2009
pretty funny, unintentionally
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June 19, 2009
I like the old black & white horror flick's
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June 18, 2009
I would NOT recommend this. I laughed at several scenes. I was very disappointed, I expected more deaths at the very least. Nothing at all like the new one. Not scary at all.
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June 15, 2009
My Thoughts
This movie was kinda scary to me and the reamke was a little better than this one but i still like this one becasue its a classic.
Vincent Price: Frederick Loren
Plot
A millionaire Fredrick Loren invites five strangers to a party in the House On Haunted Hill. The house has a past of brutal murders. Mr. Loren's fourth wife, Annabelle, warns the guests that her husband is insane and plans something that night. That's when everyone begins to suspect something's going on with Mr. Loren. At midnight the doors are locked and there's no way to get out. Then when a game of murder begins and no one knows who's doing what there's no way to call for help because there's no electricity, phones, and no way to get out. -
June 14, 2009
House On Haunted Hill is one my all time favorite Vincent Price movies.
He was one the top actors in horror movies and had a voice that could send chills up your down your spine.
If you ever get a chance this is a must see, just don't waste your time with the poor remake with Geoffrey Rush or it's sequall -
June 5, 2009
fantastic!... ever...
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June 4, 2009
Originals are always best. Not to mention the fact that this one has Vincent Price.
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May 20, 2009
Liked the remake better....but for its time it was okay..
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May 17, 2009
Better than the remake. Vincent Price does pull off a rich man gone bad against his wife. There is one part that makes me jump every single time. The floating hag in the dark room scene. Otherwise, nothing else really got me. See it if you like the remake. Otherwise, I recommend it to those who like a little black & white horror now and then.
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April 24, 2009
the original classic
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April 18, 2009
Five strangers are offered $10,000 if they can stay the night in a spooky house. Vincent Price confidently plays the gracious host, sinister yet charming. Combines humour with some genuine scares. Not an original concept but this is one of its best incarnations.
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April 8, 2009
I own this, the remake is better
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April 4, 2009
saw the new one, but seeing the older version would be pretty cool.
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March 11, 2009
Scream after Scream, after scream.
WE HEARD YOU ALREADY!!
Price, the master of horror films, gives us a masterpiece that can not be ignored.
Indeed the scary costumes and the cheesy effects might turned you off, but he cinematography is the best you will see and wish you could redo yourself! -
February 17, 2009
Based on a incident that no one wants to hear about.
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February 5, 2009
It didn't end properly
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February 1, 2009
Castle was known for his gimmicks in the theatres. Unfortunately I was too young to be able to see this properly. Still, a good traditional scare show. Tame by today's standards, but good for studying how to build suspense. (OK, he's no Hitchcock, but there's still things to take away from this if you're looking.)
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January 21, 2009
Well I saw the 1999 version,it might be great to see this one...
