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Summary: Very Enjoyable
Review: I saw this movie for the first time tonight, and I must say I liked it. It's not the best movie I've ever seen nor is it the scariest, but it is a good way to kill 75 minutes. I'm probably the only person under 18 who enjoys this one more than the remake.
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Summary: House On Haunted Hill
Review: Great William Castle black and white horror film. When a millionaire (Vincent Price) offers five people 10,000 dollars to spend the night at a creepy mansion,and there is no way to escape. Vincent Price opens six coffens, and in each coffen there is a gun to give to his five guests and one for himself or his wife. Much better than the new verson of House On Haunted Hill(1999). House On Haunted Hill (1958) has a surprising ending and is good to watch on a Friday at midnight.
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Summary: Old-fashioned fun
Review: "House on Haunted Hill" is an old-fashioned, fun movie to watch. It's not scary by today's standards, but the haunted house themes of strange noises, ghosts and mysterious rooms keep you amused. The cast is excellent, especially Vincent Price as the mysterious millionaire who hosts the "party".
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Summary: Fun to watch camp classic
Review: I find this movie fun to watch. It is not in the least scarey, but is campy. The plot is simple: a millionaire, played by Vincent Price, invites five strangers to spend the night in a haunted house. Any survivors get $10,000. His beautiful wife has her own plans for the night. There is much sreaming, a bloodstain that won't go away, a vat of acid, and other things and events that should be scarey, but aren't. Corny dialoge, over-blown acting, and cheesy special effects make this movie fun.
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Summary: William Castle takes his turn at a Haunted House movie
Review: William Castle's 1958 film "House on Haunted Hill" is another one of his fun filled rides that deserves to be seen in a theater on a Saturday afternoon with your friends, muching on buttered popcorn and gulping giant sodas. The greatest schlock master in horror film history, Castle's works invariably lose a little something on video-tape. The film begins with an inhuman chorus of ghostly sounds will the disembodied head of Watson Pritchard (Elisha Cook, Jr.) tells us the history of the seven strange murders that happened in the house he now owns. Enter eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price), who invites a group of peopel despearte for cash to the house, promising that whoever stays in the house overnight will receive $10,000. The merry little group consists of Pritchard, test pilot Lance Schroeder (Richard Long), beautiful young Nora Manning (Carolyn Craig), Dr. David Trent (Alan Marshal), and newspaper columnist Ruth Bridgers (Julie Mitchum). Loren gives each guest a gun (presented in a tiny coffin) and then the fun begins.The creepy happenings that scare the houseguests are certainly good for a jump or two, but ultimtaely there are two things that keep "House on Haunted Hill" from being an outright classic. The first is that the payoff is not worthy of a first-rate ghost story (I will not give it away but you will see what I mean when you check this one out). The second is that we are denied "Emergo," one of Castle's most famous gimmicks. This was the one where the giant plastic skeleton lept from the screen at the film's climax. Sure, there were technical problems with Emergo, but you have to admit that the little kid in your thinks it is a totally cool idea. Not as good as "The Innocents," "The Legend of Hell House" or even "The Haunting," but certainly the best "" movie" haunted house flick.
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Summary: like the original
Review: its so cool and very frightening you'll want to watch it over and over it just gets freakier every time you watch it
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Summary: A Classic?....um, why?
Review: Sorry, but this movie just isn't very good. This may have scared people back in it's day (now I respect that and like many old scary movies that are today considered tame) but it's predictable and dumb. I'm sorry to offend any "Classic!" criers out there but it's true. There is a good premise here, and yes it was well filmed, lighted and edited. Acting was good on the parts of principle charecters. But overall this movie really lacks. For as much as a ghost movie that people claim this too be, it really isn't. And I almost kicked my Television when I saw a charecter at the end proclaim "Now there are more ghosts to join the other seven." Puh-Leeze! As if those other seven even made a cameo appearence! The remake is bad too, but at least it's one up on this movie by offering one or two eerie shots and scenes. Bottom line, not worth the price or even the almost hour and half it takes to watch it....wait a tick! There is another hard to find good point for this film...it's SHORT!
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Summary: Classic Camp
Review: House on Haunted Hill is classic camp at its best and lots of fun to watch over and over. Don't get it if you're looking for scares though 'cause you won't fine any! The five stars are for zany acting, bad dialog, rediculous special effects, hilariously dated soundtrack, and of course, the character Nora's scream. She screams and screams again and then yet again. And then she turns right around and makes a matter of fact statement as if she didn't have a care in the world. Best lines: "Scotch and;" "Darling, the only ghoul in this house is you!;" Did she say Lance is gone? Gone where?" Of course, Carol Ohmart, who plays Vincent Price's beautiful wife (Out of nowhere, "I'm Annabelle Loren") gets to scream too and boy does she get to scream! Don't miss this one!
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Summary: A CLASSIC
Review: THIS MOVIE WAS VERY WELL DONE. VINCENT PRICE IS VERY GOOD IN THIS MOVIE. THE REST OF THE CAST IS GOOD ALSO. WITH SIMPLE SPECIAL EFFECTS. IT YOU ENJOY WATCHING THE CLASSICS BEFORE ALL THE HIGH TECH THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU. NO SLASHING, NO GORE, JUST SCARES YOU, KNOWING SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
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Summary: This may be a classic, but it's not worth the trouble
Review: This movie had a good set up, creepy house, weird couple, a parnoid guy and even the goodlooking ladies' man but aside from the acid pit in the cellar,the film is really not that good. The plot line is predictable to the intellegent viewer, and the scares seem rather out of date. Also, it seems to progress far too slowly. I would even have to go as far to say that the remake was scarier. Now, I would have to say that the original was a BETTER movie, but if you are looking for scary, this is not the movie to see. One thing that I have to give to the movie's credit is that one woman in the movie has the most amazing scream. She must have been cast for that sole talent! One thing though, that I read somewhere is that in the original theater showings of this movie (when it first came out) in the middle of the film, a rigged skeleten would come swooping down towards the audience. (A note: you may think that 2 stars is rather stingy, but I am just rather frugal in giving out stars, giving what a movie has really earned)
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