The House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Posted in Movies by Harley
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The House on Haunted Hill is a re-make of the classic 1959 version, of the same name, starring Vincent Price.
The Plot
Six people are invited to a birthday party hosted by Stephen Price (Geoffrey Rush), an eccentric multi-millionaire who’s empire is based on scaring people. The party is held in an old mental instituation and the gimmick of the party is that if they stay/survive the night they each get a million dollars. The house has its own ideas of hospitality and the ‘contestants’ find that they’ve signed up for more than just Price’s cheap tricks.
The Review
The plot, although very generic for the genre, is executed in an original way. My expectations for this movie were pretty low after the disappointment of movies such as ‘»The Haunting‘. I was spookily surprised.
The acting was standard with the exception of Geoffrey Rush who shines in everything he does anyway.. think Captain Barbossa. Special effects were invisible (being a good thing) which in the horror genre is pretty rare.
The images throughout this movie were disturbing. I was freaked out by the images in »The Ring (nail through finger-nail, creepy lil black-haired chick), so this movie really got to me. It’s hard to say that I enjoyed the movie, but I did like the fact that it managed to disturb me so much. This is one to watch when you feel like a thrill, but whatever you do, don’t watch it alone :o/.
Links
»Buy The House on Haunted Hill (1999) on VHS
»Buy The House on Haunted Hill (1959) on VHS
»The Official Site
