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	DVDFILE.COM: The House On Haunted Hill (1958) review
		The premise of House on Haunted Hill can be summed up with one sentence: A wealthy man (Vincent Price) offers a group of people $10,000 each for surviving a night in his house, and this movie is about that night.
		The Haunting (1963) is the Robert Wise film that was adapted from the Shirley Clark novel The Haunting of Hill House.
		While The Haunting is a story that some people will prefer over House on Haunted Hill (critics consider The Haunting a classic), I will take cheesiness with B actors over contrived and strained attempts at serious horror anytime.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/houseonhauntedhill_1958.htm (790 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)
		The haunted house mystery is almost as old as the motion picture itself and covers a gamut of films from comedies to intense horror to a mixture of the two.
		More recently the haunted house mystery was given another shot, this time in the form of a sanitarium, in SESSION 9 and back to the basics of a haunted mansion in 2001's THE OTHERS.
		The tour of the house, conducted by Pritchard, serves to up the tension among the six strangers (Annabelle, in a fit of pique at having her guest list rewritten by Frederick opts to stay in her room).
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/househauntedhill.html (1916 words)

	House on Haunted Hill (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The House in William Castle's original was a Frank Lloyd Wright house, and it stood out for two reasons: first, it was phenomenally ugly, especially in the manner in which Castle's camera captured it; and second, it seemed the least likely setting for a ghost story that anyone could possibly imagine.
		The new, utterly different House is all verticals, tall and thin and perched atop a cliff overlooking the ocean.
		As the movie goes on, we see the house is full of wicked-looking torture devices, and the door to the room in which Vannacutt was performing a vivisection at the time of the riot is marked "Hygiene".
	www.braineater.com /house/hohh.html (2995 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: House on Haunted Hill (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		While "The Haunting" was more sophisticated, with a superior cast, a budget of around $80-million, and a kid-friendly PG-13 rating, "House on Haunted Hill" is a gory, atmospheric, $20-million, R-rated spookathon.
		The catch, it turns out, is that the house really is being haunted by the maniacal doctor (Jeffrey Combs) who was killed in 1931, and that all five guests are unknowingly related to the five inmates who survived decades before.
		Admittedly, "House on Haunted Hill" has a zinger of a premise, a sort of ghastly rendition of 1993's "Indecent Proposal," in which people were asked if they'd cheat on their spouse for one night, and a million smackers, with Robert Redford.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/h/99_houseonhauntedhill.htm (783 words)

	Filmtracks: House on Haunted Hill (Don Davis)
		House on Haunted Hill: (Don Davis) It's always a difficult task to summarize a Don Davis score.
		Haunted Hill affirms Davis as the master orchestrator and master of the atonal.
		Haunted Hill is full of surprises; Davis' score might suddenly "rock" the listener at any given moment.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/house_haunted.html (800 words)

	House On Haunted Hill (1999)
		The original House On Haunted Hill was not one of the greatest films of the horror genre, but this remake barely lives up to the genre name at all.
		This is a fairly dynamic soundtrack as you would expect of a film set in a haunted house, with a wide variety in the levels of dialogue and sound effects as a result of reactions to various situations.
		House On Haunted Hill (1999) is a good example of how modern filmmakers have in general forgotten how to make films and think that a bunch of cool effects will hide the obvious flaws like lack of a creditable plot, mediocre acting and so on.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/HouseOnHauntedHill1999.asp (3013 words)

	Classic-Horror Review of House on Haunted Hill (1999)
		House on Haunted Hill is one of the most entertaining, well-made haunted house films I've seen in awhile.
		They always serve to create an experience for interesting, likeable characters in the ultimate haunted house this side of The Overlook Hotel from The Shining, and that is the point.
		Note on the DVD: House on Haunted Hill has one of the better collections of extras I've seen (although not as impressive as the Phantasm Limited Edition DVD), from featurettes contrasting the 1958 version with the present one to numerous special effects featurettes, excellent deleted scenes, and a great director's commentary.
	classic-horror.com /reviews/hohh99.shtml (594 words)

	The Audio Revolution DVD Review House on a Haunted Hill
		House on Haunted Hill is actually better known for who directed the original -- William Castle -- and for its in-theater gimmick dubbed "Emergo" than it is for the movie itself.
		Those fortunate enough to see House on Haunted Hill in big cities when it was first released were treated to something unique.
		On the other hand, while House on Haunted Hill has been released on video several times before, it's never looked or sounded this good; even if Warners was short-sighted enough not to include fun extras, they have done a bang-up job with the print itself.
	www.avrev.com /dvd/revs/hauntedhill.shtml (815 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: House On Haunted Hill [2000]: DVD: Geoffrey Rush,Famke Janssen,Taye Diggs,Peter Gallagher,Chris ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		House on Haunted Hill is one of the new breed of waste-no-time thrill machines, like Deep Blue Sea, and a particularly effective example at that.
		House On Haunted Hill tells the story of a group of people that mysteriously find themselfs locked in at a former psychiatric institute for the criminally insane.
		Overall, 'House On Haunted Hill' is nice little horror film, that while may not be the scariest, its entertaining all the same.
	www.amazon.co.uk /House-Haunted-Hill-Geoffrey-Rush/dp/B00004U414 (2116 words)

	House on Haunted Hill (1958) - The Bad Movie Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Except for Lance, who tries to find a way out of the house, and merely locks himself in a hidden passageway, and Nora, who is driven out of her room by a ghostly Annabelle hovering outside her window.
		She then encounters the mandatory spooky house organ playing itself, and the patented William Castle monster hand reaching around the door.
		This is the key to my liking of House on Haunted Hill, and not simply the talk of severed heads, and that damned skeleton that gave me nightmares as a child - it's the fact that this movie was made with children in mind.
	www.stomptokyo.com /badmoviereport/reviews/H/hauntedhill.html (1932 words)

	DVD Review - House On Haunted Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For the most part, recent horror movies just could not convince with their Generation X approach, their overly obtrusive use of visual effects or even because it turned out that the films were a far cry from the genre after all.
		While watching "House On Haunted Hill" for the first time in a long while I was witnessing a well-done adaptation of a previously done movie.
		Much of the horror in the film actually stems from the suggestive visuals rather than open gore, and the almost surreal atmosphere of the house is nicely captured, leaving the viewer in the dark for the most part whether he actually witnesses events unfold, or figments of the characters’ imaginations.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/house_on_haunted_hill.shtml (1316 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1999)
		Both Zemeckis and Silver also consider themselves long-time fans of William Castle's HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL and, as such, they decided a remake of that film would be the perfect inaugural motion picture for Dark Castle Entertainment.
		HOUSE moves along at a good pace and the fl and white characters are actually acceptable within that first hour.
		The first hour of the new HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL is a pretty enjoyable affair, primarily due to Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Chris Kattan and, in his limited appearances, Jeffrey Combs.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/househauntedhill99.html (1438 words)

	House on Haunted Hill movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		House on Haunted Hill is a bad horror film that is poorly written.
		House on Haunted Hill is a typical dumb horror film.
		William Malone directed House on Haunted on Hill and chose to use special effects to show the evil of the institution.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/h/houseonhauntedhill.htm (682 words)

	House on Haunted Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The theatrical trailer promoted the film as The House on Haunted Hill, although all advertising material, and the title on the film itself were simply titled House on Haunted Hill.
		House on Haunted Hill was originally released by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.
		Ennis House, a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is seen during the title sequence as the title "House" in the 1959 film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_on_Haunted_Hill (492 words)

	House on Haunted Hill (1959)
		However after a decent premise and spooky opening, once the house is locked you'd expect a lot more to happen.
		Instead the film turns into a "whodunnit" as the characters look at each other when one of their number is found hanging from the ceiling.
		Final Verdict: Completely undeserving of it's reputation as a "horror" film, let alone a classic one, House on Haunted Hill is an interesting watch, if only to see the lengths that some filmmakers went to to try and get the audience involved more in the film.
	www.popcornpictures.co.uk /hfilms/hauntedhill59.shtml (294 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
		The plot of HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL is simple enough; an eccentric millionaire invites five total strangers to an overnight party in a haunted house where seven murders have taken place.
		At midnight, Loren, his wife and their five guests are locked in the house until the next morning- when the caretakers are scheduled to return.
		HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL was produced in 1959 and the fl and white film elements do occasionally show signs of age, with an occasional marking on the film element used to make the transfer.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_reviews/house-on-haunted-hill-dvd.htm (615 words)

	Salon Arts & Entertainment \| "House on Haunted Hill" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		"House on Haunted Hill," a remake of a 1958 William Castle movie, stars Geoffrey Rush and some other people, all of whom must have asked the Godfather for a favor years ago and had to pay him back by being in this film.
		Instead, here are some things I learned from "House on Haunted Hill." For the full effect, print this out, put it through a shredder and read the resulting bits of paper while repeatedly trying to close a door on your head.
		If you're ever stuck in a haunted insane asylum that looks like a big hood ornament on a cliff, and the lights are faltering, find a random wiring junction out of thousands in the walls of the basement, stick your hand in it and wiggle it around briefly.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/1999/11/11/haunted (999 words)

	Feo Amante's Horror Movies: Mike Oliveri reviews THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL(1999)
		To me, this is exactly what a horror flick should be: it has a creepy atmosphere, some outstanding visuals, a couple of real bastard characters, and although the plot was somewhat cliché, there were a few twists that gave it a good punch.
		Cut to the present, and we have our haunted house, inhabited by the ghosts of the patients and staff.
		This is where the predictable horror plot comes in: descendents of the original hospital staff are called to the house to be new victims.
	www.feoamante.com /Movies/GHI/house_haunt99.html (693 words)

	House on Haunted Hill mistakes, goofs and bloopers
		Revealing: When the house has been locked down at the beginning of the film no moonlight could come in, however when the guests are being shown the coffin with the guns in there is a shaft of bright moonlight shining on to it.
		Continuity: At the start of the film when we first see Evelyn enter the house on haunted hill, she drops her briefcase at the door right on some kind of design on the floor, in the following shot the briefcase has moved forward some distance from where it was in the previous shot.
		Revealing: In the opening scene of the film we see the patients of the institute smash through a cubicle where a guy is, watch closely (preferably in slow motion or frame by frame).
	www.moviemistakes.com /film633 (1042 words)

	The House on Haunted Hill DVD
		It seems the body parts of the victim’s were found throughout the house, but the decapitated heads have never been discovered.
		After midnight, the doors and windows to the house are locked, and Loren and his guests are trapped until daybreak.
		THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL benefits from having a memorable script, well-defined characters, psychological undercurrents, rich atmospheric visuals, a terrific score, and of course the master himself, Vincent Price.
	www.dvdcult.com /rev_HauntedHill.htm (1274 words)

	House on Haunted Hill
		The genre having been revitalised by the Scream phenomenon, House on Haunted Hill is the epitome of everything the savvy protagonists of Wes Craven's movie decried.
		In description, House on Haunted Hill actually sounds quite promising, but the execution (pardon the pun) is disastrous, and it is perhaps a relief to Don Davis that his music is virtually inaudible in the final print.
		Large parts of House on Haunted Hill is horror music from the old school, with Hammer-style pipe organs, forlorn string writing and forbidding brass crescendos intoning a dismal dirge of the dead.
	www.moviemusicuk.us /hhhillcd.htm (974 words)

	HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL - DVD
		Five or ten minutes in, I was prepared to write that House on Haunted Hill runs circles around Jan De Bont's unspooky scare ride The Haunting.
		He's throwing a birthday party for her at the reputedly haunted hospital, which he has jury-rigged to go bump in the night.
		The "house" in question here, a dilapidated skyscraper, is a maze of damp, hollow corridors, almost as boring to look at as the actors are to listen to, save Rush as Price, who sounds faintly like James Woods on amphetamines.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/houseonhauntedhill.htm (707 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on House on Haunted Hill at Epinions.com
		The original theatrical presentations of House on Haunted Hill featured a typically outrageous Castle-engineered gimmick: Emergo, which was nothing more than a plastic skeleton that appeared to fly out of the screen and over the audience on a guide wire.
		The setting for House on Haunted Hill is a house currently owned by Watson Pritchard (Elisha Cook Jr.), which has been purported to be the sight of many murders years before.
		The first DVD of House on Haunted Hill that I bought is the PDC edition, which has two other Vincent Price films: The Bat and The Last Man On Earth.
	www.epinions.com /content_191575002756 (1427 words)

	THE COLD SPOT \ Movies \ House on Haunted Hill
		A group of strangers is invited by a twisted amusement park tycoon to a party held in an abandoned, possibly haunted insane asylum.
		Both the Haunting and House on Haunted Hill remakes are special effects and set design blowouts, horror films that try to scare their audiences not by sending a cold wind whispering up their spines but by clanging cimbals right behind their heads.
		House on Haunted Hill, on the other hand, knows it's nothing but trashy fun, and doesn't seem to particularly care if the audience agrees.
	www.theflagship.net /coldspot/h/houseonhauntedhill-99.html (501 words)

	Attack of the 50 Foot DVD: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
		But things are not as they seem: Price and his wife may be plotting to kill each other, and the House itself seems to have an agenda of its own.
		The first of a planned series of remakes of William Castle films, House on Haunted Hill manages to preserve all the plot holes of its predecessor while at the same time introducing holes of its own.
		A glorious transfer all around - there's a nice amount of detail in the shadows (and given that this is a spooky house movie, there are lots of those) and there's always something creepy going on in the surround channels.
	www.50footdvd.com /movies/h/house-on-haunted-hill-99.html (503 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "The House on Haunted Hill"
		See this movie if you're in the mood to be taken through a fun haunted house at an amusement park without the long waits in line.
		The aftermath, where you saw a trail of blood leading up the wall and disappearing in the ceiling while someone commented, "The house got her" or something like that, was also pretty freaky.
		House on Haunted Hill does have its share of creepy moments, but it also has a lame script, filled with even more lame and uninteresting characters.
	www.joblo.com /houseonhauntedhill.htm (2360 words)

	"House on Haunted Hill", production draft, by Dick Beebe
		THE HOUSE - NIGHT (TO BE SHOT AS PART OF A LATER SCENE)...high atop a bluff, swaddled in shadows cast by a full moon that seems to have one of Vannacutt's eyes piercing down on it.
		The House is alive and we're all gonna die.
		Slowly lowers the Camcorder, scans the end of the hall with her naked eye: Other than having the creepy ambience as the rest of the house, the hall appears normal again: large and long without a trace of anything extraordinary.
	www.dailyscript.com /scripts/house-on-haunted-hill.html (13932 words)

	Amazon.com: House on Haunted Hill: Video: Geoffrey Rush,Famke Janssen,Taye Diggs,Peter Gallagher,Chris Kattan,Ali ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		An able cast is brought to the haunted house where unspeakable things were done to mental patients who's revenge we witnessed at the outset.
		The problem is that "House on Haunted Hill" tries SO, SO hard to scare viewers, they overshoot the mark by miles.
		House on Haunted Hill is your standard "group killed off one by one but no one knows who it is" ghost movie, and on that level, it works, despite having "been there done that".
	www.amazon.com /House-Haunted-Hill-Geoffrey-Rush/dp/0790748207 (2267 words)

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