All the visual bravura doesn't fill in the gaping plot holes or generate any real frights.
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06/05/02
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:12
Rotten:41
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Unsophisticated and unoriginal film fails to produce scares.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Steven Price (a very hammy Geoffrey Rush) is a wealthy amusement park owner who invites several strangers to his shrewish wife's birthday party, this year held in the abandoned Vannacutt Institute... [More]
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter
Director: William Malone
Reviews for House on Haunted Hill
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03/24/02
Top CriticConsistently inert -- even though the fee for successful housesitting has been raised to a million bucks a night.
03/19/02
It won’t exercise your grey matter, but it may well give your inner child pause for thought
09/15/01
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02/27/01
This is almost a green light. If you considered yourself a connoisseur of horror films, you'll be disappointed. If you are easily scared then you will love it.
02/14/01
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01/01/01
Trading genuine chills for cheesy computer-generated effects, this House should have been condemned.
01/01/00
Top CriticRather than spending valuable screen time trying to convince us that three pretentious film school students and a bunch of trees are actually scary, House on Haunted Hill actually shows us scary stuff.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Decent special effects and a few scary moments simply don't justify bothering with this resurrected movie concept that deserved to be left sealed in its crypt.
01/01/00
As in The Haunting, they eventually surrender characters and story to computer-generated spectacle, squandering any creepy immediacy and trampling the human element.
01/01/00
If Geoffrey Rush has any sense, he's sitting in his kitchen right now with a stack of his press materials and a bottle of correction fluid
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Watching House on Haunted Hill is like going to a restaurant where the food looks delectable, but tastes awful.
01/01/00
Moments of effective horror pop up on a semi-regular basis, but they are not enough to offset the increasingly tedious feel.
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Latest News for House on Haunted Hill
April 12, 2007:
Sequel Buzz on "Haunted Hill" and "Fast and the Furious"?
For those of you who were desperately waiting to see a sequel to "House on Haunted Hill," your wait is soon over. Also, raise your hand if you're interested in seeing... More...
June 20, 2006:
Who's Ready for Another Trip to "Haunted Hill"?
Bloody-Disgusting.com (arguably the best horror site out there) is reporting that Dark Castle Entertainment (the guys behind "Ghost Ship," "Gothika," and... More...
May 10, 2006:
Larter to Join the "Evil" Brigade
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