Fails to deliver even one good 'boo!' moment.
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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
The original had two things this one doesn't: a bit of class and some genuine suspense.
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Had more attention been paid to the characters, plot and less on the concluding special effects, however, it would have been a far better film.
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Loud, sloppy, stupid, and inept, the film wastes Rush and Peter Gallagher, along with several lesser talents: Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Chris Kattan.
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...too many special effects; not enough suspense or frights.
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Instead of thrill and chills, it's kills and spills.
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House on Haunted Hill is a sorry reincarnation of the 1950s William Castle horror film.
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Top CriticThe House On Haunted Hill is a meandering mess of stuck-together scare tactics, none of which works.
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Slow-moving, yawn-inducing.
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The proceedings are all utterly conventional, but watching them unfold is mildly diverting if you're in the right frame of mind.
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The scariest images are lifted directly from Jacob's Ladder and Ghost Story.
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Malone tosses wandering lunatics, mad doctors, and hell's spawn into the mix right off the bat, which then makes it all that much more difficult to maintain an air of unease throughout.
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Scary bad and a frightening waste of talent.
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Paints its characters in strokes so broad just one would cover a barn, and, in the end, indulges in lame, dull digital effects that would put a 5-year-old to sleep.
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House on Haunted Hill is the kind of horror movie that's not a bit scary and quite a bit gross.
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It's all utterly predictable, yet, The House on Haunted Hill manages to whip up enough suspense, liberally seasoned with doses of wry humor, to keep things moving.
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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
Seems like every day we get a new casting report from the third "Resident Evil" movie. First we heard that Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guillory were returning, and then... More...
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