House on Haunted Hill
by William Castle
List Price:
Our Price: $13.49
You Save: $1.49 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $3.00 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Carol Ohmart, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook Jr., Richard Long, Vincent PriceDirector: William Castle
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-10-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of House on Haunted Hill
Movie Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Far better than the more recent remake and a fine showcase for Vicent Price's peculiar B-movie charm, House on Haunted Hill is hardly an airtight mystery but it's a quick, fun movie that never takes itself too seriously and offers an entertaining 80 minutes in front of a TV screen.
Summary of House on Haunted Hill
Five diverse people are invited to a haunted house party. They are offered $10000 each by an eccentric millionaire and his wife to spend the night in a house with a murderous past. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/13/2005 Starring: Vincent Price Richard Long Run time: 75 minutes Rating: Nr Director: William CastleWilliam Castle's gimmick-laden comic thriller is not so much a horror movie as a fairground funhouse come to life. Vincent Price stars as a deliciously silky millionaire married to a greedy gold digger (Carol Ohmart) who refuses to divorce him. When he turns his wife's idea for a haunted-house party into a contest--$10,000 to whoever will spend the night in "the only truly haunted house in the world"--it seems he may have found an alternative to divorce. Five strangers gather to test their stamina, Price hands each of them delightfully twisted party favors (loaded handguns, delivered in their own tiny coffins), and the spook show begins. Blood drips from the ceiling, zombielike apparitions float through rooms, severed heads and skeletons suddenly appear, and then a guest is found hanging in the stairwell. Full of screams and things that go bump in the night, House on Haunted Hill isn't particularly scary and often makes little sense, but, like a Halloween haunted house, the spectacle of spook-show clich?s is quite entertaining, and Price makes a sardonic master of ceremonies. The original theatrical presentations featured a typically outrageous Castle-engineered gimmick: Emergo, which was nothing more than a skeleton that appeared to fly out of the screen and over the audience on a guide wire. --Sean Axmaker
Horror DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in My favorite movies
SuspiriaRelease date: 2001-09-11; DVD
Best price: $13.95
![Baby Room - Habitacion Del Nino - Presenca Do Mal [Import] Image](/images/Baby-Room-Habitacion-Del-Nino-Presenca-Do-Mal-Import-B001KG1FAC-X.jpg)
Baby Room - Habitacion Del Nino - Presenca Do Mal [Import]DVD
Best price: $16.47
The OrphanageWarner Brothers; Release date: 2008-04-22; DVD
Best price: $2.54
Price in other shops:
Pan's LabyrinthWarner Brothers; Release date: 2007-05-15; DVD
Best price: $2.21
Price in other shops:
From Hell (Widescreen Edition)DEPP,JOHNNY; Release date: 2002-10-22; DVD
Best price: $3.97
Price in other shops:
Monster House (Widescreen Edition)Sony; Release date: 2006-10-24; DVD
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
Twilight (Two-Disc Special Edition)Universal; Release date: 2009-03-21; DVD
Best price: $13.00
Price in other shops:
HalloweenSTARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT; Release date: 2007-08-14; DVD
Best price: $5.88
Price in other shops:
CreepshowWarner Brothers; Release date: 1999-10-26; DVD
Best price: $0.96
Price in other shops:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Enhanced) 1920Release date: 2008-09-01; DVD
Best price: $19.95
Similar DVD Movies
VampyrRelease date: 1998-05-13; DVD
Best price: $14.44
Price in other shops:
The HauntingWarner Brothers; Release date: 2003-08-05; DVD
Best price: $5.84
Price in other shops:
Penny SerenadeRelease date: 1999-01-06; DVD
Best price: $0.72
Price in other shops:
8 1/ 2 - Criterion CollectionImage Entertainment; Release date: 2001-12-04; DVD
Best price: $18.48
Price in other shops:
House of WaxWarner Brothers; Release date: 2003-08-05; DVD
Best price: $3.39
Price in other shops:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadRelease date: 2008-10-10; Video On Demand; Movie
Best price: $3.99
My Man Godfrey (Color + Black-and-White)Release date: 2008-07-01; DVD
Best price: $4.22
Price in other shops:
The Snows of KilimanjaroTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-03-06; DVD
Best price: $9.74
Price in other shops:
His Girl FridayRelease date: 2002-10-01; DVD
Best price: $1.08
Price in other shops:
CharadeGRANT/HEPBURN; Release date: 2001-07-31; DVD
Best price: $5.72
Price in other shops: