House on Haunted Hill
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Movie Reviews of House on Haunted Hill
Movie Review: It's almost time to lock up the house and then your party will really begin. I wonder how it will end...
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a very good movie that I watched in my "Horror Classics Collection: 50 Pack" (ASIN: B0001HAGTM) that I got from Amazon (for under $20.00!). So first off, I would recommend buying the 50 pack where you get 2 other Vincent Price movies (The Bat and The Last Man On Earth) and 47 other good movies for almost the same price as buying this movie by itself. As far as this movie goes, there are a few suspenseful parts and you wonder what is going to happen. Mainly, the movie will give you some memorable quotes, as Vincent Price will always deliver with that great voice of his. All of the characters do a good job acting (and the typist has a great scream!). Some parts seem to be a bit unbelievable and some questions don't seem to get answered, but who really cares? At only 75 minutes long, this movie is better than most of the horror movies that come out today that are unoriginal and go for shock value. So while this might be more of a murder mystery than a "horror" movie, it is worth a watch and you'll be satisfied at the end...unless of course, you do not like black and white movies, and if that is the case, then you probably wouldn't be reading this review. P.S. I love in Gary F. Taylor's review when he says: "Price plays it in a slightly prissy, very high-camp manner with a tremendous dose of the black humor for which he was so famous." That's so true!Movie Review: At long last, the classic in all it's B&W glory!
Summary: 4 Stars
OK, OK, it isn't "Citizen Kane", but no one who's familiar with the many poorly-transferred VHS versions of this old charmer will fail to be impressed by the DVD. For whatever reason, you actually get TWO versions - your choice of "widescreen" (1.85:1) or "Creature Features Regular" (1.33:1) on either side of the disc. The video quality is excellent - FINALLY! But I'm only giving it 4 out of five stars because all you get are the movie, the original trailer, and "Scene Selections" - no bio's, no pressbook material, nothing that would be SO appropriate for a William Castle movie on DVD. (Sigh....) But at this price, well, I shouldn't grouse TOO much, and maybe we'll get some of those goodies on a "13 Ghosts", or "Macabre", or a "Night Walker" DVD. Meanwhile - turn down the lights, and listen once again as Watson Pritchard tells us...."the ghosts are moving already - that's a bad sign...." and wait for the chills to come up your back. Given half a chance, this oughta scare the daylights out of the kiddies, and it's still a great memory for me.Movie Review: Slumber Party...
Summary: 4 Stars
Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) is throwing a little party, a sleepover at his ultra-spooky mansion on the hill, complete with barred windows and bolted steel doors! You are invited to spend the night with his seven other guests. Will anyone be alive by morning? Join the fun as our host does his best to scare us to death! The fabulous Carol Ohmart (Spider Baby) is Annabelle Loren, Frederick's fifth wife, as the first four all died or disappeared mysteriously. Her beauty cannot hide her contempt for her husband! Will she make it 'til dawn? Among the guests are Elisha Cook jr. as Watson Pritchard, former owner of the house and revealer of it's dark past. He's basically a nut with one mean case of the haunted house blues. His droning voice will get under your skin and on your nerves! More of a mystery / thriller than a horror movie, HOHH takes us on a ride through the carnival spook-o-rama, with plenty of things jumping out, but never quite grabbing us. This is family fare (unlike the re-make). Watch it on a halloween night with the kids...Movie Review: House on Haunted Hill (1959)-Original William Castle Film
Summary: 4 Stars
House on Haunted Hill (1959) is a great memory of my youth that I first saw with my friends in 1959 at the old RKO Fordham in the Bronx. I rate the memory at four stars including the rollout a life size human skeleton during the final scene when the filmed skeleton went off screen. It was suspended over the heads of the audience at the appropriate times, surprising rather than scaring. We loved it and it was, for me, one of the more clever William Castle gimmics. Vincent Price was memorable in this role and did his usually competant job.
Exteriors shots of the house were filmed at the historic Ennis-Brown House in Los Feliz, California. Some attempt was made to coordinate the sets used for interior shots by dressing them with copies of the tiles used on the Ennis-Brown House exterior.
Movie Review: These are no good against the dead, only the living.
Summary: 4 Stars
This William Castle/Vincent Price thriller classic will satisfy fans of both old black & white horror films and those who dig Vincent Price movies.
Price plays a wealthy bored type whose wife is only around for his loot. He throws a party for "her" - inviting a mixed bag of a gang who could use the $10,000 he promises them all: the catch? Just stay the night... Along the way they'll have to avoid basement holes full of acid, blind, weird maids scurrying around in the dark and other assorted chills.
Remade & re-imagined in 1999, the new version is a flashy more disturbing romp starring Geoffrey Rush and Famke Jannsen as the psychotically bored, overly blinged couple. However, the wacky original contains lots of scary goodies. It's perfect for those who like good old fashioned frights!