House On Haunted Hill (1959)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 1
Campy by modern standards but spooky and atmospheric, House on Haunted Hill is a fun, well-executed cult classic featuring a memorable performance from genre icon Vincent Price.
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 1
Campy by modern standards but spooky and atmospheric, House on Haunted Hill is a fun, well-executed cult classic featuring a memorable performance from genre icon Vincent Price.
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A perennial favorite of the "Shock Theatre" TV circuit, House on Haunted Hill stars Vincent Price as sinister gent (you're surprised?) Frederick Loren, who resides in a sinister mansion on a sinister hill, where seven murders have occurred. He makes a proposal to several strangers, offtering $10,000 to anyone who can last the entire night. Loren festively gives each of his guests a tiny coffin containing a loaded handgun, designed to protect them from the spooks that emerge in the house over the
Feb 17, 1959 Wide
Oct 26, 1999
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Cast
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Vincent Price
Frederick Loren -
Carol Ohmart
Annabelle Loren -
Richard Long
Lance Schroeder -
Alan Marshal
Dr. David Trent -
Carolyn Craig
Nora Manning -
Elisha Cook Jr.
Watson Pritchard -
Julie Mitchum
Ruth Badgers -
Leona Anderson
Mrs. Slykes -
Howard Hoffman
Jonas
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There is some good humor in the dialog which not only pays off well against the ghostly elements, but provides a release for laughter so it does not explode in the suspense sequences.
Top CriticIf one had to pick the best of the campy horror films that made [Castle's] reputation, this 1958 feature would probably be it.
A stale spook concoction from the William Castle-Robb White production team.
A meticulous homage to Clovis Trouille
William Castle was better known for his gimmicks than for his films, but this haunted house chiller is actually very good.
Vincent Price with a great performance
The film has a genuinely creepy atmosphere and boasts at least one leap-outa-your-seat shock moment.
Silly, but good fun.
Still a classic after the wretched remake, Price's horror film is still fun, even during the cheesy climax.
As campy fun, this one is timeless, expertly executed and still delivers its fey thrills and worldly laughs.
One of Castle's more atmospheric and modestly entertaining schlock-o-ramas.
For purists, the original version looks super. [This Legend Films DVD's] restoration has yielded a spotless print with a flawless transfer.... As for the colorized version (this film's first color release), it's okay.
Isn't so much a horror film as a lightly spooky, moody idiosyncrasy -- a silly piece of genre fun that owes its delights to its low-fi lineage.
I wouldn't trade Vincent Price's ham for the finest filet mignon.
...a minor cult classic in the haunted-house genre, and while it may not be very scary, it sure is entertaining.
Sure it's cheesy, but it's so watchable.
Classic camp schlock.
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