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House on Haunted Hill (1958)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:17

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7/10

Runtime: 75 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Vincent Price has one of his juiciest roles in this haunted-house thriller as millionaire playboy Frederick Loren, who invites five guests out to a genuine haunted house, offering them each $10,000... Vincent Price has one of his juiciest roles in this haunted-house thriller as millionaire playboy Frederick Loren, who invites five guests out to a genuine haunted house, offering them each $10,000 if they spend the night. Elisha Cook Jr. plays one of the guests, a nervous alcoholic who has been in this house before and witnessed some terrible things. Mr. Loren's beautiful but treacherous wife (Carol Ohmart) is also present--and might be out to kill Frederick during the course of the evening; then again, he might be out to kill her. Severed heads, a skeleton, an acid vat, ghostly screams, and a noose that creeps around on its own and strangles unsuspecting victims are just some of the treats in a film that has been spooking delighted audiences on late-night TV for decades. Producer-director William Castle (THE TINGLER) claimed this was filmed in a process called Emergo, which meant that at a key moment a glow-in-the-dark skeleton on a wire was rigged to sail over the audience's heads. The skeleton is long since gone, but the goofy thrills remain in this classic tale, from a script by Robb White. [More]

Starring: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Alan Marshal, Richard Long

Starring: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Alan Marshal, Richard Long, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook, Julie Mitchum, Leona Anderson, Howard Hoffman

Director: William Castle

Director: William Castle
Screenwriter: Robb White
Producer: William Castle
Composer: Von Dexter

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Nov 30, 1999

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/26/09
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William Castle was better known for his gimmicks than for his films, but this haunted house chiller is actually very good.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
09/26/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Vincent Price with a great performance

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02/02/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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The film has a genuinely creepy atmosphere and boasts at least one leap-outa-your-seat shock moment.

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09/24/07
Channel 4 Film
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Silly, but good fun.

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09/24/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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If one had to pick the best of the campy horror films that made [Castle's] reputation, this 1958 feature would probably be it.

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09/24/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Chicago Reader
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Still a classic after the wretched remake, Price's horror film is still fun, even during the cheesy climax.

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07/16/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Film Threat

As campy fun, this one is timeless, expertly executed and still delivers its fey thrills and worldly laughs.

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03/14/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

One of Castle's more atmospheric and modestly entertaining schlock-o-ramas.

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04/06/06
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

A stale spook concoction from the William Castle-Robb White production team.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment 1 Comment
03/25/06
Howard Thompson
Howard Thompson
New York Times
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...a minor cult classic in the haunted-house genre, and while it may not be very scary, it sure is entertaining.

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09/02/05
John J. Puccio
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12/15/04
Matt Bailey
Matt Bailey
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Sure it's cheesy, but it's so watchable.

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10/30/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

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08/25/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Classic camp schlock.

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12/11/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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08/01/02
Rob Vaux
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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Anyone for goose pimples? If so, there is a plethora of such epidermal elevations in this entry in to the apparently endless cycle of horror plays with which the world's screens are currently being flooded.

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06/13/01
Boxoffice Magazine
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Giddy and fun... and scary if you're in the right mood.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
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