This is almost a green light. If you considered yourself a connoisseur of horror films, you'll be disappointed. If you are easily scared then you will love it.
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02/14/01
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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
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Reviews for House on Haunted Hill
If Geoffrey Rush has any sense, he's sitting in his kitchen right now with a stack of his press materials and a bottle of correction fluid
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Decent special effects and a few scary moments simply don't justify bothering with this resurrected movie concept that deserved to be left sealed in its crypt.
01/01/00
A bloody mess.
01/01/00
Top CriticMalone 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.
01/01/00
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03/24/02
All the visual bravura doesn't fill in the gaping plot holes or generate any real frights.
06/05/02
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Top CriticWatching House on Haunted Hill is like going to a restaurant where the food looks delectable, but tastes awful.
01/01/00
...too many special effects; not enough suspense or frights.
01/01/00
Trading genuine chills for cheesy computer-generated effects, this House should have been condemned.
01/01/00
It won’t exercise your grey matter, but it may well give your inner child pause for thought
09/15/01
[It's] one of the great underrated horror flicks of the last decade. Yes, really.
02/17/05
It's a cheesy throwaway horror flick, but it's a tight cheesy throwaway horror flick.
09/24/07
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April 12, 2007:
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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:
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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:
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