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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
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Drained of any wild, spontaneous spark. Full Review |
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It's a cheesy throwaway horror flick, but it's a tight cheesy throwaway horror flick. Full Review |
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[It's] one of the great underrated horror flicks of the last decade. Yes, really. Full Review |
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0/4 |
Quarts of shiny blood are splashed around and numerous moans and groans pepper the soundtrack, but astonishingly, the movie never manages to provoke so much as a shudder. Full Review |
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3/5 |
...An excellent show of digi-graphics. But it is seldom scary. Full Review |
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There's a great deal of general creepiness, but the enterprise is undercut by a weak script, weak characters, and a too simple plot. Full Review |
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The mix of laughs, shocks and gruesomeness is much the same as in the two Tales from the Crypt movies, but Malone coaxes a slightly fresher flavour, taking on board the influence of David Fincher and even Lars von Trier. Full Review |
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2/5 |
All the visual bravura doesn't fill in the gaping plot holes or generate any real frights. Full Review |
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Consistently inert -- even though the fee for successful housesitting has been raised to a million bucks a night. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for House on Haunted Hill
April 12, 2007:
Sequel Buzz on "Haunted Hill" and "Fast and the Furious"?
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:
Who's Ready for Another Trip to "Haunted Hill"?
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:
Larter to Join the "Evil" Brigade
Seems like every day we get a new casting report from the third "Resident Evil" movie. First we heard that Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guillory were returning, and then... More...
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