House on Haunted Hill

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House on Haunted Hill

1959

1h 15m

Horror

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Rich oddball Frederick Loren has a proposal for five guests at a possibly haunted mansion: show up, survive a night filled with scares and receive $10,000 each. The guest of honor is Loren's estranged wife, Annabelle, who, with her secret lover, Dr. Trent, has concocted her own scheme to scare Loren's associate, Nora Manning, into shooting the potentially crazy millionaire. However, more spooks and shocks throw a wrench into the plan.

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Critics Consensus

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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Newsweek Staff

Newsweek

09/20/2022

It couldn't cure a child's hiccups.

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Helen Bower

Detroit Free Press

09/20/2022

It moves but jerkily, and with a lot of ridiculous and unexplained "horror" effects.

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Mildred Martin

Philadelphia Inquirer

09/16/2022

Children may cringe, adults will laugh this one off.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

10/02/2024

FOUR STARS

William Castle's 1959 B-Movie horror classic retains its goofy charm with a litany of gimmicky sight gags that, however tame by today's standards, keep their childish appeal.

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Kristin Battestella

InSession Film

04/19/2024

There are some fun jump scares, skeletons, revolvers, and mini coffin party favors to accent this short seventy-five minutes.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

10/14/2023

3/4

One of William Castle’s most enjoyable flicks.

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Robert P

@Superbad 3d

Seen this movie thus my *4* star rating!

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Hans D

@RT69071167 Aug 25

Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren invites 5 strangers to spend one night locked in a haunted old mansion on a dark and stormy night to earn $10,000 each. A twisted game of frights, suspicion and murder ensues when a monkey wrench is thrown into his wife's plan to murder Frederick.

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug Aug 22

Couldn't get into this one, even for camp value.

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Logan D

@Greynomad38 Jul 19

An eccentric millionaire, Frederick Loren (Vincent Price), invites several individuals to spend the night in a haunted mansion. Hilarity ensues, literally. A seminal American horror classic it's more charming than chilling. The sets representing a gothic mansion are presented with cobwebs and shadows. Price is in prime theatrically playful mode and the scares are hilarious. I laugh out loud every time I think about the scene with the old lady scaring the young woman. Also of not for hilarity is the servants opening the double doors. Watch it for the campy fun. trivia: It's success in spite of being low budget inspired Hitchcock to direct Psycho. A glowing skeleton was hovered above audiences in theaters during the climax Sadly Carolyn Craig, who plays love interest Nora in the film, passed away from a self-unaliving herself via a shotgun in 1970.

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Tung S.

@tungtungtungisbest Jun 22

One of the best horror movies I've ever watched it made me kind of scared but the skeleton scene at the end was so funny

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Aiden C.

@RT27313348 Jun 19

It surprised me and spooked me way more than I thought it would. Great watch!

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Synopsis

Rich oddball Frederick Loren has a proposal for five guests at a possibly haunted mansion: show up, survive a night filled with scares and receive $10,000 each. The guest of honor is Loren's estranged wife, Annabelle, who, with her secret lover, Dr. Trent, has concocted her own scheme to scare Loren's associate, Nora Manning, into shooting the potentially crazy millionaire. However, more spooks and shocks throw a wrench into the plan.

Director: William Castle
Producer: William Castle
Screenwriter: Robb White
Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures
Production Co: William Castle Productions
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 1959, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.5K
Runtime: 1h 15m

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