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House On Haunted Hill [2000] (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1999 / Director: William Malone / Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen ... / DVD ... more
House On Haunted Hill [2000] (DVD) ... released 14 August, 2000 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / House on Haunted Hill is one of the new breed of waste-no-time thrill machines, like Deep Blue Sea, and a particularly effective example at that. The plot is pure contrivance: For a party stunt, a wealthy amusement-park manufacturer (Geoffrey Rush) offers five people a million dollars if they spend the night in a former insane asylum where the patients murdered the sadistic staff. But it turns out the five people who arrive aren't the five he invited--did his wife (Famke Janssen), who hates him, make the switch? From there events unfold with a smart combination of human and supernatural machinations; spooky jolts are dispensed at regular, but not entirely predictable, intervals. The visual effects owe a considerable debt to Jacob's Ladder, a much more ambitious movie; House on Haunted Hill just wants to get under your skin, and succeeds more than you'd expect. Rush is his entertainingly hammy self; Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Bridgette Wilson are attractive and reasonably straight-faced about it all; and Chris Kattan is genuinely funny as the house's neurotic owner. Some elements of the plot seem to have been lost in the editing process, but it hardly matters. More bothersome is that the scares go flat when computer effects take over at the end--the digital images just aren't as creepy as the more suggestive stuff that came before. But that's just the very end; most of the movie has a lot of momentum. Watch until the end of the credits for a final bit of eeriness. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

Newest Review: ... for his wife Evelyn's birthday party and offers each guest $1 million each if they can last the night. We all know its not ... more

 ... going to turn out pretty when the original guest list gets changed...by the computer?! It seems the house is severly haunted and has a mind of its own. Once all the guests are inside, strange things begin to happen and the house puts itself on lockdown. Thats enough of the plot..dont want to give away any of the scary bits for anyone who hasnt seen it yet. Initially i thought this was going to be another pathetic horror film that was funnier than it was scary. I was wrong. Ok, so its not so much scary, but it certainly...more

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Crowned Review House On Haunted Hill [2000] (DVD): Ball Bouncing Isn't Scary (784 words)
by - written on 24/01/08 (Very useful, 202 readings)
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In a Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane, Dr Vannacutt and his team subject the patients to various 'treatments' which ends up killing a lot of them. One day the patients decide it's payback time and kill nearly all of the staff, and then set light to the place. Years later the house is rented out by Steven Price, who wants to host a Birthday Party with a difference for his wife Evelyn. A group of strangers are invited and offered a million dollars each, providing they stay in the house until sunrise. It's sounds easy enough, but when the house locks itself up, this will be one party they'll wish they hadn't attended. I can count on ...  Read the complete review

si+b
Premium Review The estate agent said, It had potential. (941 words)
by - written on 18/11/00 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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I remember seeing the trailer for this at the cinema, and I thought that it would be the usual Hollywood standard horror remake, splashed with a bit of humour, and all whipped together with "state of the art" special effects, to hide the poor acting. With the story being something like, five people are will be given One Million Dollars, if they survive the night, but then things start to go wrong. After seeing a lot of mixed reviews of it on its cinema release I decided to give it a miss. Then I saw it on offer in Dixons on DVD for £12.99, I thought I might as well get it as it can’t be that bad. And after the first quarter of an hour, I ...  Read the complete review

mo79
Premium Review House On Haunted Hill [2000] (DVD): No Little House On The Prarie (674 words)
by - written on 13/11/00 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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Did I spell prarie right? Oh well, nevermind! Anyway a friend of mine who recently bought the DVD of this movie was kind enough to lend me it, and after watching it last night I guess I'm at the right peak of thought to review this film. 'House On Haunted Hill' is basically the 1999 remake of the 1958 William Castle classic horror tale. I haven't seen the original version, but if both films are identical, than they're hardly classic, but not entirely duds. The plot is basic. An amusement park owner Stephen (or is it Steven...nevermind!) Price; master of spooks, and his wife concoct a plan where 5 guests are invited to spend the night in an old ...  Read the complete review

reznor
Premium Review ooooohhhhhh spoooky!!!! (169 words)
by - written on 24/09/00 (Very useful, 7 readings)
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I enjoyed this film alot I think mainly for the special effects and one part (I won't say which so as not to ruin) really did freak me out, I watched the movie on dvd so had the special feature (on reigion 1) of the comparison between the original and this new version which was pretty cool, back to the special effects I don't know if anyone else thought this but if anyone is familiar with the Marilyn Manson song "The Beautiful People" I thought the special effects were very similar to that video with like the fast movement ant the wierd colours but maybe thats just me, oh and also the Marilyn Manson version of "Sweet Dreams" is played during ...  Read the complete review

Vemsy
Premium Review House On Haunted Hill [2000] (DVD): Dr Vannicutt is in... (264 words)
by - written on 20/09/00 (Very useful, 8 readings)
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I didn't really expect to watch this film and be scared, but I was wrong. Maybe blood and gore means nothing to the new generation, seeing as we have encountered films like 'Scream' etc. This film is a remake, but a very good remake, considering the orginal was a bit, well, out of date. The film centres around an old, disused mental institute that was the scene of many horrible experiments preformed by Dr Vannicutt on his mental patients! The patients revolted in the 30's and the place burnt to the ground killing all but 5 people. A Theme park owner, and general all round trickster (Vincent Price) and his wife who hates him plan her birthday ...  Read the complete review

 
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