House On Haunted Hill [2000] (DVD)

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...