| | | Evil loves to party.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu
One night in the house, one million bucks, no questions asked. But there is a catch for anyone who accepts the offer. Murder is a way of life at the House On Haunted Hill, a jolting, effects-ramped remake of the 1959 cult classic that starred Vincent Price and was directed by screen horror legend William Castle. Geoffrey Rush plays twisted theme park bigshot Steven Price, who's hosting a scary/jokey birthday bash for his wife (Famke Janssen) at an abandoned institute for the criminally insane. Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Bridgette Wilson, Peter Gallagher and Chris Kattan portray strangers mysteriously assembled for the event that could make them all very rich. Or profoundly dead. And you? We won't start the party without you.
Editor's Note
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 for the Mentally Insane. There, he offers a prize of one million dollars to each party-goer who can spend the entire night in the creepy and cavernous building. As Mr. and Mrs. Price play a bitter game of cat and mouse, the guests begin to think there are more ominous forces at work, especially after the body count begins to creep higher and higher. A remake of the 1958 low-budgeter starring Vincent Price.
| Features | Genre Essays | | Original Theatrical Website | | Sampler Trailers | | Widescreen Version | | DVD-Rom Features | | Weblinks | | Scene Access | | English Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Interactive Menus | | Filmographies | | Theatrical Trailers | | Deleted Scenes | | Behind-The-Scenes Documentaries | | Director Commentary |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 9/6/2005 |
| Running Time: 93 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 18018 | | UPC: 00085391801825 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...A slicker and scarier piece of work..." 11/01/1999 p.87-93Entertainment Weekly
"...Creepier than you expect..." 11/26/1999 p.71 |
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