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House on Haunted Hill (1999) 5.4
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Metascore: 28/100
Reviews: 523 user | 137 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past. Director:William Malone |
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Cast
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| Famke Janssen | ... | ||
| Taye Diggs | ... | ||
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| Bridgette Wilson-Sampras | ... |
Melissa Margaret Marr
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Carl Schecter
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Dick Beebe | ... |
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Slavitza Jovan | ... |
Twisted Nurse
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Channel 3 Reporter
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When an eccentric millionaire offer a group of opposites $1,000,000 to spend the night in a so called "Haunted House" with a murderous past, they figure it is a quick way to get quick money and leave. All of them are sure it is some made up story just to mess with their heads a little and test their courage. But, once they stay in the house they start to think about the mistake they made in coming there when mysterious things start to happen. Written by Kyle <Kyleshivers@aol.com>
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It's going to be a long night. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for horror violence and gore, sexual images and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
29 October 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Casa da Colina See more »Filming Locations:
Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$19,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,068,862 (UK) (4 February 2000)Gross:
£3,469,882 (UK) (10 March 2000)Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart (as Dave Stewart)
Performed by Marilyn Manson
Courtesy of Nothing/Interscope Records
Under License from Universal Music Special Markets
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Trivia
The only character in both the original and the remake of this film is the owner of the house, Watson Pritchet. However all the other characters are loosely based on characters from the original. See more »Goofs
When Melissa Margaret Marr first screams, she screams when she sees the ghost. When everyone looks over her tape, she screams when the ghost takes her into the house. See more »Crazy Credits
The Warner Bros. logo is grey in color and is surrounded by thunder and lightning. See more »Soundtracks
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"Written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart (as Dave Stewart)
Performed by Marilyn Manson
Courtesy of Nothing/Interscope Records
Under License from Universal Music Special Markets
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This is not a bad remake. It is "R" rated, so parents beware, this is NOT the Price classic of 1958. Within the first scene there is gore (surgery on a wide awake man), violence (the inmates of the asylum break loose and attack the staff), and nudity (uniforms ripped open on the women). This is crucial to the plot (Hill House is not the same murder house from the original, it's a former asylum for the criminally insane where torture and experimentations are done on the inmates). A fire breaks out and all but five die.
Jump to present day. Multimillionaire Steven Price (is the name a nod to Vincent?) played by Geoffrey Rush, doing his best sideshow barker impersonation/Williams Castle impersonation, and wife (Famke Janssen) are having a party, in the restored former asylum. The guest's trip to the house is still via several hearse and from this point much of the original plot is maintained.
The part that bothered me about the arrival scene at the house, was the inappropriate song. It set the wrong mood, and I worried about what was going to be next. Thankfully, the rest of the score (except the end title) was strictly orchestral, and sent a nice dark mood to try to help to scare you. Applause to Don Davis.
House does rely rather heavily on special effects as do all the current re-makes. Is it really better or worse for it? I think it adds, and they didn't just redo the same show. It's spooky and a good Halloween movie, and a dark theater is excellent for it's effect. I am sorry, but there was nothing that I found really scary or horrifying. Of course, I haven't really been scared by a movie since I saw the Wolf Man (1941), with Lon Chaney jr, in 1958.