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Release Date:
29 October 1999 (USA) moreTagline:
Six strangers have the chance to make $1,000,000 EACH. All they have to do is make it through the night alive. morePlot:
A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Despite a weak ending this is a surprisingly creepy Hollywood horror moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Geoffrey Rush | ... | Stephen H. Price | |
| Famke Janssen | ... | Evelyn Stockard-Price | |
| Taye Diggs | ... | Eddie Baker | |
| Peter Gallagher | ... | Donald W. Blackburn, M.D. | |
| Chris Kattan | ... | Watson Pritchett | |
| Ali Larter | ... | Sara Wolfe | |
| Bridgette Wilson | ... | Melissa Margaret Marr | |
| Max Perlich | ... | Carl Schecter | |
| Jeffrey Combs | ... | Dr. Richard Benjamin Vannacutt | |
| Dick Beebe | ... | Male Nurse | |
| Slavitza Jovan | ... | Twisted Nurse | |
| Lisa Loeb | ... | Channel 3 Reporter | |
| James Marsters | ... | Channel 3 Cameraman | |
| Jeannette Lewis | ... | Price's Secretary | |
| Janet Tracy Keijser | ... | Girl on Wires |
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Rated R for horror violence and gore, sexual images and language.Parents Guide:
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93 min | Spain:99 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | USA:R (certificate #37055) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Video rating) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Portugal:M/16Fun Stuff
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Marc Blucas and Ivana Milicevic filmed a short "movie in a movie" sequence which was cut from the theatrical release, but appears in the deleted scenes section of the DVD release. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: Some of the warnings in the basement are in very bad German - it seems somebody just used a dictionary and translated the English lines word-for-word. For example, one sign has the phrase "Steh zurück!" which means something like "Stay back!". A correct translation would be "Zurückbleiben" or in this context "Eintritt verboten" ("No admittance"). moreSoundtrack:
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) moreFAQ
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Rich but eccentric millionaire Steven Price is looking for the ultimate scares. He invites a group of people to spend the night in the former Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane where the inmates revolved in a orgy of violence against the cruel regime of Dr Vannacutt. The one who does spend the night will get $1million dollars. However it soon becomes evident that not all the scares are set up by Price himself.
This remake of the old 1958 movie sees the plot expanded and made a lot more creepy and enjoyable. In fact the end point of the original is only the halfway mark of this one. The plot may not be imaginative but the delivery is very good for this type of film. I'm not a big fan of horror or this type of Hollywood slasher movie as I find them too obvious and not scary. However here the gore is well used and the general creepy mood wins the film. The movement of the deceased Dr Vannacutt is very creepy and is much better than some of the gore.
Sadly the final 20 minutes feels it needs to reveal a bigger evil and the secrets of the house are brought to life in boom of CGI beasties. At this point it reverts to form and because just another Hollywood creature feature and it is a bit of a let down. However up to this point it works very well and it's real creepy.
The cast are all pretty good and do `camp' when necessary but don't take away from the terror that's coming later. Rush plays nicely to the camp in his homage to Price's role in the original. Jensen, Diggs, Gallagher and Kattan all do well and the cast do better than the scream queens that usual inhabit these films.
Overall the film starts like any other Hollywood horror but the clever direction, creepy music and imaginative visuals of Dr Vannacutt all create a creepy feel to the film that is better than the gore that also comes. The final section slides back into standard fare with the old CGI evil coming to get us but up till then it's surprisingly good stuff.