House on Haunted Hill

R

Released Oct 29, 1999

1 hr. 36 min.

Horror

List

31%

62 Reviews

Tomatometer

42%

50,000+ Ratings

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A millionaire with theatrical tendencies, Stephen Price (Geoffrey Rush) invites a number of people to stay in a vast creepy building that used to be an insane asylum. Stephen, accompanied by his bitter wife, Evelyn (Famke Janssen), offers a million dollars to anyone who can stay the whole night without leaving out of fear. When Stephen and Evelyn become trapped with their guests, they quickly realize that the house really is haunted -- and the spirits dwelling within are very angry.

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Critics Consensus

Unsophisticated and unoriginal film fails to produce scares.

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Marius L

Cheesy, trashy, campy, glorious fun! Oh how I miss those 90s horror movies! This is the kind of movie that is made for a hung over sunday!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/19/24

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Farah R

The story is good, and the actors aren't bad, so House on Haunted Hill is at least watchable compared to other low-budget horror movies of the 90s.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Solomon K

Don't understand the low score. The movie was fun and creepy. Only bad thing was the awful cgi.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Chloe S

Really, honestly, the only parts of the film I was interested in and enjoyed was the setting (good atmosphere and really nicely designed, especially the basement level), some of the monster designs (The Shadow especially- the ink-blot inspiration really shines, and looks really cool!) but the story, the characters, and the ending all fall flat. Doesn't help that 90% of the deaths (y'know, the MAIN SOURCE OF SCARES) happen off-screen or are relatively timid. The only exception (I guess- his death is off-screen but it is the most creepy of all of them) was a minor character that shows up for TWO SCENES and he's dead for one of them! Watching this movie once is alright, not watching it at all is better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Dan R

It's back to 1999 for 'House on Haunted Hill' which is based on the 1959 film of the same name. SYNOPSIS: 'An amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.' This film was one of the first films I ever owned on DVD and I remember it fueling my love of horror films from the 90s. It takes the concept of the original, which is a fun classic, and does something exciting and new with the concept. The performances are campy at best and where this film does excel is the practical effects which are gooey and horrible. Where the film does fall apart a bit is the ending where the director tries to use CGI effects of the time. But the CGI is absolutely atrocious, like a kids art project. But don't let that put you off. 'House on Haunted Hill' is campy, gory fun. 7/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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John J

This movie's scriptwriting is so utterly and completely bizarre that it almost wraps around to being kind of funny. The plot makes literally zero sense and pingpongs around with no logic or point for about an hour. It's not very scary unless confusing witting makes you shake in your boots. It earns back a star because it ends up being somewhat funny due to just being so bewildering. It's not very scary either but I guess some of the campy spook scenes are kind of alright. Still better than fire in the sky.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/13/23

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William Malone

Director

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

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Sara Michelle Fetters

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[It's] hard to come down too harshly on this remake.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 20, 2018

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B-

Sep 7, 2011

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Kim Newman

Sight & Sound

The mix of laughs, shocks and gruesomeness is much the same as in the two Tales from the Crypt movies, but Malone coaxes a slightly fresher flavour, taking on board the influence of David Fincher and even Lars von Trier.

Dec 2, 2002

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Does everything a remake should do: take the concept of the original and do something new with it. The CGI is atrocious, but it's a campy, gory and fun time.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 30, 2020

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The passage of time hasn't improved this version one iota, although at least home viewers don't have to subject themselves to the lobby posters sporting that year's daftest tagline ("Evil Loves To Party").

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 23, 2019

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Anthony Arrigo

Dread Central

House on Haunted Hill has a great first act and a handful of decent moments making it worth a watch, especially if you were weaned on '90s horror.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 10, 2018

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Synopsis

A millionaire with theatrical tendencies, Stephen Price (Geoffrey Rush) invites a number of people to stay in a vast creepy building that used to be an insane asylum. Stephen, accompanied by his bitter wife, Evelyn (Famke Janssen), offers a million dollars to anyone who can stay the whole night without leaving out of fear. When Stephen and Evelyn become trapped with their guests, they quickly realize that the house really is haunted -- and the spirits dwelling within are very angry.

Director: William Malone
Executive Producer: Dan Cracchiolo, Steve Richards
Screenwriter: Robb White, Dick Beebe
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Dark Castle Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 29, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.8M
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround

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