House on Haunted Hill

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House on Haunted Hill

R

1999

1h 36m

Horror

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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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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

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

Rated: 2/4

Oct 20, 2018

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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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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Consistently inert -- even though the fee for successful housesitting has been raised to a million bucks a night.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 19, 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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David L.

Senseless use of time. Altogether very bad remake and remarkably distasteful and unnecessary plot and climax apart from the original film!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/24/25

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xpig332 B

Just not all that interesting

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/12/25

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Michael C

I think this movie is absolutely fantastic. One of my favorites of all time (for a fun scary movie night).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/12/25

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Robson C

Um milionário excêntrico convida 5 pessoas estranhas para a festa de aniversário da sua esposa em uma residência que, no passado, foi um hospício. Remake do clássico de 1959, com Vincent Price (o personagem de Geoffrey Rush possui o mesmo sobrenome), o filme consegue manter um ar bem característico de filmes daquela época e com o tema de casa mal assombrada. Não temos muito desenvolvimento dos personagens envolvidos, com um destaque entre Rush e Famke Janssen que repetem o jogo de gato e rato do clássico entre o casal e de Taye Diggs e Ali Larter como o casal principal. Rush se diverte, abusando da canastrice, bem como Janssen no seu papel de rica entediada e glamourosa. A direção de arte é muito boa, mas o roteiro é o principal problema. A explicação da feitura da lista de convidados, o poder dos espíritos fora da casa e a cena que eles partem para o sótão para escapar pode estragar um pouco o impacto do filme. Mas, mesmo assim, ele consegue manter o charme da época e dar alguns bons sustos.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/22/25

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Charles P

"Good"? Not particularly. Delightful creepy fun with its own absolutely daffy logic? ABSOLUTELY. It doesn't compare to the original, but well worth the annual Halloween re-visit.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/13/25

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Garry A

Geoffrey & Famke have great chemistry. It made me smile watching their banter. The scenes with special effects look good but the movie itself isn't really scary.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/25/25

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William Malone

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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
Producer: Gilbert Adler, Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis
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
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround

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