House on Haunted Hill

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House on Haunted Hill

R

Released Oct 29, 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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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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Râ M

Maybe don't listen to me, it is not for everyone but I personally really like it. It's not a GOOD movie but I do enjoy it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/25/25

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Luis Otavio F

Exaggerated acting, uninspired plot, all of this guarantees the viewer's enjoyment.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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Audience Member

Fun cast great house funny moments great kills easy to watch but still freaky quite convincing I love the house it’s so awesome and it’s not just a freaking house total insane asylum the hill is equally awesome love it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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Joel H

I’m a big fan of House on Haunted Hill (1959), so I was interested to see what they’d done with the story 40 years later. As it turns out, they kind of messed things up. House on Haunted Hill (1999) has some creepy visual effects, but this movie fumbled the ball when it came to story, dialogue, and characters. For example, I like Famke Janssen, but I found her to be highly irritating as Evelyn. And I also expected more from Geoffrey Rush as Stephen Price. While I don’t think that House on Haunted Hill (1999) was a complete waste of time, I think I’ll just stick to watching Vincent Price’s version.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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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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