House on Haunted Hill William Castle Digital Life VHS

House on Haunted Hill
starring: Vincent Price, Carolyn Craig, Richard Long, Elisha Cook Jr., Carol Ohmart
directed by: William Castle

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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790731575
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 0790731576
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: August 26, 1997
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 39508
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1959

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William Castle's gimmick-laden comic thriller is not so much a horror movie as a fairground funhouse come to life. Vincent Price stars as a deliciously silky millionaire married to a greedy gold digger (Carol Ohmart) who refuses to divorce him. When he turns his wife's idea for a haunted-house party into a contest--$10,000 to whoever will spend the night in 'the only truly haunted house in the world'--it seems he may have found an alternative to divorce. Five strangers gather to test their stamina, Price hands each of them delightfully twisted party favors (loaded handguns, delivered in their own tiny coffins), and the spook show begins. Blood drips from the ceiling, zombielike apparitions float through rooms, severed heads and skeletons suddenly appear, and then a guest is found hanging in the stairwell. Full of screams and things that go bump in the night, House on Haunted Hill isn't particularly scary and often makes little sense, but, like a Halloween haunted house, the spectacle of spook-show clichés is quite entertaining, and Price makes a sardonic master of ceremonies. The original theatrical presentations featured a typically outrageous Castle-engineered gimmick: Emergo, which was nothing more than a skeleton that appeared to fly out of the screen and over the audience on a guide wire. --Sean Axmaker

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Awesome!
This is a great film with bite and wit. This is a classic tale and Vincent Price makes it all the more spooky with his great acting. I would definatly reccomend this movie to anyone who loves old movies.

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- Excellent
The House on Haunted Hill is a masterpiece. Plain and simple. Vincent Price has more talent in his little toe then any of the horror films that were produced from 2000 and on. It's one of my favorite horror movies of all time. Its also a public movie, meaning there is at least five copies of this film floating around. I got it on a horror set and the quality to the film was pretty good. If you love horror/thriller films, not just ones with gore and crappy acting, then check out this movie. The trailer to this film is perfect as well.

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- ALPHA dvd version!!!
I remember when I was too young to see this movie when it was first released and how an older (by 2 yrs.) boy in the neighborhood was telling everyone that this was the scariest movie ever made and how skeletons came out of the movie itself and attacked the audience!!!
I wasn't too sure that I wanted to see HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL just quite then...However, I will always think of this film as being very frightening!
Watching it again the other day I'm amazed at how really well-made it is and how well it still holds up. Price is just priceless and the acting is fine all around. A good fun time at the old haunted house!
The copy I viewed was put out by ALPHA dvd, a hit or miss company on quality transfers. But I will say that their version of HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL is excellent!!! Very clear with no jumpy splices. It was like watching a very expensive dvd. Don't hesitate to purchase this version as ... Read More

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- Greed And Ambition Are The True Horrors
I used to feel that "House of Wax" was Vincent Price's finest moment. After seeing "House on Haunted Hill" though, I feel that award must now go to this outstanding masterpiece of horror. Vincent Price (loaded with millions of dollars) invites 5 very different people (a typist, a doctor, a drunk, an elderly journalist, and a good hearted young woman short of money), to spend one night in his 'haunted mansion.' If they stay the night, he will give them each $10,000. And we have no reason to doubt he will keep his word. As Jet Pilot Lance puts it: "Oh, sure he'll give it to us. $10,000. to him is no more than a nickel is to us." (On a side note, Lance seems to be a forerunner of the Adam West Batman.) One is at least entitled to wonder if this movie was the foundation for Scooby Doo. (Think about it! Scooby Doo episodes and movies usually involve mysteries that APPEAR to be related to ghosts, but turn out to be investigations ... Read More

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