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Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)"The other haunted house film, from 1999 and one that was better received than The Haunting. Based on the film released in 1959. While, The Haunting did marginally ok, House on Haunted Hill, is more fondly remembered. Geoffrey Rush, plays a Vincent Priceish owner of a haunted house, who bets close to a million dollars on absolute strangers, that they couldn’t last a day in the house. The idea of Dark Castle Pictures, was to exclusively remake films based on the William Castle movies, a plan a"
Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)"The other haunted house film, from 1999 and one that was better received than The Haunting. Based on the film released in 1959. While, The Haunting did marginally ok, House on Haunted Hill, is more fondly remembered. Geoffrey Rush, plays a Vincent Priceish owner of a haunted house, who bets close to a million dollars on absolute strangers, that they couldn’t last a day in the house. The idea of Dark Castle Pictures, was to exclusively remake films based on the William Castle movies, a plan a"
The Losers Club
A flawed remake but definitely not a bad one
“As far as remakes go, House on Haunted Hill is neither among the best or worst ones. For me, it sits somewhere in the middle. If I were to say which is better out of this and the original, I'd say the original(though that is not perfect either) mainly because of Vincent Price. On its own terms though, this is pretty good. It is flawed though, the characters are never really developed, and while I admired that there was an attempt to expand the story while some of it was effective there were other parts where it felt padded and didn't really go anywhere. Taylor Diggs and Peter Gallagher's performances read too much of both actors playing themselves. But the biggest let down is the ending, which felt fake and so abrupt that you are left with a that's it? sense. On the plus side, it is stylis” read more
Fictional Places You Don’t Want To Visit (205 movies items)"Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane, Los Angeles, California The Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane, also known as the House on Haunted Hill, is a now-abandoned building located on a cliffside. Why you wouldn’t want to visit: Ghosts, are everywhere in what could only be one of the most haunted houses in America."
2018 Movie Journal
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The Evolution of Geoffrey Rush
Favorite Horror Films: 1999 (17 movies items)" Directed by: William Malone Produced by: Robert Zemekis, Gilbert Adler, Joel Silver, and Terry A. Castle Written by: Dick Beebe Based on the film written by: Robb White Cinematography: Rick Bota Edited by: Anthony Adler Music by: Don Davis Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures"
Lessons To Be Learned From Horror Films (570 movies items)"Don't except bets or dares. All bets, are off. Seriously."