House On Haunted Hill (full): Deusdaecon Reviews 

I think Price is an excellent character and surprisingly well written. The actions that you mention to be strange, I think are the ones that make him interesting. Like him wanting to save his wife after just trying to kill her. Price seems to be a man who lives for fun and games. Even his failing marriage is a competition to him. But he still cares for people, including his wife.

This one is an old guilty pleasure of mine. For all its faults, I find it to be a genuinely entertaining flick. It’s one I love to pull out and share with friends.

Pritchard was actually my favorite character in this movie. By the way, it's not strange that Price would be concerned for Evelyn after knocking her through that door. He obviously realized that was a dangerous room and decided that whether he wanted Evelyn dead or not, nobody should go in that room at all. It's one of those situations where you realize that personal motives take a back seat to survival. You can practically see Price's mind shift gears as he sees the room and understands what is in there.

The first person on Price's guest list is Mary Seward. I see you, Dracula reference, I see you.

The statue of the corpse is made from an actual corpse. It was made by Dr. Honoré Fragonard in the 19th century and there is a medical oddities museum in France that holds his collection.

Ah, good old Chekov's pencil. If we are shown a pencil being sharpened, the pencil MUST be used to kill someone, preferably the person who arrogantly sharpened the very tool of their own demise...

Geoffrey Rush as Vincent Price?! Yes please!!

a couple things. the reason pryce and wife hate each other is she was cheating on him and has tried to kill him multiple times cause shes nuts and a gold digger. also the cellphone thing isnt that far fetched in 1999 you would lose signal if you sneezed let alone went to a fortress in the middle of nowhere

I agree - Jeffery Combs was worth soooo much more screen time given his amazing tv and movie career. He is such a diverse character. I totally loved Pritchard's sarcastic and pessimistic attitude - he was a hilarious contrast to the traditional characters in a horror movie.

Geoffrey Rush is always a stand out.

This movie, Thirteen Ghosts, The Haunting, and Gnost Ship are four of my fave ghost movies.

Price is one of those people in love with a toxic abuser. The more cruel Evelyn is to him the more he craves her. I never saw anything incongruous about his obsession. The man needed psychological help for his masochism, but I can completely see when he plays into the conceit that he hates Evelyn. He has a little too much pride to openly grovel for Evelyn's affection, so he plays cat and mouse with her. Maybe her psychopathy is what attracts him to her. For Evelyn it's hate; for Price she's his poison of choice. When the house gets going, what song is blasting? That's right, Sweet Dreams are Made of These, "some of them want to abuse you, some of them want to be used by you." Right after the house took Price's beloved dominatrix and made her part of the cursed souls trapped in that asylum.

Price is by far the best character, and somehow the most likable.

The movie turns 20 today! One of my favorites as a kid I was 9 when it came out Sure it wasn’t beloved by critics but it made more than its budget winning over Halloween weekend Great cast, freaky imagery, and a haunting score I know the original is better but this is still a good watch

I just realized that's Lisa Loeb playing the reporter in the beginning! How very 90s

and they didn't do the "black guy dies first" cliche, that is good

10:20 If I recall correctly, Pritchard said his dad tried or was planning to remove the lock down mechanism but the house supposedly knocked him first. Also nice review. One of my favorite horror films when I was a kid. Gave me nightmares for years lol Edit: I should've waited a few more seconds lol

My main problem with this film is the ending. They are on the top floor's ledge outside of a demon-filled house, locked out because of the security system, with no way down. Overlooking a seaside cliff. Millions or not, they're fucked four different ways.

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What do you want to bet that Pritchard's father died trying to remove the lockdown system? He never specifies exactly how he died, and it would explain why the system is still in place.

12:40 Those are actually based on real sculptures by the artist Honoré Fragonard. They are in a Musume called Musée Fragonard d'Alfort in southeast Paris. The story behind the one sitting on the horse is said to be his girlfriend who passed away due to illness. He didn't want to bury her, so he skinned her, her horse, and preserved the muscles in some kind of wax or varnish. If I'm remembering correctly. For comparison, it's like a French version of the Mutter Museum Philadelphia.

This is one of my guilty pleasure movies.Loved the quick view through review.Subscribed.

I'd just like to say, while still watching the review, that the doctor shutting the locks on the place may have also been to keep the crazy people from getting out. Sadly, he didn't know that they'd turn into ghosts. Poor unethical doc.

This is one of my favorite "bad scripted" kind of movies because they used actual land marks, like The Hulk and The Body Museum pieces which was such a loving part for me. I’m very into the haunting and history of macabre bits.

I loved this movie when it came out. I still quote Chris Kattan's "I *want* it, so you *GIVE* it."

I get the feeling Dark Castle actually try to make horror movies that don't fall into the modern tropes -too- much. Like, these movies are consistently okay, whereas most horror movies are absolute trash. IT's kind of strange for mediocre to be commendable.

I WANT A HOUSE with a lockdown system exactly like that with every single detail the same

Pritchard is the most likable character in the movie so it's a shame when he bites the dust. At least in my opinion.

17:00 - The "ghosts are real" twist is too easy. I think a better twist would be to age up Price's tech guy who was manning the traps and have it revealed in the end that the tech guy was one of the patients in the asylum (as a young child) and that he set up extra traps as a way of teaching Price what real fear is like.

You forgot to talk about the scene after the final credits where Price and his wife were getting operated on by the patients in the afterlife...kinda chilling...

Technically the names he typed into his invitation list could have been employees of his park he trusted enough to bring along. Meaning he meant to scare the hell out of his wife with people he could trust in his mind games.

I always wondered why this review started with Sweet Dreams, then I saw the movie. Can't believe Marilyn Manson was considered for Vanacutt - mad thought.

the origin of Casanova Frankenstein.

20:20 Nurse "I think you're sick, Mr Price" "What do you think Dr?" *Shakes his head no

The moment the black smoke monster from Lost appears it totaly killed the film for me. To this point it was a really good movie.

20:22 Your reaction is priceless when you say the guy doesn’t have any type of medical license.

With all the references to Jacob's Ladder... Would you ever think of doing a review of that movie?

Seriously, keep making these. These are incredibly well made

While I love the concept for the roller coaster, where does the car go once it flies off the track? lol

really loved the first 3/4 of this movie, they should just kept the doctor ghost as the main overall evil . Got cheesy when they introduced the supreme evil that turns life into dust. Overall, i still love this movie! I even got the interactive return to house on haunted hill. choose your own adventure, haunted hill was fun

did anybody else notice clear rivers from final destination

I love the architecture of the building.

It's odd. There hasn't been any further movies from Dark Castle since 2013's _Getaway_ , apparently when producer Joel Silver moved his office from Warner Bros. to Universal, he took Dark Castle with him.

Genuinely in my top 5 films of all time regardless of what some people say from the actors to the plot to the music I love this classic!!

Pritchard and Vincent Price were my favorite characters I was sad when they died

The patients attack of the doctors reminded me of the creatures attacking Dr.Moreau in "The Island of Dr. Moreau" and the Prices hating each other reminded me of "The War Of The Roses"...

The elevator scene reminds me of that glass bridge with screens underneath that shows cracks in the glass when you walk over.

15:04 so I would already be creeped out by this place and seeing the would have me backing out of that room as fast as my legs could carry me and something as trivial as cast iron plating wouldn’t stop me from leaving.

Do you think that was covered in the interview for the staff's positions? "Yeah just so you're aware of this. Ahem. If, and I mean this is a BIG IF, the patients somehow break out of their rooms/restraints and form a riot attacking us, you will not be able to escape as I will trap us all in here to be tortured, possibly raped and killed. But I mean occupational hazard, these things happen so when can you start?!"

I watched this when I was a kid and it gave me nightmares for a week. Rewatching this, I just find it a schlocky halloween film. The problem I have is that I remember seeing this in HBO and it having certain scenes or alternate scenes. For examples, I remember it having a more video gamey intro sequence than the one it actually had. With like a red tinted intro with the names of the cast. I also vividly remember the scene with the lady with the camera dying being different. After filming Vannacut and the nurses, she turns around and sees one of the patients with his head moving back and forth at an alarming rate who then moves quickly toward her with her screaming. In the actual film, it's just some guy with a prosthetic face looking goofy and she screams.

Fun Fact: The effects for The Darkness were done by the filmmakers telling a woman to dance naked and they mirrored it numerous times to give it the illusion of trapped souls.

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The alternate ending on the dvd was an after credit's scene with a realtor showing Sarah's boss the asylum and saying that she had inherited it. When she goes inside, The realtor removes his glasses, showing the audience that he's Dr. Vannacutt, and steps inside the house slamming the door, followed by a woman's scream and a fade to black. Personally, I thought that was a much better ending.

You forgot to mention Lisa Loeb is the opening reporter as well :P

that hyperbolic insanity chamber sequence was definitely the best and most memorable part of the movie.

"Jittery body horror" only worked effectively in "Jacob's Ladder". Everything after that was just cliche and often just confusing. It's one of my least favorite horror effects, and I wish it would just stop.

The cast of this movie alone gets me hyped

Even though this film is entertaining I prefer the original. The original no matter how bad the production is compared to today's standards is still great.

I did like the fact that the end ghost look like an ink blot analyses

Funny enough they tried to deny that he was based on Vincent Pryce. Going so far as to claim that he's actually based on John Waters. :)

That reporter in the beginning really makes you want to STAY doesn't she? Get it? STAY? I'm here all week folks, don't forget to tip the staff on your way out.

Im having a Berenstein/stain moment here!!! In my memory I see James Woods playing Price, and S Y K E . . . it's Geoffrey Rush. Could it have been because of Wood's appearance in Casino??? Talk about proactive interference.

1:44 big whoop, john wick killed 3 guys with one pencil. This guy killed 1 guy with 3 pencils

Actually, while eiecting a round would prove if its live ammo, that type of ejection system would not allow for reloading from the top, as it would jam the magazine

This movie was the highlight of my seventh grade year

I love this movie. It's a good guily pleasure. God it's been so long since I watched it. James Marsters small roll in the beginning is just icing on the cake, but also agreed, a very underused Marsters. Didnt know he was part of the marketing.

7:50. I thought I was seeing Ali Larter twice in that shot. One of those women looks like a super imposed Ali Larter with a different hairstyle

Wouldn't the fake roller coaster get really expensive with the whole launching a cart

Did anyone else get "Suspiria" vibes with the falling stain glass shards?

Pretty sure he didn't mention the cameras to the others because he didn't want them to know about them for several obvious reasons. No, why he didn't look himself, probably because he couldn't tell anyone how he knew what he saw without them thinking he killed her himself (which they already suspected).

During the elevator sequence I actually shouted, "Dammit, Price! Stop saying things!"

I had forgot how much i loved Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)!! Great song on a great album!

Did you ever do (or plan to do) Dark Castle's House Of Wax from 2005? Also, many who've reviewed it on RU-vid so far mistakenly believe it to be a remake of the '50s film of the same name, which also starred Vincent Price. However, the film only uses the name, which was purchased because it was public domain, and the element of people being entombed in wax, but noting else from the film was used in it.

Thank you for making this review. This movie was the first horror videotape that I bought back when I was 16 in 1999. I loved this movie and even though I had had a taste for horror, (Pet Sematary was the first horror movie I ever saw when I was just a little kid) watching this one was one of those definite "I will always be a horror fan"- moments. Watched this about a month ago and yeah, the movie is lacking A LOT but it still has a special place in my heart. And the fact that Spike from Buffy TVS was the camera man in the beginning. EDIT: Famke Janssen is sooo freaking gorgeous in this movie

6:00 the music that plays during that scene as well as some others with that music is one if not the best music played in a movie

Say ain’t this a reboot of the original

Is it just me, or does Price's guest list include references to Seward (Dracula) and Adler (Sherlock)? Or am I just looking too hard at upper-class surnames?

Funny enough, this is one of the few movies where I think Chris Kattan does a decent job.

you can't reload the gun from the top if theirs more ammo inside of it cuz the new bullet will fill the chamber, darn i forgot this is an old video

There was an extra scene with Combs, but it was part of a deleted subplot that was frankly too silly, even for this movie. It basically would have ended the movie with a cheap joke. Yeah.

BTW you earned a sub my man!

This guy should direct a movie.

I'm sure the scene at 16:35 was inspired by Aphex Twin - Come to daddy video.

This movie is my favorite horror movie. Thank you for review!

HOLT SHIT, THAT SCENE THATS JACOBS LADDER THING I SAW AS A KID AND NEVER KNEW THE MOVIE UNTIL NOW. HOLY SHIT THANK YOU FOR THE HELP

We were in high school when this came i remember people saying this is like scarier than exorcist or evil dead etc..... I mean called it a movie of Haunted Asulym with ghosts and full lockdown But yeah yeah in the end............. Ehhhhh..

#ChrisKattan killin it in this one! Great actor!

This movie scared the shit out of me when i was 13...watching it as an adult is a different story

Oh my god! I've seen this movie dozens of times but never noticed the cheap cgi eye movements on the stained glass ceiling. It looks at the guests angrily but is a blink and you missed it kinda thing.

Seeing the Jacobs Ladder nod makes me wonder if you’re going to review it at some point. Unless you’ve already done it and I missed it

Before the stain glass breaks in the beginning, the eyes move to “look up” before shattering.

This movie and the Ring were the bane of my childhood

7yr old me: Spooky Adult Me: why is there a giant container of blood?

On 6:12 if you look at the computer screen you can see something flying down and moving on to the left side this place is haunted

Saw this one at the cinema.......Crap then, crap now. :S The set lighting is ATTROCIOUS, looks like frigging sitcom lighting

I saw this was my Dads friend. When my Dad and and my sister's went into one movie me and "Big Dan" went into this. At 12 being my first horror movie in theaters I was BARELY SCARED UNTIL THE END.

That was an awesome opening to the roller coaster.

Good vids One disagreement though. I think Price did love her. He did try to save her despite the fact that she tried to kill him at least once that night

When I think about it. that ghost image and how it decompose people in seconds.. It reminds me of the 'shadow' and ghost of Mamiya, in how it burns you up from inside.

15:26 FREAKED me the fuck out when i saw it as a kid. I didn't remember where it was from until now.