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| HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1999) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| One night in the house, one million bucks, no questions asked. Oh, but there is a catch for anyone who accepts the offer. Murder is a way of life at the House on Haunted Hill. A can't-miss party, cool guests, otherworld fiends and nightmarish terror--they're all under one roof in this jolting, effects-ramped remake of the 1959 cult classic that starred Vincent Price and was directed by screen horror legend William Castle. Geoffrey Rush plays twisted theme park bigshot Steven Price, who's hosting a scary/jokey birthday bash for his wife at an abandoned institute for the criminally insane. Soon enough, a group of strangers mysteriously assemble for the event that could make them all very rich. Or profoundly dead. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geoffrey Rush (Steven Price), Famke Janssen (Evelyn Stockard-Price), Taye Diggs (Eddie Baker), Peter Gallagher (Donald W. Blackburn, M.D.), Chris Kattan (Watson Pritchett), Ali Larter (Sarah "Jennifer Jenzen") Bridgette Wilson (Melissa Margaret Marr), Max Perlich (Schecter), Jeffrey Combs (Dr. Vannacutt), Dick Beebe (Male Nurse), Slavitza Jovan (Twisted Nurse), Lisa Loeb (Channel 3 Reporter), James Marsters (Channel 3 Cameraman), Jueannette Lewis (Price's Secretary), Peter Graves (himself). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: William Malone. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WRITERS: Robb White and Dick Beebe. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCERS: Gilbert Adler, Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Edward Tapier. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CO-PRODUCER: Terry Castle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dan Cracchiolo and Steve Richards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Don Davis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Watson Pritchett: I lied. The house is alive. We're all gonna die. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: October 29th, 1999 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evelyn: Get off me, you pervert! Steven: Congratulations. I don't think Evelyn's said that to anything with testicles...ever. Evelyn: Very funny, Steven. Have you? |
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| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $15.9 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $40.8 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUDGET: $19 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCTION DATES: January 28th, 1999 -- ?????? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [after Price receives a call from Evelyn] Channel 3 Reporter: So Mr. Price, business or pleasure? Steven: Neither. My wife. |
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| - Geoffrey Rush's character's last name is Price. This is a reference to the original film in which Vincent Price played the main character. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie: So we'll just wait until 9:30 then. Prichett: Oh, I'm sure we'll be mutilated beyond all recognition by then. |
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| - The rollercoaster in the beginning of the movie is The Incredible Hulk at Universal Studios Escape in Orlando, Florida. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steven: Let's go down and greet your guests. Show them the real you; corny as Kansas on the fourth of July. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CRITICAL COMMENTS | "House on Haunted Hill is the kind of horror movie that's not a bit scary and quite a bit gross." -- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The scariest images are lifted directly from Jacob's Ladder and Ghost Story." -- Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "House on Haunted Hill is a meandering mess of stuck-together scare tactics, none of which works." -- Liz Braun, Toronto Sun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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