House On Haunted Hill was a terrific modern (for its time) makeover of the classic William Castle tale. There is also a little hint or homage at times to the late 1970s/early 1980s bright red blood from the inspired Giallo subgenre. There are some good head traumas and impalements seen (Real or unreal). You wouldn’t think this movie or era would provide something as ruthless as this, but here we are. One thing that’s very cool in this film is that it has some pretty legit gore going on and it nonchalantly goes about flaunting it.

It was a typical 90s things to float heads on a poster with their horror film and young hot names to sell it on. Many other recognizable faces here do well, too. They even have a hand in horror street cred by having the one and only Herbert West, aka Re-Animator aka Jeffrey Combs. Geoffrey Rush and Famke Jannssn chew up so much scenery and have a great repor when they are together in a scene. William Malone’s big feat here is that he assembled quite a star studded cast for the film (Back then and now, actually). I’m pretty sure in the heat of the moment, that discussion probably wasn’t trending upward. Scooch forward now and it seemingly has a pretty positive legacy following it around. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I don’t remember it having positive reviews or being that well liked. It was also a Halloween weekend movie too. Its crazy, I’ve long been a fan of the 1999 remake of House On Haunted Hill. 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. Stephen, accompanied by his bitter wife, Evelyn, offers a million dollars to anyone who can stay the whole night without leaving out of fear. Order yourself a copy of this classic now by clicking the Amazon link following the review.Ī millionaire with theatrical tendencies, Stephen Price invites a number of people to stay in a vast creepy building that used to be an insane asylum. None of the cast came back though, sorry. Heck, that came out during one the inaugural years of the format, even! This Collector’s Edition ports over all the bonus materials on the previous release as well as a couple of new interviews. The straight to video sequel of all things, has been available this whole time though.

But when someone like Scream Factory gets the helm, it makes it somewhat worth the wait. For those who can’t import or go region free, it does them no good. There has been a German release from 2010 and a Spanish region one from 2014. And oddly, its been one of them that’s been absent from the Blu-ray library this whole time. The original was a Vincent Price classic, and in a time when remakes weren’t really a thing yet, this got a 1990s Scream-era makeover. Way back when, which “when” is October the ninth of 2018, Scream Factory unleashed the 1999 remake of William Castle’s House On Haunted Hill.

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