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HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL

1959 • US HMDB
January 1, 1959

Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.

Directors

William Castle

Cast

Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook Jr., Julie Mitchum, Leona Anderson, Howard Hoffman
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MC

Marco Castellini

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Loren, an eccentric billionaire owner of an isolated castle, offers a large sum of money to anyone who has the courage to spend an entire night in his mansion. Two young people in need of money, a journalist looking for news, and a psychologist accept. At dawn, the dead will be counted. Directed by a veteran of 1960s horror and starring Vincent Price, an iconic actor of this genre between the 1960s and 1970s, "House on Haunted Hill" (original title) is yet another example that miraculous special effects or rivers of blood are not needed to create a successful and scary horror film. A great Price, with his unmistakable theatrical style, adds an extra touch to the film. Recommended.

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