House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Rich oddball Frederick Loren has a proposal for five guests at a possibly haunted mansion: Show up, be locked in the large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife and then receive $10,000 each.
4 November 1893, New Bremen, Ohio, USA
3 June 1927, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
26 December 1903, San Francisco, California, USA
23 July 1914, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
27 May 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
17 December 1927, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 April 1885, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
27 October 1934, Green Acres, Long Island, New York, USA
29 January 1909, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
September 24, 2007
The film has a genuinely creepy atmosphere and boasts at least one leap-outa-your-seat shock moment.
September 24, 2007
If one had to pick the best of the campy horror films that made [Castle's] reputation, this 1958 feature would probably be it.
February 13, 2010
A meticulous homage to Clovis Trouille
September 24, 2007
Silly, but good fun.
September 26, 2008
William Castle was better known for his gimmicks than for his films, but this haunted house chiller is actually very good.
March 26, 2009
There is some good humor in the dialog which not only pays off well against the ghostly elements, but provides a release for laughter so it does not explode in the suspense sequences.
March 25, 2006
A stale spook concoction from the William Castle-Robb White production team.
February 02, 2008
Vincent Price with a great performance
October 06, 2013
There's no denying that Castle's directorial crassness does actually supply some genuinely frightening moments.
July 16, 2007
Still a classic after the wretched remake, Price's horror film is still fun, even during the cheesy climax.
October 21, 2013
Dumb and corny and reliant to a ludicrous degree on Price's withering sarcasm, but it not only knows what it is, it loves being what it is.
