The House On Haunted Hill

The House On Haunted Hill

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Year: 1959

Genres: Horror, Comedy

Directors: William Castle, Michael Judd

Cast: Clark Endres, Elisha Cook Jr., Vincent Price, Kelly Chambers, Julie Mitchum, Carol Ohmart, Lea Downey, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig, Jeffery Hauser, Richard Long

House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American cult classic horror film produced and directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig, Julie Mitchum, and Elisha Cook Jr. Price plays an eccentric millionaire, Frederick Loren, who, along with his wife Annabelle, has invited five people to the house for a "haunted house" party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn $10,000. As the night progresses, the guests are trapped within the house with an assortment of terrors. This film is perhaps best known for its promotional gimmick Emergo, a flying skeleton. The film uses many props used in carnival haunted houses to generate fear and terror. The film is in the public domain.

Vincent Price gives a stellar performance as the suavely malevolent host of a "haunted house party" who offers his guests $10,000 if they can survive a night in the murderous mansion. Watch for the great Elisha Cook Jr,(he played Wilmer in the "Maltese Falcon") as the groveling homeowner. The eerie looking home used for the exterior shots is the Ennis Brown house in Los Angeles, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1924. It was later used in the films "Blade Runner", "Black Rain", and "Rocketeer".


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