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House on Haunted Hill

December 28, 2025 0 reviews

House on Haunted Hill

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Year: 1959

IMDb Rating: 6.7/10

Genres: Horror, Crime, Mystery

Directors: William Castle

Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Julie Mitchum, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook Jr.

Eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren and his 4th wife, Annabelle, have invited 5 people to the house on Haunted Hill for a "haunted House" party. Whoever will stay in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars each. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors.

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. The film premiered in San Francisco on January 14, 1959.. In February, 1959, it played on a double bill with The Cosmic Man (1959).

An eccentric millionaire throws a party for his wife in a haunted house offering each guest $10,000 if they can make it through the night. Only there seem to be schemes at work beyond what the ghosts have planned. You can find out more about this movie on its IMDB page . You can download an AVI of this movie here . And this movie was featured on an episode of Frightmares the Series hosted on the Internet Archive here .

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