![]() ![]() Nora, seeing Frederick enter the basement with a gun in his hand, does indeed shoot him. Secretly lovers, the two of them have orchestrated the various mishaps in order to manipulate Nora into killing Frederick. David instead meets with Annabelle, who had faked her death using a hanging harness and sedatives. Lance uncovers a secret room at the end of the second-floor hall, but once he enters, the door shuts behind him, trapping him. Aroused by the ghostly sounds, David concludes that the killer is about and proposes he and Frederick split up to search the house. Nora is chased from her room into the basement by Annabelle's ghost. To survive the night, Lance and David propose that everyone stay in their rooms and shoot anyone who enters, thus the innocents will have no reason to leave their rooms and the killer must stay put or admit his guilt. He tells her to remain out of sight so that her attacker will still think she's dead. In light of Annabelle's warnings, they both suspect Frederick. Lance is confronted by Nora, who tells him an unseen assailant strangled her and left her for dead. Hearing a scream, Lance and David find Annabelle's corpse, suspended to suggest she hanged herself, but the absence of a perch immediately arouses suspicions of murder. Having encountered further apparitions, Nora decides against staying the night but the caretakers lock the doors five minutes early, taking that option out of the guests' hands. Gathering downstairs, the guests are told the rules of the party, and each is given a. When Lance and Nora remain behind to further explore the basement, Lance is locked in an empty room and struck on the head, while Nora is confronted by a menacing ghost.Īnnabelle privately warns Lance that her husband is scheming something, and that she suspects him of murdering his second and third wives after his first wife disappeared. He gives a tour of the house, including a vat of acid in the basement which was used by a previous resident to kill his wife. Watson believes the house is genuinely haunted by the ghosts of those murdered there, including his own brother he claims to have spent one night there before and that he "was almost dead" when found the next morning. The Lorens have a tense relationship since Frederick is convinced Annabelle tried to poison him in order to acquire his wealth, which Annabelle, somewhat, evasively denies, attributing his suspicions to paranoia and jealousy. All are strangers to both the Lorens and each other, with their only commonality being their lust for money. David Trent ( Alan Marshal) who specializes in hysteria, Nora Manning ( Carolyn Craig) who works for one of Loren's companies, and the house's owner Watson Pritchard ( Elisha Cook). The guests are test pilot Lance Schroeder ( Richard Long), newspaper columnist Ruth Bridges ( Julie Mitchum), psychiatrist Dr. However in the end, this is a forgettable horror film, and is a remake that like so many others doesn't live up to the original.Frederick Loren ( Vincent Price), an eccentric millionaire, invites five people to a party he is throwing for his fourth wife Annabelle ( Carol Ohmart) in an allegedly haunted house he has rented, promising to give each $10,000 with the stipulation that they stay the entire night in the house after the doors are locked at midnight. This is a mildly entertaining film that offers a decent viewing experience for horror fans. There are some tense moments here and there, but never anything really scary. However, in terms of good scares, like the original offered, this remake is fairly weak in offering good, effective scares. The film like I said offers plenty of gore and will appeal to gore fans. I very much enjoyed the original However this is pretty decent, considering the amount of bad horror remakes that came in the years following this films release. This isn't an awful remake, but it's nowhere near the original. The cast are decent at best, with some questionable castings decisions such as Chris Kattan. S, if you love gory horror films, then this film is for you. The film really doesn't offer anything that great, but is pretty gory. ![]() The film relies on the gore factor, and that's really the standout of the film. The film isn't as bad as other remakes, but it lacks the power of the original of course. For a horror remake, it's quite decent and entertaining. The remake is not bad for what it is, and I've seen worse. The film has a decent enough cast and director William Malone crafts a chilling, gory ride with this remake. The House on Haunted Hill remake is a decent remake of a classic film. ![]()
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