House on Haunted Hill
Release Date: October 29, 1999
Director: William Malone
Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs
Runtime: 93 min
Tagline: Evil loves to party
Read this review to the tune of ‘White Christmas’. Enjoy!
I’m dreaming of a good horror movie
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the screenplay shines
and audiences scream in fear
at the scary things on the screen
I’m dreaming of a good horror movie
With at least one released each year (this isn’t it)
May your scares be scary and fresh
And may all your horror movies be fun
I’m dreaming of a good horror movie
With at least one released each year (this isn’t it)
May your scares be scary and fresh
And may all your horror movies be fun
Yeah, so, House on Haunted Hill is a really sloppy remake of an apparently entertaining campy 1959 horror classic. The concept is great, and it really wasted any potential it had. The twists are lame and the dialogue is crappy, and really everything about this isn’t exciting or particularly terrifying. It’s really just strange and irritating. Geoffrey Rush couldn’t even make the best of the rough source material offered to him. In an age where horror movie remakes rule the genre, this isn’t anything special.
40/100
Filmcraziest 
The best horror movies are those that DON’T show you what’s so terrifying. Dread of being hacked to death is scarier that being hacked to death.
I vaguely remember this movie and 40/100 sounds about right.
Have a Merry Christmas, Dan! (And nice poem/song.)
True, true. And a very merry Christmas to you, too! Thank you 🙂
Yeah, this one wasn’t fab. The original is fun though.
I’ll have to get my hands on a copy of the original
But the original is f***ing BADASS!!
I’ll be sure to put it on my watchlist 🙂