House on Haunted Hill / Return to House on Haunted Hill (Double Feature)

Many critics openly wondered why the people trapped in the house would go into the other parts - again - once they'd been made aware of the dangers.Except upon repeated viewings, that clearly never happens.HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1999) is superior to the cornball original in every way that should matter. Dialog, acting, disturbing visuals. You bet it's a lot gorier, but it works within the story. Unlike the original, there's nothing glib or mundane about the evil in this house. In Director William Malone's movie, having a cheating spouse bent on killing you for your money is the *least* of your worries.As you'd imagine, Geoffrey Rush steals the show, but the other actors from Famke Janssen to Taye Diggs to Peter Gallagher to Chris Kattan to a pre-FINAL DESTINATION Ali Larter, hold their own against the Oscar winner. The linchpin cameo by Jeffrey Combs as Dr. Vannacutt, is creep-out personified.

I watch both of these films. And, their vexatious nature kept me upset the entire time. If you enjoy the horror genre in films, these two movies will "Fill Your Cup". I purchased the films because I remembered the original starring Vincent Price in 1959. Since I viewed that film as a child, it gave me the creeps as well. But, modern technological advancement in film making has created a subtle work of art, turgid, with continual images of horrid events. In my opinion, Actor Jeffrey Combs's character, Dr. Richard Vannacut, and his glowering psycho nurses, epitomized this films content. To me, they were the examples of nightmarish terror at the highest levels. These characters were in both films.Therefore, I always view this movie during the daylight hours. And, I make sure that my lunch or dinner is deep in my digestional track. Because a few times, I had to cover my mouth so that I wouldn't vomit. I'm glad its only a movie and not reality. Lately, I view the film for desensitizing purposes. I think I need to view it another ten times and then, maybe, I'll be cured of "House on Haunted Hill" and its "Return".

First, I love Geoffrey Rush, I think he's a great actor and the first movie is watchable because him, the two other leads (they have a nice chemistry, not romantic, but friendly(?)), and the caretaker's character. The story is okay, although I wish they had made better use of the huge building that the asylum was. The movie went downhill after the attack of the screensaver monster, I wish they had just stuck with the ghosts, which is part of the reason the second is a bit better of a movie.Thumbs up on the ghosts, but could have been a bit creepier and a few more jump scares. The first part of the movie is a little slow (until they get to the asylum) and I don't know why they cut some of the extended scenes, the movie is relatively short and I thought they added to the movie. Andrew Lee Potts did a great job with the script that was given, wish they had expanded that character to give him more screentime. The two main characters seemed to have little chemistry though, which would have helped make the female lead's actions a little more believable (you got out, but come back for a guy you just met?).I've seen worse movies and worse remakes (the first). These could have been better, but at $6.00 for the pair, I felt like I got a good deal.

The movie was delivered on time I didn't have to wait. The movie didn't skip. I always wanted to get House on haunted hill. Now I have House on haunted hill and Return of House on haunted hill.

I like that i can save space and watch both movies together. These movies have nothing to do with original movie (one of my favorites) except in basic thought. Millionaire giving party for cheating wife with strangers and nothing goes as planned for wife or husband. This version is scarier, I didn't think I'd like it but watched by accident and got hooked and have now watched several times and am looking forward to adding to my collection. Recommend for adults only.

I've always liked this movie, just finally found it to buy it. I'm a horror/thriller fan so it's good to me.

This is one of my favorite "scary" movies, from growing up. Although, It's a great homage to the Vincent Price classic. Despite it's relative young age it does seem a bit dated and cheesy. If you don't take it too seriously, it's an excellent haunted experience.

The first House on Haunted Hill was one of the 1st scary movies I remember seeing. You get graphics and such from that time period to go with it.

I bought this for the original movie 'House on Haunted Hill' which was a great horror film. I didn't even know that they had made a sequel!... After watching it, I now know why. It's a watchable film, but can't be compared to the first one.DVD's where well packaged and the box is a good quality. DVD video quality was great, although using an up scaling player did make it look more like Blue-ray quality. Getting the two films in one box is a nice touch, but I doubt I will watch the sequel again.

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these are typical ghost stories and are fantastic if you like this sort of thing - they have all the tenseness and jumpy bits and are actually based on a decent story

I loved the first movie and never knew there was a second. Found this sequel and compared to the first it holds out. Blood and Gore a plenty and frights to boot both these movies are one of the best horror franchises.

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