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General discussion (archive)Just watched the original 'House on Haunted Hill'(12 posts)(12 posts)
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Posted October 14, 2011
And it was an absolute blast. All the awesome over-the-top hoakiness of early B&W horror films combined with Vincent Price's sophisticated creepiness and a ghost story ripe with twists. Was it technically a good movie? Naw, not really. Apart from Price the acting was pretty bland, the scares were pretty silly, and there were a ton of plot holes. But it was loads of fun, and I highly recommend it to anyone who just wants to kick back and experience the "haunted house" frights of a bygone era.

I guess there's also a remake. No idea how it holds up.
Post edited October 14, 2011 by jefequeso
Posted October 14, 2011
The remake's decent as a haunted house movie. No idea about the sequel though. Yeah, House on Haunted Hill is pretty great. In fact, just yesterday I re-watched it. Or was it the day before?
Posted October 14, 2011
Can't go wrong with Price.
Posted October 14, 2011
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wvpr: Can't go wrong with Price.
Inorite? The man was awesome.
Posted October 15, 2011
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jefequeso: I guess there's also a remake. No idea how it holds up.
I love this old Price classic! There is a remake starring (I think) Geoffrey Rush that is actually pretty decent.

My favorite over-the-top Vincent Price classic is "The Tingler". It's about a doctor (Price) who thinks every human has a monster/creature growing in their spine that is kept at bay by our ability to scream when we're frightened. A real hoot!
Posted October 15, 2011
If you like Price, you must hear This. That guy had some Mad skillz. ;-D
Post edited October 15, 2011 by KOCollins
Posted October 15, 2011
I enjoyed both the original and the re-make although they are quite different animals.

Price of course was excellent, but Geoffrey Rush made a great villain as well!
Posted October 15, 2011
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elbaz: I enjoyed both the original and the re-make although they are quite different animals.

Price of course was excellent, but Geoffrey Rush made a great villain as well!
Quite.
Posted October 15, 2011
Relevant.

Also relevant.

Further relevant.
Post edited October 15, 2011 by wvpr
Posted October 15, 2011
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elbaz: I enjoyed both the original and the re-make although they are quite different animals.

Price of course was excellent, but Geoffrey Rush made a great villain as well!
Well you can definitely see Geoffrey Rush channeling Vincent Price in the movie (not imitating, but channeling) and of course, being Geoffrey Rush, doing an awesome job. Though I am not sure that Rush is really the bad guy in the movie. :)
Post edited October 15, 2011 by crazy_dave
Posted October 15, 2011
That's one of the movies on my to watch list. I've a ton of horror films on there because I don't especially enjoy watching them alone. (.__.) One of the problems of having friends all scattered around is that you usually have to have movie nights over Skype.

Heh, I guess it'd be bad to start dating some guy just to empty my movie backlog.
Posted October 15, 2011
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Eriako: That's one of the movies on my to watch list. I've a ton of horror films on there because I don't especially enjoy watching them alone. (.__.) One of the problems of having friends all scattered around is that you usually have to have movie nights over Skype.

Heh, I guess it'd be bad to start dating some guy just to empty my movie backlog.
I've heard worse reasons for dating -__-
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