House On Haunted Hill

Starring: Carolyn Craig, Vincent Price Director: William Castle Original UK Premiere: 1959 Dvd Release: 25th October, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Black & White, PAL, Region 0 Encoding

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The House on Haunted Hill is a fictional house featured in two films of the same name. The first version from 1959, was directed by William Castle & starred Vincent Price as eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren. He & his 4th wife, Annabelle, have invited 5 people to the house for a Haunted House party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers & other terrors. House on Haunted Hill Posters Of House On Haunted Hill

ITS A 12?!?!?!?!

The first time I saw this film - some years ago now - I was sooo scared my friend & I had to go to the loo in pairs! How is it only a 12? HOW? It sure as hell scared me!

Vincent Price was an American film actor. He is most well remembered for his roles in a series of low-budget horror films where his distinctive voice & serio-comic attitude were well used. Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was president of the National Candy Company. Price Jr. was educated at Yale & the Cortauld Institute, London in art history & fine art. He became interested in theater in the 1930s, appearing professionally on stage from 1935. He made his film debut in 1938 with Service de Luxe & established himself as a competent player, notably in Laura, directed by Otto Preminger. He acted as Joseph Smith, Jr. in the movie Brigham Young. In the 1950s he moved into horror films, enjoying the role in the successful curiosity The House of Wax, the first 3-D film to land in the years top ten at the North American box office. Posters Of Alice Cooper

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William Castle born William Schloss, was an American film director, producer & actor. He was famous for directing films with many gimmicks & were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. An example of one of the gimmicks are 3-D glasses that were issued to viewers of 13 Ghosts. Recently, two of his films have been remade, House on Haunted Hill in 1999 & Thir13en Ghosts in 2001. Born in New York City, he spent most of his teenage years in Broadway, in a number of jobs ranging from set building to acting. This put him in a good stead to become a director & he left for Hollywood at the age of 23, going on to direct his first film 6 years later. After a long career he died in Los Angeles, California, after suffering a heart attack. Posters Of House On Haunted Hill

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