![]() But when things go bump in the night the group realizes no one is safe. The strangers are promised a large amount of money if they can survive the night in the titled house on haunted hill. The Plot : Each movie follows the same premise involving a millionaire who invites five strangers to a birthday party for his wife. In this thriller based on the 1958 horror film, five people agree to spend the night in a haunted house in exchange for one million dollars. So how do both hold up 60 and 20 years later, respectively? Let's dive into a dueling edition of Classically Contemporary. The 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill boasted an impressive cast and a liberal use of late-'90s CGI. Dark Castle Entertainment was a studio initially created to solely remake Castle's films and they started with his best. Forty years later, Hollywood came calling to redo Castle's films. A throwback to the old dark house thrillers of the 1930s with a devilish performance by '50s horror icon, Vincent Price, House on Haunted Hill is the gold standard when it comes to Castle's work. In the film, a group of strangers who are invited to a party at an abandoned insane asylum, are offered 1 million each by an amusement park mogul if they are able to survive the night. In 1959 director William Castle, horror huckster and impresario, released House on Haunted Hill. A cast autographed zoetrope brownline print from producer Robert Zemeckis' horror remake House on Haunted Hill. (Welcome to Classically Contemporary, a series where we explore the ways in which new releases echo classic Hollywood or how classic Hollywood continues to influence modern filmmaking.)
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