Thursday, July 30, 2009

Review: House On Haunted Hill (1959)

Director: William Castle
Starring: Vincent Price, Carolyn Craig, Richard Long, Carol Ohmart

Plot: An eccentric millionair and his wife invite five strangers to spend a night in the house on haunted hill. Survivors will get 10,000 dollars.

Even though this is an old horror movie, it really startled me at one point. The movie is well filmed and the special effects work. Running only 75 minutes, the plot is dense but there is still enough time for character development.

One thing that I find funny in most of the old horror films: when there is a thunderstorm, the flash and the rumble always come at the same time. If this happened in the real life (which is rare) it would mean that the lightnings are hitting near you all the time.

Excellent movie. Classic. Watch it!!

Stars: ****

1 comment:

me-again said...

I agree, a Classic!