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ERA
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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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House on Haunted Hill
"Evil loves to party."
1999 1h 33m EN
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5.6
MID
★5.6TMDB · 990
Horror
Synopsis
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An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.
“Evil loves to party.”
Cast
Geoffrey Rush
Stephen Price
Famke Janssen
Evelyn Stockard-Price
Ali Larter
Sara Wolfe
Taye Diggs
Eddie Baker
Chris Kattan
Watson Pritchett
Peter Gallagher
Donald W. Blackburn, M.D.
Bridgette Wilson
Melissa Margaret Marr
Max Perlich
Carl Schecter
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- William Malone
- Writers
- Dick Beebe, Robb White
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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CINEMA
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Part of the "House on Haunted Hill Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by William Malone, shot by Rick Bota. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Don Davis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Anthony Adler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Geoffrey Rush and Famke Janssen and Ali Larter carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Evil loves to party.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0185371 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
William Malone directs. Rick Bota behind the camera. Don Davis scores. Anthony Adler cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Part of the "House on Haunted Hill Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 3Directed by William Malone, shot by Rick Bota. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Don Davis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Anthony Adler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Geoffrey Rush and Famke Janssen and Ali Larter carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Evil loves to party.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0185371 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Released under 10 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Rick Bota
- Original score
- Don Davis
- Editing
- Anthony Adler
- Production design
- David F. Klassen
- Makeup / hair
- David Abbott
- VFX supervisor
- Marc Kolbe
- Sound
- Kevin E. Carpenter
- Stunt coordinator
- Gregg Brazzel
- Runtime
- 93 min · 1h 33m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $37,000,000
- Box office
- $40,846,082
- Return
- 110% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Part of
House on Haunted Hill Collection
House on Haunted Hill & Return to House on Haunted Hill
Also by
William Malone
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Dark Castle Entertainment
US
Key crew
- EditorAnthony Adler
- ProducerGilbert Adler
- ProducerRobert Zemeckis
- ProducerJoel Silver
- Boom OperatorGeorge Flores
- CastingLaura Kennedy
- Executive ProducerSteve Richards
- Executive ProducerDan Cracchiolo
- Associate ProducerEd Tapia
- Co-ProducerTerry Castle
- Art DirectionRichard F. Mays
- Production DesignDavid F. Klassen
- Set DecorationLauri Gaffin
- PainterTim Stadler
- Camera OperatorChris Moseley
- First Assistant CameraA. Anthony Cappello
- Color TimerDale E. Grahn
- Sound Re-Recording MixerKevin E. Carpenter
- Digital CompositorsMarla Carter Barrett
- PropmakerSteven Fidler
- Transportation CaptainTimothy E. Henley
- Transportation CoordinatorDan Henley
- Special Effects SupervisorThomas L. Bellissimo
- Visual Effects SupervisorMarc Kolbe
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- lunatic asylum
- remake
- aftercreditsstinger
- absurd
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1999-10-27
- Theatrical1999-10-29R
- Physical2000-09-23R· Warner #18018 [VHS] 93 minutes
Also known as
International titles
- To spiti sto stoiheiomeno lofoGR
- Mansión diabólicaVE
- Budynok na Khanted KhillUA
- La casa en la montaña embrujadaAR
- Dom nochnykh prizrakovRU
- Kŭshtata na prizrachniya khŭlmBG
- Kuća na ukletom brduRS
- La Casa de la Colina EncantadaES
- La maison de la colline hantéeCA
- Haunted Hill - Evil Loves to PartyUS
