11/12/2022 0 Comments House on haunted hill cast 1959![]() ![]() ), a man who ensures everyone that they are staying overnight in a “Murder House” that is populated by vengeful spirits, but with Frederick promising to give each person a $10,000 windfall if they stay the entire night these people are willing to overlook such pesky things as murder and ghosts. Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren ( Vincent Price ) invites five people to a party he is throwing for his fourth wife Annabelle ( Carol Ohmart ), a cold and calculating woman who seethes loathing for her husband, all to spend the night in an allegedly haunted house that he has rented from Watson Pritchard ( Elisha Cook Jr. “Would you adore me as much if I were poor? No, all you want to be is a lovely widow.”Īs murder plots go the one outlaid in House on Haunted Hill is not only one of the more complicated of its kind but relies heavily on third-party individuals behaving in a way that would pretty much impossible to predict. Rattling chains and ghostly apparitions were just window dressing for a plot that would work nicely as a double bill with a film like Double Indemnity. ![]() As a film House on Haunted Hill could almost be classified as a film noir/crime thriller as there are no actual supernatural elements and the plot surrounds the attempt of a femme fatale to murder her rich husband while he, in turn, plots to get rid of his wife and her lover. If a person were to find themselves in a horror movie a solid piece of advice to follow would be, “Don’t accept an invitation from Vincent Price!” By the late 50s William Castle had made a name for himself as a talented producer of low-budget entertainment, and also as a bit of genius when it came to promoting a film, and with his partnership with writer/producer Robb White and the landing of iconic horror actor Vincent Price audiences were definitely in for a treat as together they brought us a classic horror movie and an unforgettable ride.įor the House on Haunted Hill producer/director William Castle had originally intended to make a typical “Old Dark House” horror movie with a group of people trapped in an isolated location while being harassed by some supernatural threat but writer and collaborator Robb White decided against such an easy take on that old trope and instead twisted it around in a very interesting way. ![]()
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