A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
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- TriviaWilliam Castle: [gimmick] Used a gimmick called "Emergo" in theaters. When the skeleton rises from the acid vat in the film, a lighted plastic skeleton on a wire appeared from a black box next to the screen to swoop over the heads of the audience. The skeleton would then be pulled back into the box as the skeleton in the film is "reeled in." Many theaters soon stopped using this "effect" because when the local boys heard about it, they would bring slingshots to the theater; when the skeleton started its journey, they would pull out their slingshots and fire at it with stones, BBs, ball bearings and whatever else they could find.
- GoofsLance locks his door from the inside with a deadbolt, after the Doctor calls everybody to the meeting, and leaves through Nora's door. When they return from the meeting, he opens his unlocked door from the outside.
- Quotes
Frederick Loren: Don't stay up thinking of ways to get rid of me, it makes wrinkles.
- Crazy creditsThe end title credits list "Skeleton - By Himself".
- Alternate versionsWhen shown in "Emergo", there was a short scene showing brick wall for the skeleton to "emerge".
- ConnectionsEdited into Elvira's Horror Classics (2004)
- SoundtracksTheme 'House on Haunted Hill'
by Richard Kayne and Richard Loring
Featured review
This movie is a very good tale of a house that may or may not be haunted. This version is better than the newer one, mainly because Vincent Price is so good here, much better than anyone in the new version made in 1999. It is also relatively short and goes by quickly. This movie has some of the same plot elements of the one from 1999, but thankfully the ending to this one is a lot better. I really enjoyed it, as I was hoping the one character would come out on top. This one is about a party being held in an old house that is supposed to be haunted. The people were invited by Price's character and offered $10,000 dollars if they were to stay the entire night. There is tension between Price's character and his wife, there is a girl who is very nervous and wants to leave immediately, and then there is the doctor who does not believe in ghosts. There are three others as well who are invited to stay the night. During the night strange things happen as one of the guests is murdered and there seems to be supernatural things happening. A very well done movie that for me ended perfectly.
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- La casa de la colina embrujada
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- Ennis House - 2607 Glendower Avenue, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA(exterior views of the house only)
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- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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