House on Haunted Hill (1959)

January 5, 2022 10:38 AM

Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary house. This house has a reputation for murder. Frederick offers them each a gun for protection. They all arrived in a hearse and will either leave in it $10,000 richer or leave in it dead.

Directed by William Castle.

Available for digital rental in the US via various outlets.

posted by DirtyOldTown (9 comments total)

Oops. Actually I botched the availability: this is on damned near everything: Epix, AMC+, Prime, Tibi, Hoopla, Kanopy, Shudder, Screambox... And on and on.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:46 AM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]

so many great gifs
posted by roger ackroyd at 11:14 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]

Very cool cast info via Amazon prime Video X-Ray
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:59 AM on January 5, 2022 [6 favorites]

Have had so many nightmares based on the barely remembered skeleton scene, finally saw the scene again and it was so cute.
posted by sammyo at 2:32 PM on January 5, 2022 [3 favorites]

For a movie about competing murderers, this is pretty fun and nonthreatening.

Also, no matter what poster got automatically attached, please do not watch this colorized.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:33 PM on January 5, 2022

So fun! This was a favorite of my mother’s and I got to enjoy it too: regular and RiffTrax’d.
posted by Monochrome at 3:26 PM on January 5, 2022

$10,000 in 1959 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $95,514.78 today.
posted by Naberius at 7:34 PM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]

The ending is worth the price of admission. Vincent Price is glorious! So is Elisha Cook, Jr.!
posted by TrishaU at 11:57 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]

I botched the availability

I believe it is public domain or at least is treated as such.
posted by Ashwagandha at 8:20 AM on January 6, 2022 [1 favorite]