House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by William Malone and starring Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Bridgette Wilson, Peter Gallagher, and Chris Kattan. The plot follows a group of strangers who are invited to a party at an abandoned insane asylum, where they are offered $1 million each by an amusement park mogul if they are able to survive the night. Produced by Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver, it is a remake of the 1959 film of the same title directed by William Castle, and features special effects by famed make-up artists Gregory Nicotero and Dick Smith.
Plot
In 1931, the patients at the Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane revolt against the staff headed by the sadistic Dr. Richard B. Vannacutt. The patients start a fire which engulfs the building, killing all of the inmates and all but five of Vannacutt’s staff.
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| author | Dick Beebe Robb White |
|---|---|
| director | William Malone |
| editor | Anthony Adler |
| events | afterlife haunted house patient abuse revenge treatment of mental disorders |
| genre | horror |
| keywords | adopt amusement park baseball player birthday party black and white build bulletproof vest criminally insane drown electroconvulsive therapy electroshock therapy explore kill lock mass killing morning move mutilate post-credits scene prize money schizophrenia schizophrenic security system severed head torture trail of blood walk zoetrope |
| musicBy | Don Davis |
| producer | Gilbert Adler Joel Silver Robert Zemeckis Terry A. Castle |
| productionCompany | Dark Castle Entertainment |
| publisher | J&M Entertainment Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles |
| theme | ghost |