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. The film marked the producing debut of Dark Castle Entertainment, a production company that went on to produce numerous other horror films, including additional remakes.
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. A fire erupts, killing the inmates and all but five of Vannacutt's staff.