{"id":41179,"date":"2018-10-20T21:43:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T04:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41179"},"modified":"2021-02-06T00:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T07:45:12","slug":"house-on-haunted-hill-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41179","title":{"rendered":"House on Haunted Hill (1959)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Only the ghosts in this house are glad we&#8217;re here.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Poster-768x1164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Poster-676x1024.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn eccentric millionaire (Vincent Price) and his embittered wife (Carol Ohmart) invite five strangers &#8212; a secretary (Carolyn Craig), a pilot (Richard Long), a journalist (Julie Mitchum), a psychiatrist (Alan Marshal), and the owner of a haunted house (Elisha Cook, Jr.) &#8212; to spend the night in Cook&#8217;s house, promising them each $10,000 if they can last the night.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elisha Cook, Jr. Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Millionaires<\/li>\n<li>Old Dark House<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Price Films<\/li>\n<li>William Castle Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOne of gimmick-meister William Castle&#8217;s best-known and loved films was this Old Dark House flick (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0185371\/\">remade in 1999<\/a> and apparently in development as another remake), featuring Emergo &#8212; a skeleton &#8220;emerged&#8221; from the theater and descended upon audiences &#8212; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo-1536x897.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo-462x270.png 462w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Emergo.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and plenty of twists and turns to keep audiences screaming in fright. The storyline, centered around Price&#8217;s contentiously bitter arguments with fourth-wife Ohmart:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart-1536x884.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart-469x270.png 469w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price-Ohmart.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; keeps us guessing about who&#8217;s up to what, and it&#8217;s relatively easy to forgive some egregious lapses in logic (isn&#8217;t that what horror films are known for?). Price:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2-1024x601.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2-1024x601.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2-1536x902.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2-460x270.png 460w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Price2.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Ohmart:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3-1536x904.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3-459x270.png 459w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Ohmart3.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Cook, Jr.:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook-1024x603.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook-1024x603.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook-1536x905.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook-458x270.png 458w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cook.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; are especially well cast, and the other actors acquit themselves nicely. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain-1536x904.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain-459x270.png 459w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Bargain.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography-1024x599.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography-1536x899.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography-461x270.png 461w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2-1024x607.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2-1536x910.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Cinematography2.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A number of effectively spooky moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy-1024x597.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy-1536x895.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy-463x270.png 463w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2-1536x898.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2-462x270.png 462w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/House-on-Haunted-Hill-Creepy2.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical importance as a film that inspired Hitchcock and was beloved by audiences of the day. Listed as a Cult Movie and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051744\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1959\/03\/12\/archives\/screen-new-double-bill-legion-of-doomed-and-haunted-house-here.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/house-on-haunted-hill-1959.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/?s=house+on+haunted+hill\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/78581\/house-on-haunted-hill#articles-reviews?articleId=82830\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Only the ghosts in this house are glad we&#8217;re here.&#8221; Synopsis: An eccentric millionaire (Vincent Price) and his embittered wife (Carol Ohmart) invite five strangers &#8212; a secretary (Carolyn Craig), a pilot (Richard Long), a journalist (Julie Mitchum), a psychiatrist (Alan Marshal), and the owner of a haunted house (Elisha Cook, Jr.) &#8212; to spend the night in Cook&#8217;s house, promising them each $10,000 if they can last the night. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Elisha Cook, Jr. Films Horror&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41179\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41179"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69172,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41179\/revisions\/69172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}