House on Haunted Hill
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Original film poster by Reynold Brown
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| Directed by | William Castle |
| Produced by | William Castle Robb White |
| Written by | Robb White |
| Starring |
Vincent Price Carol Ohmart Elisha Cook Carolyn Craig Alan Marshal Julie Mitchum Richard Long |
| Music by | Richard Kayne Richard Loring Von Dexter |
| Cinematography | Carl E. Guthrie |
| Edited by | Roy V. Livingston |
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| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
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Release date
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February 17, 1959 |
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Running time
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $1.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) |
House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American horror film directed by William Castle. The film was written by Robb White and stars Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart as eccentric millionaires Frederick Loren and Annabelle Loren, who have invited five people to the house for a "haunted house" party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn $10,000. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors.
Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) invites five people to a party he is throwing for his fourth wife, Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), in an allegedly haunted house he has rented, promising to give them each $10,000 with the stipulation that they must stay the entire night in the house after the doors are locked at midnight. The five guests are test pilot Lance Schroeder (Richard Long); newspaper columnist Ruth Bridges (Julie Mitchum); psychiatrist Dr. David Trent (Alan Marshal), who specializes in hysteria; Nora Manning (Carolyn Craig), who works for one of Loren's companies; and the house's owner Watson Pritchard (Elisha Cook). Pritchard disapproves of Loren's use of the house for his "party," making it unclear how Loren acquired access to the house in the first place.
Arriving late at night in separate funeral cars with a hearse leading the procession, Loren's guests are told the rules of the party, and each is given a .38 ACP caliber pistol for protection. Forced to attend the party, Loren's wife tries to warn the guests that her husband is psychotic, causing them to be very suspicious of him. Nora becomes convinced that he's trying to kill her when she keeps seeing frightening ghosts, including the ghost of Annabelle, who had apparently hanged herself some time during the night.
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