House on Haunted Hill is one of the new breed of waste-no-time thrill machines, like Deep Blue Sea, and a particularly effective example at that. The plot is pure contrivance: For a party stunt, a wealthy amusement-park manufacturer (Geoffrey Rush) offers five people a million dollars if they spend the night in a former insane asylum where the patients murdered the sadistic staff. But it turns out the five people who arrive aren't the five he invited--did his wife (Famke Janssen), who hates him, make the switch? From there events unfold with a smart combination of human and supernatural machinations; spooky jolts are dispensed at regular, but not entirely predictable, intervals. The visual effects owe a considerable debt to Jacob's Ladder, a much more ambitious movie; House on Haunted Hill just wants to get under your skin, and succeeds more than you'd expect. Rush is his entertainingly hammy self; Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Bridgette Wilson are attractive and reasonably straight-faced about it all; and Chris Kattan is genuinely funny as the house's neurotic owner. Some elements of the plot seem to have been lost in the editing process, but it hardly matters. More bothersome is that the scares go flat when computer effects take over at the end--the digital images just aren't as creepy as the more suggestive stuff that came before. But that's just the very end; most of the movie has a lot of momentum. Watch until the end of the credits for a final bit of eeriness. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
Four bodies are found in New York City and they all died 48 hours after logging on to a site named fear.com....
Thirteen of the most acclaimed directors of horror and suspense have gathered from around the worldto tell their darkest dreams in their own distinctive styles. Each film is a stand-alone exercise in terror made by the creative talent behind some of the most horrifying and groundbreaking cinema of all time... They share a mission: To send a chill up your spine. They are the Masters of Horror This Second Volume of Series 1 contains the final 6 films together with more than 16 hours of Special Features. Film List: Dario Argento - Jenifer Tobe Hooper - Dance Of The Dead Takashi Miike - Imprint Larry Cohen - Pick Me Up William Malone - Fair Haired Child John McNaughton - Haeckel's Tale
House On Haunted Hill:One night in the house one million bucks no questions asked. But there is a catch for anyone who accepts the offer. Murder is a way of life at the House On Haunted Hill a jolting effects-ramped remake of the 1959 cult classic that starred Vincent Price and was directed by screen horror legend William Castle. Geoffrey Rush plays twisted theme park bigshot Steven Price who's hosting a scary birthday bash for his wife (Famke Janssen) at an abandoned institute for the criminally insane. Taye Diggs Ali Larter Bridgette Wilson Peter Gallagher and Chris Kattan portray strangers mysteriously assembled for the event that could make them all very rich. Or profoundly dead. And you? We won't start the party without you. Return To House On Haunted Hill: Sarah Wolfe was the only living survivor from the massacre at the Vanacutt Mansion but no one believed her claims that ghosts were responsible for the gruesome murders that took place there. Now her recent and questionable suicide leaves her sister Ariel no choice but to devote herself to finding out who - or what - was responsible for her death. Ariel discovers that Sarah sent her the diary of the sadistic Dr. Vanacutt just before she died offering clues to the diabolical evil that resides within the house. But the diary also makes Ariel a target in a deadly treasure hunt that leads a group of unwitting victims back to the Vanacutt Mansion reawakening the terror imprisoned within the house on the hill. This time the house and the evil spirits inside are out to make sure that no one leaves alive.
Parasomnia
House on Haunted Hill is one of the new breed of waste-no-time thrill machines, like Deep Blue Sea, and a particularly effective example at that. The plot is pure contrivance: For a party stunt, a wealthy amusement-park manufacturer (Geoffrey Rush) offers five people a million dollars if they spend the night in a former insane asylum where the patients murdered the sadistic staff. But it turns out the five people who arrive aren't the five he invited--did his wife (Famke Janssen), who hates him, make the switch? From there events unfold with a smart combination of human and supernatural machinations; spooky jolts are dispensed at regular, but not entirely predictable, intervals. The visual effects owe a considerable debt to Jacob's Ladder, a much more ambitious movie; House on Haunted Hill just wants to get under your skin, and succeeds more than you'd expect. Rush is his entertainingly hammy self; Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Bridgette Wilson are attractive and reasonably straight-faced about it all; and Chris Kattan is genuinely funny as the house's neurotic owner. Some elements of the plot seem to have been lost in the editing process, but it hardly matters. More bothersome is that the scares go flat when computer effects take over at the end--the digital images just aren't as creepy as the more suggestive stuff that came before. But that's just the very end; most of the movie has a lot of momentum. Watch until the end of the credits for a final bit of eeriness. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
An ex-cop now working as a hack novelist is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of an unstoppable synthesized genetic organism! Can he and his ex-partner stop the creature before it spawns to create a human holocaust?
The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane.
House on Haunted Hill is one of the new breed of waste-no-time thrill machines, like Deep Blue Sea, and a particularly effective example at that. The plot is pure contrivance: For a party stunt, a wealthy amusement-park manufacturer (Geoffrey Rush) offers five people a million dollars if they spend the night in a former insane asylum where the patients murdered the sadistic staff. But it turns out the five people who arrive aren't the five he invited--did his wife (Famke Janssen), who hates him, make the switch? From there events unfold with a smart combination of human and supernatural machinations; spooky jolts are dispensed at regular, but not entirely predictable, intervals. The visual effects owe a considerable debt to Jacob's Ladder, a much more ambitious movie; House on Haunted Hill just wants to get under your skin, and succeeds more than you'd expect. Rush is his entertainingly hammy self; Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Bridgette Wilson are attractive and reasonably straight-faced about it all; and Chris Kattan is genuinely funny as the house's neurotic owner. Some elements of the plot seem to have been lost in the editing process, but it hardly matters. More bothersome is that the scares go flat when computer effects take over at the end--the digital images just aren't as creepy as the more suggestive stuff that came before. But that's just the very end; most of the movie has a lot of momentum. Watch until the end of the credits for a final bit of eeriness. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
Available for the first time on DVD! The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane who has a new science lab full of creatures transformed by genetic mutation...
A crew of scientists arrives on a far cold planet to examine archaic artefacts of unknown origin. They discover that the German enemies have already a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing they only find the German's bodies obviously slaughtered by one of the archaic creatures awoken to new life. Now the alien is after them.
Titles Comprise: The Lost Boys: Sam and his older brother Michael are all-American teens with all-American interests. But after they move with their mother to peaceful Santa Carla California things mysteriously begin to change. Michael's not himself lately. And mom's not going to like what he's turning into. Ghost Ship: In a remote region of the Bering Sea a boat salvage crew discovers the eerie remains of a grand passenger liner thought lost for more than 40 years. Once onboard the crew must confront the ship's horrific past and face the ultimate fight for their lives. Constantine: Supernatural detective John Constantine (Reeves) has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson (Weisz) to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles... House on Haunted Hill: One night in the house one million bucks no questions asked. But there is a catch for anyone who accepts the offer. Murder is a way of life at the House On Haunted Hill a jolting effects-ramped remake of the 1959 cult classic that starred Vincent Price and was directed by screen horror legend William Castle. Geoffrey Rush plays twisted theme park bigshot Steven Price who's hosting a scary birthday bash for his wife (Famke Janssen) at an abandoned institute for the criminally insane. Taye Diggs Ali Larter Bridgette Wilson Peter Gallagher and Chris Kattan portray strangers mysteriously assembled for the event that could make them all very rich. Or profoundly dead. And you? We won't start the party without you. House of Wax: What begins as a weekend getaway for six friends becomes a terrifying fight for their lives in House Of Wax an exciting re-imagining of the 1953 horror classic from Dark Castle Entertainment and producers Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis. A road trip to one of the biggest college football games of the year takes a turn for the worse for Carly Paige and their friends when they decide to camp out for the night before heading to the game. A confrontation with a mysterious trucker at the camp site leaves everyone unsettled and Carly has her hands full trying to keep the peace between her boyfriend Wade and her hot-headed brother Nick. They wake up the next morning to find that their car might have been deliberately tampered with. At the risk of being stranded they accept a local's invitation for a ride into Ambrose the only town for miles. Once there they are drawn to Ambrose's main attraction - Trudy's House of Wax which is filled with remarkably life-like wax sculptures. But as they soon discover there is a shocking reason the exhibits look so real. As the friends uncover the town's dark secrets they are stalked by a mysterious killer and find themselves in a bloody battle for survival. The group must find a way out of Ambrose - or become permanent additions to the House Of Wax.
Body Melt: Injected with an experimental drug the research chemist Ryan leaves a mysterious rural health farm and drives to the outer city suburb of Homesville. As Ryan's body starts to deteriorate and his driving becomes more erratic a cruising police car starts to chase him. Charging towards a group of houses in Pebble Court Ryan leaves a cryptic message on his dicataphone: 'The first phase is hallucination. The second phase is glandular. The third phase is...' Before he can finish the sentence he crashes into a parked car and dies. The cops and various residents approach the wreck but do not see the bizarre tentacles that crawl out of the dead man's neck. As investigations start strange things begin happening to the residents of Homesville... Scared To Death: An ex-cop now working as a hack novelist is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of an unstoppable synthesized genetic organism! Can he and his ex-partner stop the creature before it spawns to create a human holocaust?
Two rival astronaut crews race to claim Saturn's largest moon Titan. During their quest they are attacked by a nightmarish slimy brain-sucking alien monster which sets out to destroy humans in the most vile and horrific way!
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