Sadly, the violence pretty much ends there for a while as we move forward to вЂnowвЂ™ and meet our new cast, lead gloriously by the superb Geoffrey Rush as theme park owner Stephen Price. In fact, the deaths in this opening scene are almost blink and youвЂ™ll miss them which, understandably and cleverly, leaves the viewer wanting more. To me, this shows a director completely in control of what he is doing, and he does not feel the need to force feed his audience. What I respect here, and all the way through the film, is Malone is not a director to ponder over scenes, show too much or have things linger too long on screen. As expected, the patients attack the doctors in a brilliant and rather sick scene of violence and mayhem. The incredibly loud organs, the jittery images like eyes moving, a spiderвЂ™s legs which move just the once and other bizarre photos moving about the screen, it all makes the film feel like a huge event, itвЂ™s theatrics, plain and simple! As if Malone hadnвЂ™t made his intentions clear, he follows the wonderful credits with a scene looking back at what happened in the Asylum on Haunted Hill. The theatrical like opening credits pretty much tell you that this film WILL be over the top and will be doing everything it can to scare you. But Haunted Hill will always be his best, and I will admit that this is one of my вЂcomfortвЂ™ horrors that I like to put on every now and again so I can experience some horror without having to put in any effort. There is no doubting MaloneвЂ™s skills, and he went on to direct the incredibly average FearDotCom and the impressive and sadly overlooked Parasomnia after this.

House on Haunted Hill, for me, is a fun horror with enjoyable characters, impressive sets, wonderful designs and sound effects and a good idea of what itвЂ™s audience wants. Yes, itвЂ™s a bit cheesey and very commercially designed, but the fun director William Malone gets out of doing his absolute best to scare you shitless is too much to ignore. I think my main reason for liking House on Haunted Hill so much is itвЂ™s sense of fun. On numerous occasions I have mentioned to people my love of the House on Haunted Hill remake, and the general reaction I get just goes to prove my point that this film should not be anywhere near anyoneвЂ™s list of favourite horrors, but here it is, on my list would you believe it, and I like to think of myself as having good taste! So please, before this puts you off trusting me ever again, or ruins my credibility, remember that The Exorcist is my favourite horror of all time!

Guilty Pleasures then, the films we know as serious horror fans we simply should not like. I feel like this is one of the better horror remakes out there.Starring: Ali Larter, Famke Janssen, Geoffrey Rush, James Marsters, Taye Diggs

And another one was the scene where Sara is following 'Eddie' & 'he' jumps into the vat of blood, I knew that wasn't him but it was still a very eerie scene. That scene was really effective, especially the eerie sounds during that scene in the film. Vannacutt and the nurses on the camcorder & they're operating on the patient, then, they all stop & turn towards her. Who were your favorite characters? And what scenes, if any really creeped you out? Two scenes that used to creep me out back in the day, one was the scene where Miss Marr sees Dr. What did you think of this horror remake? How do you compare it to the original? And I've always loved Manson's version of Sweet Dreams. I mean, Geoffrey Rush, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Debi Mazar, Chris Kattan, Famke Janssen, Bridgette Wilson, Lisa Loeb, James Marsters & Peter Gallagher. I've always loved this remake, really creepy atmosphere, very creepy scenes & some pretty crazy death scenes as well.

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