Return to House on Haunted Hill

very nice movie

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Direct to video sequel (to the 1999 Geoffrey Rush film) isn't bad for the early going as a journalist is forced to go back to said house in order to help the art thieves who killed her sister (a survivor of the original film) find a demonic statue thats also being sought by a professor of ancient art. The early going before they get to the house is interesting because its not clear how or why they are going back to the house. Once there the film degenerates somewhat into cliché territory as everyone separates to find the hidden statue and are done in by the ghosts. Logic and reason go out the window in favor of gore effects. Not the bad film you would think it should be, it instead is a slightly less than okay film because the second half of the film is confused and clichéd. Worth a look if you like horror films but wait for Cable.

There was a time when me and my friends used to drink heavily and dance like crazy people. When the club shut we ran back to our roleplaying club and improvised different scenarios, many which contained horror, sex and gunplay, very similar to Return to the house on haunted hill. When six drunks can come up with a story in fifteen minutes ten times better than this one, one might just ask: How in the hell could this be made? Story: An idol of Baphomet (which in actuality is a bad figurine resembling Cthulhu) is placed in a basement of a mental hospital, for some reason. Pornstar lookalikes and former wrestlers go to this place to retrieve this idol and gets killed in violent ways featuring such killings as a brain being ripped out of a mans skull and a woman having her head gooifyed by a flying refrigerator. Marvelous. It also features the classic horror movie muppets such as the-stop and-run women with long hair and wet feet seen in ALL Asian horror movies, the eyeless monster (an Ittenbach favourite) and a few * actresses in minimal nurse outfits and a lot of mascara. Plot holes: Why would the house be left unattended by the authorities from what happened in the first film? Why did all the ghosts try to stop the heroes from getting the idol when the house wanted to present the statue to the world and spread its evil ways? Why didn't the statue have any impact on the world before it ended up in the hospital. Why do the ghosts wait to attack the heroes until the movie has the right mood for violence and horror? Why is the electricity on? How could the hospital be rid of the haunting by throwing the idol in to a sewer? And why does this heavy figurine, which seems to weigh at least 3 - 5 kilos, float like it was made out of plastic? How is this connected in any way to the first movie. What happened to that computer animated blackness in the first film and why does the hospital look different in it's architecture (on the inside)? Rating: There is no humour, no self irony; everything is dead serious in every scene. The scenes when people walk alone in dark hallways they feel the need to have stupid monolouges like: "Hm, this hallway is to dark and spooky. I'll better enter anyway. Hm, who is breathing down my neck? Ah well, I better press forward so the ghost can kill me in a lit up room further down?" This could have been fun to watch like Ittenbachs movies but instead it renders the viewer the feeling of unispiration just like Boll's House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark or the horrible travesti Day of the Dead 2 - Contagium. And the most fun part was when I predicted the ending, although this scene comes after the end credits. Apart from inventive killings and horrible over the top violence most scenes have already been made. To real movie buffs it's fun though, that the acacdemic investigator is called Hammer and the name Price is mentioned, this can be hommages to Hammer Horrors from 1960's and 1970's produced in The United Kingdom and these often featured actor Vincent Price. In all, this is a dull session with few or barely anything new material at all.

I saw Return to House on Haunted Hill on sale the other day and figured to just check it out. For 8 bucks, what did I have to loose? I watched the film last night and over all, I'd say it wasn't too bad, I've seen a thousand times worse. The only major complaint, was the lesbian sex scene really necessary? Like, what did that have to do with the story at all? It's not like it was even realistic, it was some sick director's fantasy, because they are drop dead gorgeous girls who are moving like a porno film, it was just ridicules. The effects were actually kinda cool though, like the scene where the guy was torn apart by the ghosts was visually very cool to look at. The CGI is a little much, but to be honest, I'm at that point where I'm giving up and just accepting it, so I'm going to let go the over the top stuff go, but it's a cool horror story. Ariel's sister just supposedly killed herself and has a secret about the haunted hill house, there is a statue in there that is worth millions. Leading us to the "bad guys" who are in it for the money and are using Ariel and her boyfriend to the house to get it. But they meet a professor and his student who are also after the statue, leading like Indiana Jones, and claims the statue should be in a museum. But understandably Ariel just wants to get out of there, but the house won't let her. Return to House on Haunted Hill is not too bad, really. I'd say there is a good amount of scares and the story is decent enough, it's not your typical bad bad sequel that I expected. Would I recommend it to anyone? Not too many people, I think you'll have to see yourself, and be in a good mood to see a horror movie. Otherwise if you take the time to watch this, don't take it too seriously, because you are going to hate it. Gotta love the boy fantasy of having three women together naked and moving like a porno movie. 4/10

I never saw the version before so thats not taken in consideration. This film was alright, actors weren't outstanding but horrible. The graphics and the story line were pretty good imo. But this is supposed to be a horror film? There were many scenes in this film they could have made A LOT scarier. I see a lot of horror films and I don't think the saw movies are scary at all, now this film, was even less scary then any of the saw movies. So if you want to see this movie for the kick of scary moments and the thrill of watching, don't watch it. I don't even know why I watched it until the end, I guess its not that bad to watch. Oh, and what I really got sick of, is the RIPPED OFF Starcraft sound effects. I know they are excellent but to steal them is really stupid and annoying. Anyhow, started with the idea the movie was alright, but at the end of my review I feel like this was a terrible movie. I wouldn't recommend this movie personally but if you are bored and scared easily this film would be good to kill the time. Cheers

Boy, oh boy! It's like Hollywood doesn't even want us to go see movies anymore. This is a perfect example on how to completely ruin any chance on a cool series. The special effects were OK, but even low budget movies are approaching this level now...enough with the cheesy computer effects!! The quality of the fx were even lower in this than in the first movie. A scary nurse with only white, black, and grey makeup on? Woooooo!!! Super scary boys and girls!! And how the commando guy was quartered? I never knew a person EXPLODED when their limbs were torn off!!!!!! The tight camera shots and the spastic shaking (which i am most tired of seeing in movies) in most action scenes just go to show how little they spent on the sets, except for spider webs, was there some kind of crazy sale at the f/x store? The actors had the amazing ability to keep a strait face in uttering some of the worst dialogue i may have ever heard this side of an ED Wood movie. It is possible that the script was penned by the children of the studio execs, that would certainly clear a lot up. The actors also seem to have been told to show a complete lack of emotion during filming. I can understand fresh faces and all, but the acting in this was absolutely awful, no redeeming quality. Most situations in the movie are completely absurd, make no sense what so ever, and leave you wondering exactly who this is targeted at. This was filmed poorly, acted poorly, financed poorly, written poorly...you get the idea. Stay away from this. I watch bad horror for fun, lots of them. Want to see good/bad? See Santa's Slay, thats good, this is just horrid. It makes you wonder how Hollywood can complain that we movie goers don't see enough movies. When crappy movies like this keep getting pumped out by the dozen, lowering our IQ's by double digits, it's easy to see why Hollywood is imploding on itself. Note to Hollywood: Stop making these movies, save your money...a lot of it. Now hire some real script writers, don't let ANYONE revise the scripts! Make some really nice, large sets. Invest in some quality actors, but do they really need to make 20mill a film??? Some countries don't even have this kind of money! If they balk at a pay reduction...fire them. I'm sure they will be fine. Find camera people without nervous disorders. And remember, athletes, wrestlers, musicians, and friends of the family are NOT actors!!

Who actually thinks of such dire story lines.......the story is probably the worst idea I've ever heard of in my life.....a professor looking for an artifact and another group of evil guys and gals also in search of this artifact......and the secret to its location is in some bimbos diary who got murdered by the evil guys....ohh how spooky....and then the evil guys kidnapped the bimbos sister and take her to the location of the artifact.... which is in a psychiatric hospital that resembles a tower out of the lord of the rings on the edge of a 100000 foot cliff....gaspp!!! then they all get attacked by ghosts......and locked in the hospital......by this time i almost soiled myself.....don't worry they have technology on there side they have the alien 2 radars that can spot ghosts....lucky for them....oh and also hand guns....quite useful in killing ghosts..... turns out the artifact is whats making the hospital possessed (origional huh).....and u guessed it....the have to get rid of it....by flushing it down a loo......the end trust me my description is far more exciting than the film!!!! so my advice is watch this if u are a bit stupid and like really dumb story lines bad acting and a few sex scene's thrown in (especialy if u like women getting off with lesbian ghosts haha) the film industry these days is so bad i feel like giving up movies forever!!

First I have to say that I am not that crazy about horror movies, especially when there is a lot of "blood-splattering" around. However, I did enjoy the old movies of "The house on haunted hill". In black/white, but my, oh my..... they kept me on the edge of my seat. And now I have seen this movie.... I had more problems in keeping awake, then getting into the movie. How boring, uninspired and most of all: Predictable. The effect were more humorous than scary. The acting was more scary.... meaning that it was very bad. Just some actors plucked from some dumb cheap sitcom, instead of characters. Well - to cut a long story short: This movies can be flushed into the loo....