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Free Flick of the Day: House on Haunted Hill

28 October 2009 6:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

There's only a few days left until Halloween, and your supply of DVDs might be running a little low. But SlashControl has a few classic horror films up to entertain you on these final, spooky nights, like the original House on Haunted Hill. If all you've ever seen is the 1999 remake, then you owe it to yourself to spend a night with some old school horror.

Modern viewers won't find Haunted Hill very scary, although I challenge you to watch the opening in the dark, alone, while wearing a pair of headphones. If you don't find the screams and moans a little unsettling in your isolated state, you have nerves of steel. I commend you!

But the fun of this classic isn't in its scares (which are few even for 1959 standards), it's all in Vincent Price's performance. The sadistic, spiky interaction between him and his beautiful wife Annabelle remains »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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Scenes We Love: The Others

19 October 2009 5:48 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

There's just not enough ghost movies made these days, and certainly not enough good ones. Few filmmakers opt for Gothic manors, fog, and squeaky doors over the flashy "ghost" splatter-fests on display in The House on Haunted Hill and the 13 Ghosts remakes. I'm not sure why more directors don't opt to play in the spirit world, as I think movies like The Changeling, Paranormal Activity, and even The Blair Witch Project show that audiences can be scared with very little. As Jaws famously proved, it's what you don't see that's frightening, especially when you're dealing with the world of the living and the dead.

I think Alejandro Amenabar's The Others is one of the finest "haunted house" movies ever made. I watched it again last night, and I'm surprised at how little actually happens in this movie. When I first saw it in the theater, it seemed to be a symphony of voices, »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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Alone in the Dark: The Vortex Theater’s Haunted House

11 October 2009 12:54 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Remember those good ol’ fashioned haunted house picture shows from the 1950’s such as William Castle’s original House On Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price? The characters go to this spooky old house, spend the night, hope to survive the alleged spectral inhabitants, and, all the while, help Price deal with his sorted marital affairs. Well the new Haunted House experience held at Manhattan’s own Vortex Theater is nothing like that at all. Rather, it’s a great deal more interesting.

The Vortex Theater, located at 164 Eleventh Avenue and known for its stage performances which have included Agamemnon, H.M.S. Pinafore, and Kiss Of The Spider Woman to name a few, has most recently put together its latest  event, titled with basic elegance, Haunted House, just in time for Halloween.

Headed by Producing Artistic Director Joshua Randall, as well as the people who brought the former thrill A Midsummer Nightmare to The Vortex Theater, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Compton)

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DVD Releases: Sept 15, 2009: Dark Shadows Grace a Deadgirl's Misery of Fear Itself

14 September 2009 11:42 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

A true bounty of goods await those who have a few extra dollars to spend on DVDs this week what with Grace, Deadgirl, and (can you believe it?) Phantasm II finally hitting the home market, An American Werewolf in London and Army of Darkness bowing on Blu-ray, and NBC's Fear Itself anthology series getting released in its entirety. And that's just the beginning!

Also up for grabs are "collections" from John Carpenter, Wes Craven, and Hannibal Lecter; F13 Parts VII and VIII; indie offerings Call Me a Psycho, No Through Road, and Pvc-1; and two Dark Shadows compilations along with twin-packs for Rest Stop, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remakes), Silo Killer, Lost Boys, The House on Haunted Hill (remakes), Lawnmower Man, It's Alive, and The Butterfly Effect.

It's like Christmas in September -- Happy shopping!

- Debi Moore

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Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 9/15/2009

12 September 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.

It's a stellar week for fright-fare in the home market, especially for those that prefer Blu-ray, with some pretty big titles hitting the format for the first time.

Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, September 15, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.

Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com An American Werewolf In London (Full Moon Edition, DVD & Bd)

Re-discover one of the most gripping horror films of all-time with the cult classic An American Werewolf in London. Blending the macabre with a wicked sense of humor, director John Landis (National Lampoon’s Animal House) delivers a contemporary take on the classic »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Vintage horror and genre historians on DVD

19 February 2009 9:46 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

• Horror/rockabilly personality Johnny Legend has three new DVDs coming out on his new Raunchy Tonk label. A 50th Anniversary Edition of House On Haunted Hill, a new disc of The Sadist and an update of his Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street all arrive next Tuesday, February 24.

House, the William Castle classic starring Vincent Price, has been newly restored in an anamorphic 1.66:1 transfer, accompanied by the following extras:

• Return to the House: featurette with Legend visiting Haunted Hill and exploring the film’s history • Profile of actress Carol Ohmart, with comments by Jack Hill (who directed Ohmart in Spider Baby) • Golden Age Price: The actor’s TV appearances on classic TV shows • Original theatrical trailers and TV spot • 25 minutes of further Castle and Price previews • Surprise William Castle TV spot

In the ahead-of-its-time 1963 shocker The Sadist, written and directed by James Landis, Arch Hall Jr. plays »

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