The House on Haunted Hill(1999)-20th Anniversary - Blu-ray Forum

DustnBones001 · 06-21-2019, 01:04 AM

I can't believe this underrated gem is turning 20 this year. I still remember when I duped my mom into letting me rent this at my local blockbuster back in the day. Lol I believe it's the first time I ever duped her into letting me rent a r rated film lol.

Everything about this film is a treat. From the production design to the casting. All top notch. Not to mention a ****ing smoking hot Famke Jensen.

It's a shame it's not more appreciated in the horror genre.

Anyone else enjoy this underrated gem????

oilers73 · 06-21-2019, 01:19 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HA1Y5m2pY

I can't believe this underrated gem is turning 20 this year. I still remember when I duped my mom into letting me rent this at my local blockbuster back in the day. Lol I believe it's the first time I ever duped her into letting me rent a r rated film lol.

Everything about this film is a treat. From the production design to the casting. All top notch. Not to mention a ****ing smoking hot Famke Jensen.

It's a shame it's not more appreciated in the horror genre.

Anyone else enjoy this underrated gem????

Absolutely! I'm a big fan of mood and atmosphere, and this film is certainly moody and atmospheric. It's got some issues (one casting decision was very unfortunate), but overall it is a terrific haunted house movie. I'm glad I saw it on the big screen when it was released.

DustnBones001 · 06-21-2019, 01:26 AM

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Absolutely! I'm a big fan of mood and atmosphere, and this film is certainly moody and atmospheric. It's got some issues (one casting decision was very unfortunate), but overall it is a terrific haunted house movie. I'm glad I saw it on the big screen when it was released.

I would of loved to have seen this on the big screen. I really hope it gets a re-relesed on the big screen for the 20th anniversary.

Michael24 · 06-21-2019, 01:47 AM

This was a lot better than I expected when I finally saw it about five years ago. I thought it kind of went off the rails in the third act (I recall a really bad CGI ghost monster of some kind), but up until then I was really digging the atmosphere and thought the cast was pretty good. Geoffrey Rush even resembled Vincent Price at times.

buck135 · 06-21-2019, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by oilers73

one casting decision was very unfortunate

Who? I thought the cast was overall very good.

oilers73 · 06-21-2019, 02:58 AM

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Who? I thought the cast was overall very good.

Since this thread is a celebration of the film, I'm not going to say. In all fairness, this person was less horrible in this than the other projects I saw them in.

@Michael24 the "ghost monster" you referred to, while not great, was not created by CGI. The CGI in this movie is very minimal, according to interviews with the effects team in FANGORIA.

buck135 · 06-21-2019, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by oilers73

Since this thread is a celebration of the film, I'm not going to say. In all fairness, this person was less horrible in this than the other projects I saw them in.

Fair enough.

DustnBones001 · 06-21-2019, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by oilers73

Since this thread is a celebration of the film, I'm not going to say. In all fairness, this person was less horrible in this than the other projects I saw them in.

@Michael24 the "ghost monster" you referred to, while not great, was not created by CGI. The CGI in this movie is very minimal, according to interviews with the effects team in FANGORIA.

I don't think it would shit on the celebration of the film to say but fair enough. But I am curious so could you pm me on who this is?

Kirk Out · 06-21-2019, 03:13 AM

Damn thought this was coming to 4k when i seen the thread

always watch this if its on tv

DustnBones001 · 06-21-2019, 04:04 AM

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Damn thought this was coming to 4k when i seen the thread

always watch this if its on tv

Maybe with the 20th anniversary coming up a 4k release might happen? Crossing fingers.

DustnBones001 · 06-21-2019, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by oilers73

Since this thread is a celebration of the film, I'm not going to say. In all fairness, this person was less horrible in this than the other projects I saw them in.

@Michael24 the "ghost monster" you referred to, while not great, was not created by CGI. The CGI in this movie is very minimal, according to interviews with the effects team in FANGORIA.

Do you have a link to that interview? I would love to read it. There's not much out there on this film sadly.

levcore · 06-21-2019, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by oilers73

Since this thread is a celebration of the film, I'm not going to say. In all fairness, this person was less horrible in this than the other projects I saw them in.

@Michael24 the "ghost monster" you referred to, while not great, was not created by CGI. The CGI in this movie is very minimal, according to interviews with the effects team in FANGORIA.

Computers were definitely used in the creation of the ghost at the end of the movie. How else do you think all of those images are composited together.

BigPudge · 06-21-2019, 05:32 AM

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Since this thread is a celebration of the film, I'm not going to say. In all fairness, this person was less horrible in this than the other projects I saw them in.

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I'd be surprised if it was anyone other than Chris Kattan!

The movie has always been one of my favorite horror flicks. It has one of my favorite uses of a song in a movie (Marilyn Manson's Sweet Dreams was perfectly used in this movie) and i actually just bought the score to this last year as iy has always been one of my favorites.

Hopefully the new Shout! Special edition blu ray drops in price soon

Eschenpod · 06-21-2019, 05:36 AM

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I'd be surprised if it was anyone other than Chris Kattan!

Hope it's not Ali "Whipped Cream" Larter.

Alister_M · 06-21-2019, 05:56 AM

The CGI ghost monster is actually pretty cool when you look at it closely and realize it's constructed entirely from naked female bodies

SeanJoyce · 06-21-2019, 06:42 AM

recS-12 · 06-21-2019, 06:59 AM

Never seen this. Gonna have to give it a shot after reading all the love.

darkness2918 · 06-21-2019, 07:00 AM

Ive always liked this one ever since I first saw it.

oilers73 · 06-21-2019, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by levcore

Computers were definitely used in the creation of the ghost at the end of the movie. How else do you think all of those images are composited together.

There was image composition long before visual effects teams were using computers. According to an interview with director William Malone, the tentacular morphing mass of ghosts featured at the film's climax was designed by KNB Effects, and was inspired by the visuals of H.P. Lovecraft's novels, as well as resembling the Rorschach inkblots used in psychiatry. According to Malone, much of the visual elements were actually not computer-generated, and were actually made up of footage shot by the production crew, which was grafted together to form the mass. (Info taken from a link on the Wikipedia page for this movie.)

Someone mentioned I must have hated Chris Kattan. Nah, he was great.

BladeRunner2007 · 06-21-2019, 08:11 AM

Always loved this remake.

06-21-2019, 01:47 AM	#4
Michael24 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:California 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:552 DVD collection:164 Trading Score:2	This was a lot better than I expected when I finally saw it about five years ago. I thought it kind of went off the rails in the third act (I recall a really bad CGI ghost monster of some kind), but up until then I was really digging the atmosphere and thought the cast was pretty good. Geoffrey Rush even resembled Vincent Price at times.

06-21-2019, 03:13 AM	#9
Kirk Out Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2008 Location:Bay Area Oakland , Ca Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:-	Damn thought this was coming to 4k when i seen the thread always watch this if its on tv

06-21-2019, 05:56 AM	#15
Alister_M Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Feb 2016 4K collection:352 Blu-ray collection:1923 DVD collection:21 Blu-ray reviews:15 Trading Score:5	The CGI ghost monster is actually pretty cool when you look at it closely and realize it's constructed entirely from naked female bodies

06-21-2019, 06:42 AM	#16
SeanJoyce Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2014

06-21-2019, 06:59 AM	#17
recS-12 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Tucson, Az USA 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:1373 DVD collection:257 MA collection:286 Digital collection:175 iTunes collection:269 Trading Score:75	Never seen this. Gonna have to give it a shot after reading all the love.

06-21-2019, 07:00 AM	#18
darkness2918 Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Sep 2014 Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:231 Blu-ray collection:2045 DVD collection:493 Trading Score:157	Ive always liked this one ever since I first saw it.

06-21-2019, 08:11 AM	#20
BladeRunner2007 Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Germany 4K collection:58 Blu-ray collection:1031 Blu-ray reviews:3	Always loved this remake.

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