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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)


the same title directed by William Castle, and features special effects by famed make-up artists Gregory Nicotero and Dick Smith. "House on Haunted Hill" marked the producing debut of Dark Castle Entertainment, a production company that went on to produce numerous other horror films, including additional remakes. "House on Haunted Hill" premiered on Halloween weekend in 1999. In the tradition of William Castle's theater gimmicks, Warner Bros. supplied promotional scratchcards to cinemas showing the film, offering ticket buyers a chance to win a money prize
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"Campy and creepy in equal measures, "House on Haunted Hill" deserves its status as a horror classic." The film was remade as the 1999 film "House on Haunted Hill", which had a 2007 sequel titled "Return to House on Haunted Hill". The 1999 film was released to middling reviews but was a box office success, while the 2007 sequel was direct-to-video and widely panned. In 2017, another remake is in development and a prequel to the original film, which the
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simply titled "House on Haunted Hill". The film is perhaps best known for a promotional gimmick used in the film's original theatrical release called "Emergo." In some theaters that showed the film, exhibitors rigged an elaborate pulley system near the theater screen which allowed a plastic skeleton to be flown over the audience during a corresponding scene late in the film. (Several modern repertory cinemas including the Film Forum and Loew's Jersey Theatre have hosted revival screenings of the film during which the "Emergo" gimmick has been
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Return to House on Haunted Hill


Return to House on Haunted Hill is a 2007 direct-to-DVD horror film and the sequel to the 1999 film "House on Haunted Hill". Directed by Víctor García and written by William Masa, the film stars Amanda Righetti, Tom Riley, Cerina Vincent and Erik Palladino. The film follows Ariel Wolfe - younger sister of Sara Wolfe, a character from the previous film - being forced by a group of people to search for a mysterious idol hidden inside an abandoned and haunted psychiatric asylum. Ariel Wolfe (Amanda
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The House at Haunted Hill


The House at Haunted Hill is a high-tech haunted attraction at a home in Woodland Hills, California. The attraction, technically a yard haunt, showcases a mixture of age-old tricks such as Pepper's ghost, and advanced special effects and multi-channel audio. The show began as a simple yard display of tombstones and a few yard lights. Beginning in 2001, effects similar to The Disney Haunted Mansion appeared in the display along with many Haunted Mansion soundtrack elements. As the attraction proved popular, the show
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Víctor García (Spanish director)


to direct "scream queen" actress Dominique Swain in a horror film tentatively titled "Slaughter." However, the film never went forward. Within a month, García was hired by After Dark Films to make his feature film directorial debut helming "Return to House on Haunted Hill" (a sequel to the 1999 remake of "House on Haunted Hill"). "Return to House on Haunted Hill" was a straight-to-DVD release, after which García directed several short webisodes for Sam Raimi’s Ghost House
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Haunted attraction (simulated)


FM transmitter so people can park their car, locate a low-frequency radio station and watch the show without it disturbing the neighbors. An example of this type attraction is The House at Haunted Hill in Woodland Hills, California. A ghost run is a haunted event that takes place in a person's car. When a customer purchases a ticket for a ghost run, he or she is given various clues as to where different haunted attractions are. This haunted scavenger hunt usually includes a few local haunted attractions and other free
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)


House on Haunted Hill is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by William Malone and starring Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Chris Kattan, Bridgette Wilson, Peter Gallagher, and Jeffrey Combs. The plot follows a group of strangers who are invited to a party at an abandoned insane asylum, where they are offered $1 million each by an amusement park mogul if they are able to survive the night. Produced by Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver, it is a remake of the 1959 film of
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House on Haunted Hill


House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American horror film directed by William Castle. The film was written by Robb White and stars Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart. Price plays an eccentric millionaire, Frederick Loren, who, along with his wife Annabelle, has invited five people to the house for a "haunted house" party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn $10,000. As the night progresses, the guests are trapped within the house with an assortment of terrors. The film is in the public domain
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much like William Castle had done. They had considered releasing the remake "Thirteen Ghosts" in 3-D with special glasses similar to the ones used by the characters in the film. These plans were scrapped and "House on Haunted Hill" remains the only film released with a special marketing gimmick. "House on Haunted Hill" premiered in Los Angeles on October 27, 1999, at the Mann Village Theater. Stars Famke Janssen, Chris Kattan, Ali Larter and Bridgette Wilson were in attendance with director William Malone, as well
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Return to House on Haunted Hill


group splits up to search for the idol. Desmond's henchmen are killed by the inmate ghosts, having visions of the patients there suffering the same deaths as them. A ghost shows Ariel the depravity the inmates suffered under Dr. Vannacutt. These images reveal that Vannacutt was driven mad by the idol, and performed experiments on the mentally ill. The inmates led a revolt against Vannacutt, during which the sanatorium burned down. (The audience is shown footage from the 1999 film "House on Haunted Hill".) The deaths
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Famke Janssen


, initially not recognizing her, as she was already in character. In the late 1990s, she also appeared in "The Faculty", "Rounders", "Deep Rising", and "House on Haunted Hill". In 2000, Janssen played superhero Dr. Jean Grey in the Marvel Studios film "X-Men". She later reprised the role in the 2003 sequel, "X2", where her character shows signs of increasing powers, but at the end of the film, she is presumably killed.
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Lloyd Wright-designed 1924 Ennis House in Los Feliz, California, the bulk of the film was shot on sound stages, depicting the interior of the house in a combination of styles, including 1890s Victorian, with gas chandeliers and sconces. The poster for the film included an illustration of a house in yet a third style, that of a fanciful four-story Romanesque structure. The theatrical trailer promoted the film as "The House on Haunted Hill", although all advertising material and the title on the film itself were
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frame of mind, as many moviegoers apparently were over the Halloween weekend," also favorably comparing the film to Jan de Bont's remake of "The Haunting", which was released several months prior. "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a B- rating, calling it "trash, but creepier than you expect." Joe Leydon of "Variety" gave the film a favorable review, noting its "cheap scares," but adding: "Given the irredeemable cheesiness of the original 1958 "House on Haunted Hill"
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The House at Haunted Hill


Burton, famous for his rendition of Paul Frees at The Disney Haunted Mansion, came on board to provide the voice of "Jack", who is the main narrator of the show, whose character is manifested as a giant talking pumpkin. The show was created and produced by Matt Ford and Lori Merkle Ford. Matt Ford is an Emmy winning lighting designer based in Los Angeles. Lori Merkle Ford is a singer, actor and dancer based in Los Angeles. The House at Haunted Hill is a high-tech yard haunt
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The Haunting (1963 film)


The Haunting is a 1963 American horror film directed and produced by Robert Wise and adapted by Nelson Gidding from the novel "The Haunting of Hill House" (1959) by Shirley Jackson. It stars Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn. The film depicts the experiences of a small group of people invited by a paranormal investigator to investigate a purportedly haunted house. Screenwriter Gidding, who had worked with director Wise on the film "I Want to Live!" (1958), began a six
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)


played the similar lead role, then named Frederick Loren in the original film. "House on Haunted Hill" was the first film produced by American production company Dark Castle Entertainment. William Castle's daughter Terry Castle served as co-producer on the film. The film was shot in late 1998 and early 1999 in Los Angeles, California, with exteriors of the house's driveway being shot in Griffith Park near the Griffith Park Observatory. The "Terror Incognita" roller coaster at Price's amusement park featured in the beginning of
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Warner Premiere


under the Warner Premiere banner was the prequel film "". Their second title release was a sequel to the 1999 horror film "House on Haunted Hill" titled "Return to House on Haunted Hill". In addition to the live-action output, the label was used for several direct-to-video animated films from Warner's corporate siblings such as DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation. The label released "" - a spin-off of the 2008 film "Get Smart" - on DVD and Blu-
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The House at Haunted Hill


at a private residence in Woodland Hills, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The show has run yearly since 2000, usually the last three days of October. The attraction differs in a few ways from other seasonal haunted attractions. The main difference is the show is a "walk by" haunt. People view the show along the fence-line of the street (the city began closeing the street to vehicular traffic in 2009, to facilitate the large crowds). The other difference is the show is scripted but
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House on Haunted Hill


recreated.) Thanks in part to Castle's gimmickry, the film was a huge success. Alfred Hitchcock took notice of the low-budget film's performance at the box office and made his own low-budget horror film, which became the critically acclaimed hit "Psycho" (1960). Castle was himself a Hitchcock fan and would try to imitate Hitchcock's work in later films such as "Homicidal" (1961). "House on Haunted Hill" was originally released theatrically by Allied Artists. Two major studios
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)


's consensus reads, "Unsophisticated and unoriginal film fails to produce scares." On Metacritic the film has a score of 28 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale. Mick LaSalle of the "San Francisco Chronicle" said, ""House on Haunted Hill" is the kind of horror movie that's not a bit scary and quite a bit gross. Yet it's
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)


as the film's producers Joel Silver and Gilbert Adler. The film was released theatrically in the United States two days later, on October 29, 1999, opening at number one at the U.S. box office and earning over $15 million in sales its opening weekend. "House on Haunted Hill" received generally negative reviews from critics. In comparison to the original's score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a score of 28% based on 60 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10. The site
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Return to House on Haunted Hill


not arrive until the start of principal photography. "Return to House on Haunted Hill" was the feature film directorial debut for Victor Garcia, who had previously helmed a single short film. It was also the first feature film screenplay from writer William Massa. Filming occurred in Sofia, Bulgaria. In June 2007, Warner Bros. and Dark Castle announced an October 2007 release for the DVD. It was released October 16, 2007. In the United States, Warner Premiere released an unrated version with the Navigational Cinema technology, as
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The Haunting (1999 film)


The Haunting is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Jan de Bont. The film is a remake of the British psychological horror film of the same name. Both of them are based on the 1959 novel, "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson. "The Haunting" stars Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor. It was released in the United States on July 23, 1999. Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Lili Taylor), an insomniac, has cared for
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Haunting" one of his top ten or twelve favourites among the films he made, commenting that it was his favourite filmmaking experience. Ettington Park, (now the Ettington Park Hotel), with its grounds near the village of Ettington, Warwickshire, was used for exterior shots of Hill House. According to actor Russ Tamblyn, Wise approached a society that kept track of British haunted houses, and they gave him a list of such places. Production designer Elliot Scott was sent around the country to look at each house, and
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RiffTrax


trio riffing the cult classic "Reefer Madness" (its encore showing took place on August 24). A fourth live show riffing "House on Haunted Hill", also filmed at the Belcourt, occurred on October 28, 2010, with special guest Paul F. Tompkins. A fifth took place on August 17, 2011, featuring the film "Jack the Giant Killer". A sixth took place on August 16, 2012, featuring the film, "". A seventh live event took place on October 25, 2012
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and writer." "The Austin Chronicle"s Marc Savlov echoed a similar sentiment, writing: "The nicest thing I can say about this remake of William Castle's 1958 shocker is that Geoffrey Rush, god bless him, sure can do a fine imitation of Vincent Price's original mustache, even better than John Waters' -- which is no mean feat." Warner Home Video released "House on Haunted Hill" on VHS and DVD in April 2000. On October 9, 2018, Scream Factory released the film on Blu
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last man on earth. The British horror film "The Haunting" (1963) was directed and produced by Robert Wise. It is an adaptation of the 1959 horror novel "The Haunting of Hill House" by famed horror writer Shirley Jackson. Robert Wise's "The Haunting" is considered by a great many critics, aficionados, and casual fans of the horror genre to be one of the scariest films of all time. The film is best known for its brilliant use of canted frames, mirror reflections, fish-
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Horror film


, most of which star Vincent Price, who became well known for his performances in subsequent horror films of the time. His success in "House of Usher" (1960) led him to do other Poe adaptions like "Tales of Terror" (1962) and "The Masque of the Red Death" (1964). Other popular Vincent Price horror films include "House on Haunted Hill" (1959) and "The Last Man on Earth" (1964) where Price becomes a reluctant Vampire hunter after becoming the
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The Haunting of Hill House


The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. A finalist for the National Book Award and considered one of the best literary ghost stories published during the 20th century, it has been made into two feature films and a play, and is the basis of a Netflix series. Jackson's novel relies on terror rather than horror to elicit emotion in the reader, using complex relationships between the mysterious events in the house and the characters’ psyches. The author decided to write "a ghost
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House on Haunted Hill


Live RiffTrax of "House on Haunted Hill" on 28 October 2010. "House on Haunted Hill" was released in a restored Blu-ray edition as part of Shout! Factory's 2014 "Vincent Price Collection II". On 28 September 2011, the estate of William Castle released an annotated screenplay from "House on Haunted Hill" which is a copy of the shooting script along with Castle's "margin notes" and the leather-bound style Castle used for his shooting script. This edition includes introductions from Joe
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The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show


The "Rudy and Gogo's New Year's Eve Flaming Cheese Ball" special for New Year's Eve 1995 showed the films "The Blob", "Queen of Outer Space", "House on Haunted Hill", and "Thunderbirds Are Go" and featured Gogo's surprise announcement for the 1996 US presidential election, as well the anti-climactic dropping of the giant cheese ball at midnight. The "Gogo Para Presidente" campaign jingle became a popular segment of the show. In 1996, the Minneapolis rock trio
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The House Where Evil Dwells


The House Where Evil Dwells is a 1982 American-Japanese horror film starring Edward Albert, Susan George and Doug McClure about an American family that moves into a reputed haunted house in the hills of Japan. It was directed by Kevin Connor and produced by Martin B. Cohen. It was based on a novel by James Hardiman and turned into a screenplay by Robert Suhosky. In 1840, in the rural and wooded hillside region of Kushiata near Kyoto, Japan, a samurai, named Shigero, comes home to find his wife,
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The Uninvited (1996 film)


The Uninvited, also known as Victim of the Haunt, The Haunting of Patricia Johnson, and The House at the End of the Street, is a 1996 made-for-TV film directed by Larry Shaw and starring Sharon Lawrence and Beau Bridges. Inspired by true events, the film was written by Karen Clark. The infamous haunting events in the film have also been depicted in other supernatural television shows, including "", "Sightings" and "A Haunting". The film premiered as a Tuesday Night movie special
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Ghost story


A Bit of the Dark World" (1962). Shirley Jackson made an important contribution to ghost fiction with her novel "The Haunting of Hill House" (1959). A noted modern British writer of ghost fiction is Ramsey Campbell. Susan Hill also produced "The Woman in Black" (1983), a ghost novel that has been adapted for stage, television and film. Noël Coward's play "Blithe Spirit", later made into a 1945 film, places a more humorous slant on the phenomenon of haunting
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White House (film)


White House is a 2010 Filipino supernatural horror film directed by Topel Lee and starring Iza Calzado, Lovi Poe, Maricar Reyes and Gabby Concepcion. It was distributed by Regal Entertainment. It features the famous Laperal White House in Baguio City that was said to be haunted. A new horror reality show was set to be held at the haunted Laperal White House. Jet (Gabby Concepcion), a gifted and renowned spirit questor was hired by Coreen (Maricar Reyes), the show's producer as a guide. But as the
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Hell House (film)


Hell House is a 2001 documentary that was directed by George Ratliff that focuses on the idea of a hell house, a Christian-themed haunted attraction, in Cedar Hill, Texas. The film follows the youth group of the Cedar Hill Trinity Church, documenting the work involved in creating the hell house, the performances themselves, and the personal lives of some of the participants. The film currently holds a rating of 94% "certified fresh" on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 34 reviews. A reviewer for the "
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Rose Red (miniseries)


psychics. Originally conceived as a feature film, writer Stephen King pitched the idea for "Rose Red" to Steven Spielberg in 1996, envisioning it as a loose remake of Robert Wise's "The Haunting" (which itself was based on Shirley Jackson's novel "The Haunting of Hill House"). In 1999, a feature film remake of "The Haunting" was released, after which King's script was revised and expanded into a miniseries. In writing the teleplay, King incorporated a variety of influences, including
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Baleroy Mansion


The Baleroy Mansion is a 32-room estate located in the historic and affluent Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has obtained the title of "Most Haunted Home in America" due to its alleged infestation of spirits, ghosts, jinns, demons, angels or other supernatural beings. The mansion has been featured in a number of TV shows and books that deal with haunted houses. Others have described it as "the most haunted house in Philadelphia". The name "Baleroy" was chosen by
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Lisa Loeb


Dec 2012, Lisa ended up with the character Rufus Humphrey in the five years after glimpse. In addition to television shows, Loeb has also appeared in the horror films "House on Haunted Hill" (1999), "Serial Killing 4 Dummys" (1999), and "Fright Night" (2011). She has done voice work including the voice of Mary Jane Watson for the animated show "," broadcast on MTV. Loeb also voiced the character of Lutina in the video game "Grandia Xtreme" and
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FeardotCom


film should have been rewritten for her, instead of being written for somebody who was showing off how good she is at her job. Natascha has this sort of competence and elegance, so you just don't buy that with her." Jeffrey Combs, who had appeared in Malone's previous feature, "House on Haunted Hill", was cast in a supporting part as a detective. Though set in New York City, the film was shot in Montreal, Québec, Canada, and in Luxembourg. Director William Malone
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Ali Larter


Alison Elizabeth Larter (born February 28, 1976) is an American actress. She portrayed fictional model Allegra Coleman in a 1996 "Esquire" magazine hoax and took on guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s. She made her film debut in "Varsity Blues" (1999), which was followed by the horror films "House on Haunted Hill" (1999), "Final Destination" (2000), and "Final Destination 2" (2003). Her role as Clear Rivers in the latter two
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Michael J. Nelson


lived game show "Let's Bowl", which gained a cult following of its own. He has commentary tracks for DVD releases of several films, including "Reefer Madness", "The Little Shop of Horrors", "House on Haunted Hill", "Plan 9 from Outer Space", "Carnival of Souls", and "Night of the Living Dead". With his "MST3K" co-stars Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, he was part of a comedy team called "The Film Crew
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Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls


located next to the Ripley's 4D Moving Theater), Dracula's Haunted Castle (located next to Big Top Entertainment Centre), and The Haunted House (near the bottom of Clifton Hill) are on Clifton Hill, while Nightmares Fear Factory is located on Victoria Avenue. Two additional haunted houses used to be located on Victoria Avenue, Screamers House of Horrors (which was renamed Haunted Asylum shortly before its closure in 2014) and Creatures of the Night (which had the same owners and acted as a second part of "
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Scary Movie 2


, and director Keenen Ivory Wayans. The Wayans would eventually go on to produce a similar horror-themed parody, "A Haunted House", and its sequel, both starring Marlon Wayans. Where the original film was mainly based on the slasher films of the 1990s, "Scary Movie 2" parodies an array of supernatural and haunted house films from various decades, including "The Haunting" (1999), "The Exorcist" (1973), "The Amityville Horror" (1979), "Poltergeist" (
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The Haunting (1963 film)


Mrs. Crain. Theo remarks that Eleanor got what she wanted—to remain with the house. Robert Wise was in post-production on "West Side Story" when he read a review in "Time" magazine of author Shirley Jackson's novel, "The Haunting of Hill House". Wise read the book and found it frightening; he passed it to screenwriter friend Nelson Gidding with whom he had worked on the film "I Want to Live!" (1958). Gidding did a full story treatment for Wise
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The Innocents (1961 film)


's underlying themes of sexual repression becoming the focus of supernatural activity, and compared elements of the film to Robert Wise's "The Haunting" (1963), based on "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson. Hogan also interprets the film's final scene as "a perverse variation on the "Sleeping Beauty" story, as Kerr symbolically liberates the boy from a presumed possession with a kiss after he has fainted." In the book "Fifty Classic British Films, 1932-1982: A Pictorial Record
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Belvoir Castle


" starring Nicholas Rowe and Alan Cox. In September 2007, it was used as a location for "The Young Victoria". In the 2001 Jim Henson production of "", the castle is where the giant bones have been discovered. The kitchen scenes of Hill House were filmed here for the 1999 version of "The Haunting" which is a remake of the 1963 version. The castle was used as one of several stand-ins for Buckingham Palace for the 1991 comedy film "King Ralph". Belvoir Castle is
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Darci Lynne


November 3 and 4, with two additional shows on November 2 and 5 being added after the first two dates sold out. The Las Vegas shows also featured Angelica Hale, Preacher Lawson and Light Balance. Farmer was a guest on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in September. She appeared in Jeff Dunham's video, "The Haunted House on Dunham Hill", in which she takes three of her puppets trick-or-treating at Dunham's home, where they encounter him and some of his puppets. In November
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)


scenes were taken out of the final cut of the film. This included an exposition scene in which Sara Wolfe (Ali Larter) is fired by her boss, Jennifer Jenzen (played by Debi Mazar), the feisty vice president of a motion picture company. Two versions of the scene were shot, both taking place on a film set where Wolfe hands Jenzen a bag delivered for her; inside is a music box with a jack-in-a-box-trigger which cuts the handler's finger. Jenzen throws
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The Haunting (1999 film)


must help the children to "move on" to the afterlife. Dr. Marrow demands that everyone leave Hill House, but as they attempt to flee, Hugh Crain's ghost seals the house, trapping them inside. Luke defaces a portrait of Hugh Crain. Crain's enraged spirit drags Luke to the fireplace where he is decapitated. Dr. Marrow and Theo flee the house while Nell distracts Crain. Realizing that Crain thrived on the fear he created in children, Nell declares she is not afraid of Crain any longer. Nell's
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The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)


The Haunting of Hill House is an American supernatural horror drama web television series created and directed by Mike Flanagan for Netflix; produced by Amblin Television and Paramount Television. The series is loosely based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson. The plot alternates between three timelines, following five adult siblings whose paranormal experiences at Hill House continue to haunt them in present day. The series also features flashbacks to 1992, depicting the events in Hill House leading up to the eventful night the family fled from the mansion.
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Ragini MMS 2


at the box office. The film begins where the previous film ended. Ragini since that incident has been at Thane Mental Asylum and even there she has been disturbed by the ghost of that house where she went. Meanwhile Ragini's MMS tape has gone viral - along with rumours of the house's haunted nature, where the MMS was filmed. This catches the attention of a sleazy director, Rocks (Parvin Dabas) who decides to make a movie on the haunting. He signs an ex-porn star, Sunny Leone
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House on Haunted Hill


in the cellar, Frederick explains that he loaded her gun with blanks, that his wife and David plotted to kill him, and that they both met their end in the vat of acid. He implies that he will claim self-defense and, although responsible for their deaths, will not be convicted. Watson remains convinced the house is haunted, with David and Annabelle now added to its ranks of ghosts, and that he will be the next victim. While exterior shots of the house were filmed at the historic Frank
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Whaley House (San Diego, California)


movie titled "The Haunting of Whaley House". Although the film was shot on location at the historic Bembridge House in Long Beach, California, the history and ghostly legends of the Whaley House were used as a basis for the movie. In 2012, the Whaley House was featured on the Biography Channel's "The Haunting of Regis Philbin". While filming for a local San Diego morning show in 1964, Regis Philbin visited the Whaley House Museum and claimed to have a paranormal encounter with Mrs. Whaley. Philbin stated,
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)


also mildly, even pleasantly, entertaining, at least by the diminished standard set by this summer's "The Haunting" ... [it] sets up hostile relationships between the characters, which allows the audience to wonder who is doing what to whom. Finding out is not so interesting, but getting there isn't so bad." Maitland McDonough of "Film Journal" gave the film a similar review, saying "The proceedings are all utterly conventional, but watching them unfold is mildly diverting if you're in the right
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Darkest Night (film)


mostly in and around a rural mansion in Floridablanca, Pampanga in Luzon, where the entire production group lived together during that time. There were many reports of supernatural events happening in the house during the shooting of "Darkest Night", including local stories that the house was actually haunted. For example, while working on the film the film's star, DJ Perry, showed others deep scratches on his back, saying they were from an unseen entity. These scratches were documented by photographs purported to be real. Other cast
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The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)


Oliver Jackson-Cohen return as new characters: Pedretti in the role of Dani, "a governess who takes care of two very unusual children", and Jackson-Cohen will portray Peter, "a charming fellow". On Rotten Tomatoes, "The Haunting of Hill House" has an approval rating of 92% based on 90 reviews, with an average rating of 8.47/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""The Haunting of Hill House" is an effective ghost story whose steadily mounting anticipation is just as
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Robert Wise


it "a cinema masterpiece". Prior to directing "The Sound of Music" (1965), Wise directed the psychological horror film "The Haunting" (1963), starring Julie Harris, in an adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel, "The Haunting of Hill House". Wise's big-budget adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's family-oriented musical "The Sound of Music", with Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp, became one of film history's top-
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Carol Ohmart


the majority of her early life in Seattle and Spokane, Washington. After graduating high school, she returned to Utah where she won the title of Miss Utah, and subsequently placed fourth in the Miss America pageant. Her appearance in pageants led to modeling work, which included posing for artist Milton Caniff. Ohmart made her feature film debut in Michael Curtiz's "The Scarlet Hour" in 1956, followed by various television appearances, as well as roles in several horror films, such as "House on Haunted Hill" (
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Howl-O-Scream


zone was a retrospective of the last 13 years of Howl-O-Scream. 2013 included eight haunted houses, of which three were new. There were three scare zones, all of them new. There was one show. In 2014, there were eight haunted houses, no scare zones, and one show. Three of the haunted houses were new. 2015 consisted of seven haunted houses, one scare zone, and one show. Two of the haunts were new. In 2014, there were five haunted houses,
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Garbutt House


Garbutt-Hathaway Estate has long been a popular filming location, dating back to the silent film era. In 1981, a low-budget Carolco horror film called "Superstition" (about a haunted house on the site where a woman was put to death as a witch 300 years earlier) was shot at Garbutt House. The shooting of "Superstition" was reportedly subject to incidents of alleged "haunting", including one in which a security guard who was required to spend the night in the house quit after reporting he
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Spider Hill


Spider Hill is an annual haunted event held at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois to celebrate Halloween. The attractions include a trail, haunted house, and a haunted hayride. It is touted by the organizers as the number one haunted attraction in Central Illinois. Spider Hill was launched in 1999 by the local Optimist Club and Three Sisters Park and featured three main attractions: The Massacre Mansion, The Haunted Express haunted hayride and The Trail of Terror, which walks visitors through the forest. Sponsors of the event remind visitors of
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Ghosts in English-speaking cultures


Spirit", later made into a film, places a more humorous slant on the phenomenon of haunting of individuals and specific locations. With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common, and spanned a variety of genres; the works of Shakespeare, Dickens and Wilde have all been made into cinematic versions. Novel-length tales have been difficult to adapt to cinema, although that of "The Haunting of Hill House" to "The Haunting" in 1963 is an exception. Sentimental depictions during
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The Haunting (1963 film)


During their first night in the house, Eleanor and Theo are terrified by supernatural occurrences outside Theo's bedroom door. Deafening banging is heard against the door and the voice of a young girl is heard echoing with laughter. Despite the turbulence, Eleanor feels a tentative affinity to Hill House. The team explores the house the next day, discovering a cold spot outside the nursery and encountering other supernatural phenomena. Markway reveals more about the hauntings that have allegedly occurred. Following another night of loud disturbances the team discovers the words "
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The Legend of Hell House


was played by an uncredited Michael Gough. His part consisted of a couple of recorded lines and an on-camera appearance as an embalmed corpse seated upright in a chair. The plot of both this film and the book on which it is based, both written by Richard Matheson, have several details in common with Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House" (and subsequent 1963 movie adaptation "The Haunting") in which a party of four (some psychic, some skeptical, some British, some
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Vidkid Timo


Merman less and less when Roberson moved to New York City. During these years Timo moved to Missouri where he continued to make comedic films with students from the University of Missouri, such as "The House on Haunted Hill" and "The Schwartz Family Christmas". In the late 1990s, Timo moved back to New Orleans and began working on adult films. He also traveled to New York City and Provincetown and resumed his work with Varla Jean Merman. Their musical short subjects include "24 Hours from Tulsa", "
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Action 52


Genesis "Haunted Hills", for instance, has a male protagonist and is set outside a haunted house, while the NES "Haunted Hills" has a "female" protagonist and takes place "inside" a haunted house. A new rendition of "The Cheetahmen" was included, in which the Cheetahmen rescue captured cheetah cubs from Dr. Morbis and his minions. In addition to the 52 games, the Genesis version features a Music Test mode and a "Randomizer" option. If selected from the main menu, the
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The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)


It would be the first scripted series to be made for Netflix by Amblin. Production on the series began in October 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, with location filming in the city and its environs. Bisham Manor, former name of the property located in LaGrange, served as the exterior of "Hill House". Interior settings were filmed at EUE/Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta. In an interview with "Entertainment Weekly", Flanagan said, "I don't want to speculate too much about season two until Netflix and
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The Haunted House (1929 film)


The Haunted House, also known as Phantom House or simply Haunted House, is a 1929 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Celebrity Productions. The film follows Mickey Mouse trapped in a haunted house and forced to play music. It was directed by Walt Disney who also provided the voice of Mickey; Ub Iwerks was the primary animator and Carl Stalling wrote the original music. "The Haunted House" borrowed animation from Disney's first "Silly Symphony", "The Skeleton Dance", which was released
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The Haunting of Hill House


having lived as a recluse caring for her demanding disabled mother; Theodora, a flamboyant, bohemian artist and Luke Sanderson, the young heir to Hill House, who is host to the others. Dr. Montague hopes to find scientific evidence of the existence of the supernatural. He rents Hill House for a summer and invites as his guests several people whom he has chosen because of their experiences with paranormal events. Of these, only Eleanor and Theodora accept. Eleanor travels to the house, where she and Theodora will live in isolation
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Ghost


and Wilde have all been made into cinematic versions. Novel-length tales have been difficult to adapt to cinema, although that of "The Haunting of Hill House" to "The Haunting" in 1963 is an exception. Sentimental depictions during this period were more popular in cinema than horror, and include the 1947 film "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", which was later adapted to television with a successful 1968–70 TV series. Genuine psychological horror films from this period include 1944's "The Uninvited", and 1945's
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The Haunting of Hill House


same year, Timothy Hutton, Carla Gugino, Michiel Huisman, Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Siegel, Lulu Wilson, Victoria Pedretti and Henry Thomas had been cast in the show. It was released on October 12, 2018. The series varied greatly from the novel, depicting a married couple and their five children being terrorized by the house for the better part of their lives. The series was renewed for a second season as an anthology series titled "The Haunting of Bly Manor", taking its name from the setting of the
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Hell House LLC


, in May. Initially, the filmmakers were in search of an abandoned house to shoot the film in, as the original script had the events taking place in a house. As early as 2012, the director had been visiting many abandoned buildings and homes, including two in the New York county where the story takes place, Rockland County. After not finding anything suitable, they instead began searching for real haunted house attractions to shoot in. They found the haunted attraction called the Haunting at the Waldorf Hotel in Lehighton, Pennsylvania
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The Haunting (1999 film)


King wanted the characters to be terrified. King instead wrote the teleplay for "Rose Red", a television miniseries that shares many elements with Jackson's source novel, "The Haunting of Hill House", and the Winchester Mystery House. Argentine production designer Eugenio Zanetti ("Restoration" - 1995 and "What Dreams May Come" - 1998) designed the interiors. Sets were built in just eight weeks, with a team of more than 40 sculptors, 200 scenic painters, and 400 carpenters working in three shifts.
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The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)


satisfying as its chilling payoff." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Corrine Corrodus of "The Telegraph" gave the series a 5/5 rating, calling it "the most complex and complete horror series of its time". Brian Tallerico of "RogerEbert.com" gave unanimous praise to the Netflix adaptation, calling it "essential viewing" and stating that "[the show] contains some of the most unforgettable horror imagery in film
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House on Hangman's Hill


House on Hangman's Hill is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1981. "House on Hangman's Hill" is a scenario for character levels 3-4 set in a haunted house of the classic type. Near the village of Hedgehill there is a sprawling mansion, haunted by its unjustly-executed owner. The player characters enter by one of six doors and wander through 38 rooms of illusions, fun house effects, and encounters until they destroy the offending revenant or run away. "
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The Haunting of Hill House


haunted house without hitting the subject of reality head-on; either I have to believe in ghosts, which I do, or I have to write another kind of novel altogether."br- Paula Guran Jackson sketched floor plans of downstairs and upstairs of Hill House and a rendering of the exterior. Hill House is a mansion in a location that is never specified but is between many hills. The story concerns four main characters: Dr. John Montague, an investigator of the supernatural; Eleanor Vance, a shy young woman who resents
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The Haunting (1963 film)


before proceeding to work on the adaptation. As Gidding crafted the screenplay, he came to believe that the novel was not a ghost story at all, but rather a compilation of the insane thoughts of the lead character, Eleanor Vance. He theorised that Vance was having a nervous breakdown, envisaging a scenario in which Hill House is the hospital where she is held, Markway is her psychiatrist, the cold, banging, and violence are the results of shock treatment, and the opening and closing of doors reflected the opening and
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The House on Haunted Hill


The House on Haunted Hill is the ninth episode of the 1969 ITC British television series "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Judith Arthy. The episode was first broadcast on 16 November 1969 on ITV, and was directed by Ray Austin. Jeff is hired simultaneously on two apparently separate cases, one investigating a diamond theft from the company Mortland, the other investigating a haunted house, Merston Manor, for an estate agent, Mr. Webster. Realising he can't work on both cases at
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The Sundial


first time, and both houses become the source of conflict between various family members who disputed the house's ownership. The "mathematically perfect" grounds and the jarring sundial might remind readers again of Hill House, where all the floors and walls are said to be slightly off-centre. Halloran House, while never openly "haunted" in the sense that Hill House claimed to be, is the site of at least two ghostly visitations. "The Sundial", like the earlier Jackson novel "The Road Through the Wall
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Savior Sorrow


We focused on delivering some vicious hardcore mixed with heavy melodic hooks. Lyrically, it definitely reflects where the world is at this moment in time." The album's first single, "Simple Survival" debuted on Cleveland's WMMS on August 11, 2006. The band began a world tour on September 12, 2006, alongside SOiL, Brand New Sin, and The Autumn Offering as part of the Jägermeister Music Tour. It was featured in the 2007 film "Return to House on Haunted Hill". Videos for "
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Ghost story


first major adaptations of a ghost novel, "The Haunting", based on the well known novel "The Haunting of Hill House". The 1970s saw screen depictions of ghosts diverge into distinct genres of the romantic and horror. A common theme in the romantic genre from this period is the ghost as a benign guide or messenger, often with unfinished business, such as 1989's "Field of Dreams", the 1990 film "Ghost", and the 1993 comedy "Heart and Souls". In the horror genre
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Betrayal at House on the Hill


Betrayal at House on the Hill is a board game published by Avalon Hill in 2004, designed by Bruce Glassco and developed by Rob Daviau, Bill McQuillan, Mike Selinker, and Teeuwynn Woodruff. Players all begin as allies exploring a haunted house filled with dangers, traps, items, and omens. As players journey to new parts of the mansion, room tiles are chosen at random and placed on the game board; this means that the game is different each session. Eventually the "haunt" begins, with the nature
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The Haunting of Hill House


drives off, but before leaving the property grounds she propels the car into a large oak tree, and it is assumed that she is killed. In the short, final paragraph that follows, the reader is left uncertain whether Eleanor was simply an emotionally disturbed woman who committed suicide, or whether her death at Hill House has a supernatural significance. Stephen King, in his book "Danse Macabre" (1981), a non-fiction review of the horror genre, lists "The Haunting of Hill House" as one
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The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)


results in a tragic loss and the family fleeing from the house. Twenty-six years later, the Crain siblings and their estranged father reunite after tragedy strikes again, and they are forced to confront how their time in Hill House had affected each of them. On April 10, 2017, Netflix announced that it had ordered a 10-episode adaptation of the classic horror novel "The Haunting of Hill House", with Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy as executive producers, and Amblin Television and Paramount Television as co-production companies.
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Valentine Dyall


, "due to very cheap dry cleaners", "The Man in Grey". In 1960, Dyall played the witch Jethrow Keane in "The City of the Dead" (known as "Horror Hotel" in the United States) and, in 1963, appeared in Robert Wise's film "The Haunting" as Mr. Dudley, the sinister caretaker of the haunted Hill House. Also in 1963, Dyall played the central character Lord Fortnum in Spike Milligan and John Antrobus's stage play "The Bed-Sitting Room
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List of films based on the Amityville haunting


group of teenagers who spend the night in a former rectory in Amityville where a priest committed suicide; this installment was set entirely in a different house. "Amityville: It's About Time", released in 1992, focuses on a haunted clock that a family from Los Angeles, California takes into their home from an estate sale in New York. The fifth film in the series, "Amityville: A New Generation", also utilizes a haunted object as a main component of its storyline: It follows a man who
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William Malone (director)


William Malone (born 1953) is an American horror filmmaker who directed such films as the 1999 remake "House on Haunted Hill", "Scared to Death", "Creature", and "FeardotCom". Malone was born in 1953 in Lansing, Michigan where, during high school, he played in a Beatles-inspired garage band called The Plagues. The band released several 45 rpm singles on their own label Quarantined Records and on Fenton Records, an independent record label (affiliated with now defunct Great Lakes Studios,
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Fort Canning Hill


for music shows and concerts. The Malays called the hill "Bukit Larangan" or Forbidden Hill since olden times. This is due to the belief that it is the place where the kings of ancient Singapore were laid to rest, and it was believed to be haunted. It is also believed that a palace once stood on the hill. A settlement on the hill in the 14th century was named "Ban Zu" (from the Malay "pancur") by the Yuan dynasty traveller Wang Dayuan. Later Sir Stamford Raffles
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The Haunting (1963 film)


companion inherited the house, but later hanged herself from a spiral staircase in the library. Hill House was eventually inherited by a Mrs. Sanderson, although it has stood empty for some time. Markway wishes to study the reported paranormal activity at Hill House. He secures a lease from Mrs. Sanderson to occupy the mansion for the duration of his investigation; conditional to his acceptance is that he take Luke Sanderson, her heir, with him. Among several prospective choices only two individuals accept Markway’s invitation to join the investigation—a
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List of former Universal Studios Florida attractions


for the filming of "". It was later used to house the haunted house "The Psycho Path Maze" for several years during Halloween Horror Nights at the park. It opened in 1990 and was closed and demolished in 1995 to make way for A Day in the Park with Barney which opened later in the year. "StarToons Character Meet and Greet" was a live show where Universal Studios' cartoon characters would briefly sing and dance, followed by them posing for autographs and pictures with park guests. It was the
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Fensalden Inn


there is a water tank above it. Today's Fensalden Inn was founded in the 1960s. The "Haunting of Hill House" was filmed on site at the Fensalden Inn. As of 2010, the Inn was hosting regular murder mystery games for the paying public. Ghost hunters believe the Inn is haunted. The ghost is a prostitute named Elizabeth who is claimed to have worked at the Inn when it was a former stagecoach stop. Evelyn Hamby is the innkeeper. The Inn has eight rooms and resides on 20 acres.
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Reportedly haunted locations in the District of Columbia


assassinations, untimely deaths, and associated tragedies. Washington's haunted history is so well known that some of its haunted locations were featured in a 2006 documentary, "America's Haunted Houses," on the A&E cable network. Novelist Dan Brown mentioned them prominently in his 2009 novel, "The Lost Symbol". Notable purportedly haunted locations include the United States Capitol, Capitol Hill, the White House, Lafayette Square and nearby buildings, Independence Avenue SW, The Octagon House, Chinatown, the National Theatre, Hay–Adams
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The Haunted Bedroom


The Haunted Bedroom is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett and Dorcas Matthews. The film was also distributed under the title "The Ghost of Whispering Oaks". As described in a film magazine, New York reporter Betsy Thorne (Bennett) travels to the railroad station in a Southern state to investigate a missing man where she overhears a conversation between the sheriff and an imported detective that reporters are barred from the house and grounds where the mystery has taken place. By good fortune she
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)


scenes. A final epilogue scene completing the Jennifer Jenzen story arc was also filmed, featuring Jenzen arriving at the house, which she has now inherited. As she enters the front door, a bloodcurdling scream is heard, and the realtor is revealed to be Dr. Vannacutt. Director Malone said the scene ultimately was removed after the cutting of Jenzen's exposition scene, as well as for having a comical tone that did not fit with the rest of the film. All three deleted scenes from the film were included on the 2000
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Bury a Friend


's chorus. The rest of the video features intercut scenes of her levitating or walking in corridors, being grabbed and manhandled by gloved, bodiless hands, having syringes inserted in her back and singing under or next to Crooks' bed. The video attracted attention for its elements of horror and has been described as "creepy" by "Rolling Stone" and "Complex". The visual has also been compared to "The Haunting"'s first season "The Haunting of Hill House", and Jordan Peele's 2017 film
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The Haunting of Hill House


it as the scariest book of fiction they have ever read. The book has been adapted to film twice, in 1963 and again in 1999, both times under the title "The Haunting." The 1963 version is a relatively faithful adaptation and received critical praise. The 1999 version, considerably different from the novel and widely panned by critics, is an overt fantasy horror in which all the main characters are terrorized and two are killed by explicitly supernatural deaths. It was also parodied in "Scary Movie 2" (2001
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The Haunting (1999 film)


declaration weakens Crain's ghost, and he is pulled into a decorative bronze door. Crain tries to drag Nell with him, but the children's spirits help her to fight him off. As Nell dies, an image of her, posing as a motherly figure, is left in the bronze door, surrounded by many happy children. The Dudleys approach at dawn. Dr. Marrow and Theo silently walk away from Hill House. Wes Craven was at one point developing a remake of "The Haunting", but dropped out in
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The Second Woman (2012 film)


and confronts her in the dressing room. Bao recalls the story of taking Xiang to the hill by the cliff to ask about her relationship with Nan. Xiang avoids the subject. The two take cover in a makeshift shelter from the thunderous rain where Bao drops her hair pin. Later at the beach, while reminiscing about their childhood stealing canoes, she suggests the two steal a canoe and go out to the water. When KK temporarily leaves the investigation to Fan, Fan travels to the haunted house which the twins and Nan
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