It doesn’t take itself as seriously as The Haunting/1999. By the same token, The House on Haunted Hill/1999, while seriously flawed, is also a fun film.
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We the viewers are allowed to “make fun” of it while enjoying the movie at the same time. It “makes” fun, and therefore, the gesture can be reciprocated. The House on Haunted Hill/1959, though not technically “horror comedy, is silly at times. The reason for this pardon has to do with the laxed tone of the original film. I am more forgiving of the style and content changes that earmark the modernized version of The House on Haunted Hill. While the original House on Haunting Hill film is significantly better than its remake, The House on Haunted Hill of 1999 isn’t altogether terrible it is better than The Haunting of 1999. What I’m trying to say is that I prefer The Haunting of 1963 so much more than its remake. ( Hypothetical Reader: “I don’t know what the fuck you are getting at! And will you please use plain English and ditch the mathematics?) Such a variance can best be explained by an overall categorical comparison The likability gap between A and a < B and b.
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Why am I doing this? All will be explained in the chart below: Look what I’m doing – this is supposed to be an article about the similarities and differences between the two House on Haunted Hill films, and here I am instead devoting much attention to the differences between The House on Haunted Hill (1959) and The Haunting (1963). I like The Haunting considerably more than The House on Haunted Hill, but truth be told, Castle’s film is entertaining, so please don’t think I am panning his film. The Haunting is for the serious student of spooky cinematography – The House on Haunted Hill is a fun popcorn film filled with gimmicky scares. Castle’s film possesses not the pristine creepiness of Wise’s film. In my opinion, that description belongs to the Robert Wise’s The Haunting (1963). The House on Haunted Hill (1959) by William Castle is by no means the definitive haunted house film. Let’s compare the two original films, ( The House on Haunted Hill and The Haunting), in brief. “Haunted Hill”), they are of different species and should not be confused with “The Haunting” movies. Though the films in this article share a name that is similar to the novel (“Hill House” vs. The films in the preceding article are based on Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House. The Haunting 1999 – Which Film Wins? If not, click on the link and read, read read! I hope by now you have read the first article: The Haunting 1963 Vs. Welcome readers to my second compare and contrast article concerning classic haunted house films and their respective remakes. Get ready folks, there is a lot of weird things afoot in these two different versions of the movie The House on Haunted Hill. But the inverse is also true – it can drive a sane person insane. In the second release of this film there is a chamber designed to rid a mental patient of his/her schizophrenia.
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In the first release of this film, there is a skeleton that rises out of a vat of acid to prey on people. Is all this a scheme to extract some kind of twisted revenge on his wife? Will she, once again, try to murder him and do so before the night is through. She has tried to murder him on past occasions. Why is he doing this? That is the mystery, but viewers learn early on that he is very suspicious of his wife. These strangers are the contestants in his deadly game of survival. A strange party this is, for the guests are strangers to him. He decides to host a birthday party for his wife at this house. An eccentric rich man is willing to pay large sums of money to anyone that spends the night in The House on Haunted Hill…and survives. Someone is making a game out of this situation.
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Why oh why do these people embark upon such a journey? For fun and games? Those of us with an appetite for haunted house stories know that a house with a deadly history foreshadows future doom for those story characters that choose to roam its rooms and corridors. Who can survive the night in the House on Haunted Hill? There have been many tragic deaths within its confines.