House on Haunted Hill
1959
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Synopsis
Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.
House on Haunted Hill (1959) is a 1h 15min horror feature film by William Castle. Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay th...
Key facts
Cast
Carolyn Craig, Carol Ohmart, Vincent Price, Alan Marshal, Elisha Cook, Richard Long, Elisha Cook Jr., Julie Mitchum
Original language
English
First release
January 1, 1959 (Austria)
Home video distributors
Goodtimes Home Video
Crew
Screenplay
Robb White
Producer
William Castle
Cinematography
Carl E. Guthrie
Editing
Roy V. Livingston
Music
Von Dexter
Trailer
Stills
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Titles
| Original title | House on Haunted Hill | English |
| Québec French title | La Nuit de tous les mystères |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Goodtimes Home Video (cat. no. 8147) | 1990 |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Austria | January 1, 1959 |
| Theatrical | Canada | January 1, 1959 |
| Theatrical | United States | January 14, 1959 |
| Theatrical | United States | February 17, 1959 |
| Theatrical | Netherlands | July 17, 1959 |
| Theatrical | Japan | August 18, 1959 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | September 1, 1959 |
| Theatrical | Germany | October 27, 1959 |
| Theatrical | East Germany | October 27, 1959 |
| Theatrical | Norway | January 1, 1960 |
| Theatrical | Italy | January 9, 1960 |
| Theatrical | Denmark | January 11, 1960 |
| Theatrical | France | May 11, 1960 |
| Theatrical | Sweden | April 29, 1963 |
| Theatrical | Spain | February 6, 2015 |
| Theatrical | Japan | March 20, 2018 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | 12 |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) | ||
| Home video | United States | January 1, 1990 |
| Home video VHS | 1990 8147 | |
| Home video | Finland | June 20, 2007 |
| Home video | Australia | December 16, 2008 |
| Home video | Spain | December 17, 2008 |
| Home video | Greece | May 5, 2009 |
Full credits
| Director | William Castle |
| Cast | Carolyn Craig, Carol Ohmart, Vincent Price, Alan Marshal (Dr. David Trent), Elisha Cook, Richard Long, Elisha Cook Jr. (Watson Pritchard), Julie Mitchum (Ruth Bridgers), Leona Anderson (Mrs. Slydes), Howard Hoffman (Jonas Slydes), Skeleton (Skeleton) |
| Screenplay | Robb White |
| Producer | William Castle |
| Cinematography | Carl E. Guthrie |
| Editing | Roy V. Livingston |
| Music | Von Dexter |
| Visual effects | Herman E. Townsley |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
