An amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people 1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.haunted house with a horrifying past. At the Universal Orlando Resort, the Islands of Adventure also set the stage for some of the scenes in the movie.Īt one point, Elizabeth Hurley was considered to play the role of Evelyn Stockard-Price. House on Haunted Hill: Directed by William Malone.With Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher.Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles served as the entrance to the House on Haunted Hill. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California and Orlando, Florida. Lisa Loeb, singer of the hit, “Stay” plays a Channel 3 news reporter in the film. Famke Janssen was also nominated for Favorite Supporting Actress in a Horror as well.Īt the Golden Trailer Awards, the film was nominated for the Golden Trailer because of “The Dark and Stormy Night.” The co-producer of the film is the daughter of William Castle, the man who directed the 1959 version.Īt the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Taye Diggs won the award for Favorite Supporting Actor in a Horror Film. The scene of fearful crew members racing to get out of the basement (not wanting to film there) stuck with him. The idea for using a former insane asylum for the set of the movie came to William Malone from when he was filming an episode of “Tales from the Crypt” in a former asylum. Despite not moving, the impact of the stunt was so great that her head bounced off the table, something you can see if you closely scrutinize the scene. At the time, it was vital that she stayed very still. In the scene that involves Famke Janssen and the broken glass ceiling, she performed her own stunt. Five strangers accept a tycoon's proposal to stay one night in a former insane asylum, but the rigged traps are accompanied by real menacing spirits. This scene explains how Sara got the invitation and why she pretended to be someone else at the party. On the DVD release of the film were 3 deleted scenes: Sara Gets the Invite. There were also a couple of scenes in the trailer that were not shown in the movie or on the DVD. The use of this language was an attempt to heighten the gothic style of the movie. An amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people 1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past. Talk:House on Haunted Hill (1999 film) Jump to navigation Jump to search. The inscriptions seen on the doors and walls of the hospital are in German, but when translated, they make no sense. Instead of Bridgette Wilson (the wife of tennis player Pete Sampras) taking on the role of Melissa Margaret Marr, model Cindy Crawford was first considered for the part.

The first person killed in the movie was Dick Beebe, screenplay writer. ‘Price’ is a reference to the original millionaire in the 1959 version, played by Vincent Price.

The last name of Geoffrey Rush’s character is no mistake.

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