I've been trying to work my way through Vincent Price films, and I recently watched this and The Masque of the Red Death. Both were awesome films, not exactly what would be considered "scary" these days, but they're very enjoyable and still hold up pretty well.
Scream is rather a pastiche, not parody. It plays with the tropes, make fun of them, but in the same time it honours them. Humor comes from a satire, not parody.
@@charlessmith299 Well, to me Scary movie is a parody, Scream has comedic tone to it and a commentary on tropes, but personally I wouldn't call it a parody
The remake introduced me to the original. They're both enjoyable to me with the newer one being more of what you expected...a slasher movie with lots of slashers. The original is more like a creepy "Clue".
There was a quest in TES IV that payed homage to this, where you played as one of the guests, but you knew the chest of gold wasn't there and had to kill all the guests
Vincent Price might be my favorite actor of all time. I watched House of Wax w/ my dad so many times as a kid, I can play the whole thing out in my head.
I saw this movie a couple years back because I heard the version I knew was a remake. This version was actually pretty good, all things considered, and I loved the ending.
+Dan Coleman-Goss Although I don't remember ever watching it, I think it was this movie that gave me recurring nightmares as a kid. Specifically Vincent Price's floating head zooming up to the screen.
That's a cool effect. I've seen that happen on DVDs and even TH-cam videos. It must some kind of digital distortion. But here it almost looked like you could see the guys skull coming through his face. It would be a cool effect to incorporate into a horror film. Like say there's a newlywed couple watching their wedding video. And as they watch it, they notice faces of some of their loved ones are distorted. And then they get a call that the people who's faces were distorted died or where in an accident or something. And as the video continues to play, more faces are distorted and more people die. Until they get to the end of the video and the couple's faces are distorted and that's the end of the movie.
I love this movie, and Vincent Price is one of my favorite actors. Back when this was made, if you were part of the audience then, this movie would have had you anxious. The emotions and mentality of folks back then were not as ....exposed or enriched (however you want to label it) as ours in this day and age. It takes a lot to scare us now, but back then, hysteria was powerful.
I've always wanted to see another Vincent Price movie that I saw the end of on TV once but the problem is I don't know which one it is because he was in so many horror movies.
I saw this movie. I thought it was pretty scary for a black and white movie. I mean that scene with the wife's "ghost" was scary. I think this is the only Vincent Price movie I've ever seen. I don't watch a lot of old movies.
That old lady gliding actually does look kinda creepy tho, maybe in context with the rest of the movie it might not be that potent but as I've only ever seen it as a clip it definitely always briefly pangs me with a sense of unrest that many if not most later, bigger and better movies failed to do
the DVD glitch reminds me of the CGI ghost monster thingy in the 1999 version, much inferior to this, but decent acting from Geoffrey Rush and Famke Janssen.
James needs to do a video talking about all the movies with Skeletons! He mentioned a movie that had one of the best skeleton fights in it but I for got it’s name? (Wasn’t Jason and the Argonauts.)
2:48 That was my problem! They explain the hanging, other elements, and everything else makes sense if you assume there's secret passageways, but how does she make the rope move? She could be standing on a platform outside, I suppose, but the rope? Maybe it is a hallucination?
I remember putting this on Netflix chilling with my friends just because it had Vincent Price in it lol. I couldn't help but crack up when that old lady struck that random rigamortis pose
Im always so confused between House on Haunted Hill and The Haunting of Hill House, being that there are multiple films for each and a FANTASTIC book for the latter, I wouldnt mind a review on the black and white The Haunting of Hill House, I thought it was excellent, and I rarely enjoy black and white films.
There is a DVD version of this film that has Michael Nelson from Mystery Science Theater doing a commentary track. He treats the movie like he would any MST3K movie and it's wonderful. One of the funniest things I think he's ever done.
Jaimie Rain While the original is about as dated as it gets (skeletons on strings levels of dated) I did like the storyline in the original one better. I'll also admit that to me skeletons on strings are significantly more endearing than the CG mess the remake became at times.
This is actually one of my Mama's favorite scary movies alongside the original _The Thing from Another World._ I had always loved watching this movie alongside the 1999 remake, I somehow always see the remake as being like both a remake and a continuation that reveals the house to actually be haunted and the party-goers' plights to survive until sunrise, but maybe that is just me. ;D
There's a family guy episode where they did this, they all had to stay the night in a haunted house and do the mystery thing too, so that's what this movie reminded me of.
I bought this movie as a double feature the second film was don't look in the basement I really expected crap from it but it turned out good an really crazy you would love it James please do a review if you would give me a shout out if you like it
Compared to The Haunting from 1963, House on Haunted Hill is a total cartoon. The Haunting is one of the creepiest horror movies I’ve ever seen, and it’s a great character study
I've been trying to work my way through Vincent Price films, and I recently watched this and The Masque of the Red Death. Both were awesome films, not exactly what would be considered "scary" these days, but they're very enjoyable and still hold up pretty well.
You can't be wrong with William Castle and Vincent Price. It's like a parody which became a subgenre classic, like "Scream" did for a slasher.
Scream is rather a pastiche, not parody.
It plays with the tropes, make fun of them, but in the same time it honours them.
Humor comes from a satire, not parody.
Nah its a parody
@@oskar_oskarewicz The characters in the movie literally make fun of the tropes and then subvert them. It's a parody
@@charlessmith299 Well, to me Scary movie is a parody, Scream has comedic tone to it and a commentary on tropes, but personally I wouldn't call it a parody
*IIIIIT'S CINEMASSACREEEEEEEEEEE'S MOOOOOOOHH!!!*
+LaVey Charkus Veros he clearly broke into laughter after the cut :D
+NKDuisburg02 My thoughts exactly. xD
+LaVey Charkus Veros ow undying, you to spooky!
+Rekall _ Nice Commander Keen avatar.
He just passed out.
The remake introduced me to the original. They're both enjoyable to me with the newer one being more of what you expected...a slasher movie with lots of slashers. The original is more like a creepy "Clue".
There was a quest in TES IV that payed homage to this, where you played as one of the guests, but you knew the chest of gold wasn't there and had to kill all the guests
+Pizza Problems One of my favorite quests for The Dark Brotherhood
I still have a save on my ps3 right before that quest, just so I could play all of the outcomes whenever I'm feeling nostalgic.
nice
Whodunit I believe
Dark Brotherhood in Oblivion was the best Quest-arc. Of any thing, ever.
"Who will live and who will survive?"
Matt Gacy thank you, I just posted this. I'm shocked at how many people have just ignored this
I'm wondering who will die and who will be sacrificed
I love the intro with James cracking up and not even finishing it.
Best Intro yet James hahaha had
Me cracking up!
Yea you can definitely tell he couldn't hold back from laughing. :)
+Jonathan Baranowski Except the fact that the title Monster Madness was already taken.
Looks like the glitch gremlin is the culprit behind this.
That bit at the end, the glitchy DVD almost makes it look as if that guy's skeleton was showing.
Awesome.
Vincent Price might be my favorite actor of all time. I watched House of Wax w/ my dad so many times as a kid, I can play the whole thing out in my head.
Those eyes during the glitch part. o.O
This was one of the last films I watched with my Nana. :(
I saw this movie a couple years back because I heard the version I knew was a remake. This version was actually pretty good, all things considered, and I loved the ending.
Like I said, anything with Vincent Price is movie gold.
Even the Dr. Goldfoot movies?
Lol
Vincent Price and that awesome dude from the Killing, who could ask for more?
Lol, I really want to watch this now. Vincent Price is on point in these clips!
+Dan Coleman-Goss Although I don't remember ever watching it, I think it was this movie that gave me recurring nightmares as a kid. Specifically Vincent Price's floating head zooming up to the screen.
+cgraham6 Me too.
Dan Coleman-Goss It's in the public domain.
Spooky
Scary
Skeleton
And shivers down your spine
+British Hound
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CRITICAL MEME FAILURE
+British Hound
*send
+British Hound Reported
I fucked up shit!
I love this movie!!! It's my favorite Vincent Price film!!!
That old lady scared me as a kid. And now as an adult.
My kids won't watch it ' cause of her ...they're adults now
Never seen again? That's because they left. Too early.
This movie gave me nightmares when was a kid. The floating heads in the intro still show up in my dreams today.
That's a cool effect. I've seen that happen on DVDs and even TH-cam videos. It must some kind of digital distortion. But here it almost looked like you could see the guys skull coming through his face. It would be a cool effect to incorporate into a horror film.
Like say there's a newlywed couple watching their wedding video. And as they watch it, they notice faces of some of their loved ones are distorted. And then they get a call that the people who's faces were distorted died or where in an accident or something. And as the video continues to play, more faces are distorted and more people die. Until they get to the end of the video and the couple's faces are distorted and that's the end of the movie.
Another great horror classic. A great cast, an old dark house, campy scares and Vincent Price as our host.
I watch this film every time it comes on TV, never get tired of watching it.
This movie has quickly become a favorite of mine in recent years.
the acid pit was nice af
+eljono1 ya ill like to throw my wife in it
Holy Shit, the "nice Guy" is Richard Long from Twilight Zones Episode "Number 12 looks like you"
I love this movie, and Vincent Price is one of my favorite actors. Back when this was made, if you were part of the audience then, this movie would have had you anxious. The emotions and mentality of folks back then were not as ....exposed or enriched (however you want to label it) as ours in this day and age. It takes a lot to scare us now, but back then, hysteria was powerful.
I remember watching this over and over as a kid. I never knew it was supposed to be borderline spoofy; I appreciate it way more now.
I love this movie, and Vincent Price.
the 1999 version was once one of my favorite movie
Same here I loved it. It had a great soundtrack too ^^
+Accesserised Too true. Don Davis who did that soundtrack also did the soundtrack for The Matrix
Good review, never have seen the movie but that skeleton was 2 spoopy for me
+Hachikuji Mayoi Do dead lolis have skeletons?
+Don F In my own experience, yes, yes they do.
Do you want to see my skeleton senpai?
+Hachikuji Mayoi 2spooky4me
I love this movie. probably because I love Clue so much, but yeah..... on a side note, ever since Yacht Rock, Vincent Price's voice cracks me up.
The DVD glitch is by far so much better than the actual movie.
The remake was decent, it wasn't great but a fun watch, I saw it in the cinema when I was a kid and it scared the shit out of me.
" The ghost are walking tonight, I like to burn, I'm allmost dead"
That's what I heard when that glitch came up
Is there a "The Ghost and Mr Chicken" review?
Not yet!
I've always wanted to see another Vincent Price movie that I saw the end of on TV once but the problem is I don't know which one it is because he was in so many horror movies.
I like the fact he interacts with the viewers just sometimes saying doing or showing us random shit....AWESOME!
I love the casual push that skeleton makes on Prices movie wife. All I hear when I see that is a skeletor NEHHH
Nice for you to finally review this one, nice!
That was the Frank Lloyd Wright "Ennis House." I believe they used the interior for Blade Runner.
+ThePoptartster I figured it HAD to be something Wright would make. That architecture was just too off-the-wall for that era.
+John Tumahab I can just imagine Wright getting drunk and yelling "Yeah, and cover the whole thing in bathroom tiles!"
John Tumahab
I think the bricks were designed after Inca, Maya or Aztec designs, but in simple geometric interpretation.
Thoralmir
Was he a lush? How depressing. :(
ThePoptartster He'd have to be to design a house covered in bathroom tiles. :P
Classic! I remember seeing the remake in the theater lol. Pretty corny but i was a teenager so i had fun.
I have loved this movie since I was little(:
Vincent Price was too good for most of the stuff he took part in.
I saw this movie. I thought it was pretty scary for a black and white movie. I mean that scene with the wife's "ghost" was scary. I think this is the only Vincent Price movie I've ever seen. I don't watch a lot of old movies.
That old lady gliding actually does look kinda creepy tho, maybe in context with the rest of the movie it might not be that potent but as I've only ever seen it as a clip it definitely always briefly pangs me with a sense of unrest that many if not most later, bigger and better movies failed to do
it looks like the movie is the main inspiration of board game "betrayel on the house of the haunted hill"
i came here for that spooky ass thumbnail
I loved the remake when I was younger, doesn’t live up to my expectations now but back then I thought it was ace.
I gotta admit, that old woman gliding across the room kinda creeped me out.
This is on my Top 100 Fav Films Of All-Time list. Great movie.
I'm pretty sure the old woman rolled away on wheels.
Kristi Marie 🎶 "that's the maid, she gets around on roller blades. And you should see her try to mow the lawnnnnnnnn."🎶
I love Vincent Price movies
the DVD glitch reminds me of the CGI ghost monster thingy in the 1999 version, much inferior to this, but decent acting from Geoffrey Rush and Famke Janssen.
the entire, ''The Howling'' series is probobly my favorite horror movie series :)
in sort: a perfect halloween background flick
When Vincent Price speaks at 5:28 with a low voice, he kinda sounds like Kurgan (Clancy Brown) from Highlander. :D
Nice, concise explanation of the context the movie was portraying. Also, thanks for adding the glitch stuff at the end. Creepy.
SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS!!!!!!!
t0o sPooky for m3 m69
James needs to do a video talking about all the movies with Skeletons!
He mentioned a movie that had one of the best skeleton fights in it but I for got it’s name?
(Wasn’t Jason and the Argonauts.)
Every time I see this movie I think of Freakazoid. "Screeeeam!"
2:48 That was my problem! They explain the hanging, other elements, and everything else makes sense if you assume there's secret passageways, but how does she make the rope move? She could be standing on a platform outside, I suppose, but the rope? Maybe it is a hallucination?
I remember putting this on Netflix chilling with my friends just because it had Vincent Price in it lol. I couldn't help but crack up when that old lady struck that random rigamortis pose
the dvd glitches at the end are clearly a gift from the dark side
This was my favorite movie as a kid.
I have been waiting for an "It's Cinemassacre's Monster Madness" so bad it was too funny to finish.
6:38 - Holy shit, James' copy of House on Haunted Hill is... _Haunted_.
Im always so confused between House on Haunted Hill and The Haunting of Hill House, being that there are multiple films for each and a FANTASTIC book for the latter, I wouldnt mind a review on the black and white The Haunting of Hill House, I thought it was excellent, and I rarely enjoy black and white films.
There is a DVD version of this film that has Michael Nelson from Mystery Science Theater doing a commentary track. He treats the movie like he would any MST3K movie and it's wonderful. One of the funniest things I think he's ever done.
The old blind lady popping up behind the heroine and then gliding away is one of the best scenes ever, even though I find it more funny than scary.
That glitch makes him look like a cyber-Cryptkeeper. Awesome.
Now do the '99 remake starring Chris Cataan.
I was like EMILIOOOOOOOOO
One of the worst horror remakes ever.
One of my favorites as a youngster in the 1960s.
Well done Mike on your Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde win!
I've actually seen this one it's pretty...smashing.
I love this film own it on DVD :D i like the feel of this film it's athmospheric and of course Vincent Motherfucking Price.
One of my favorite movies
I am hear after watching Netflix show Haunting of the Hills House. That is one of the best show ever made.
You do mean the 1963 version don't you?
i've seen this film on tv a few times.. it's not a perfect film, but almost anything with Vincent Price in it is worth a look at.
I ended up getting a copy of this from a friend. I'm rewatching it again today. Cute movie.
this movie scared the shit out of me when I was a kid
the intrigue and drama in this was bone chillingly good
dude your glitching DVD thing, amazing, something happens out of nowhere and it ends up looking good with the mood, i call it Art Through Accident
What about the remake?
Jaimie Rain While the original is about as dated as it gets (skeletons on strings levels of dated) I did like the storyline in the original one better.
I'll also admit that to me skeletons on strings are significantly more endearing than the CG mess the remake became at times.
Actually, it was panned by critics.
Amazing movie!!
This is actually one of my Mama's favorite scary movies alongside the original _The Thing from Another World._ I had always loved watching this movie alongside the 1999 remake, I somehow always see the remake as being like both a remake and a continuation that reveals the house to actually be haunted and the party-goers' plights to survive until sunrise, but maybe that is just me. ;D
Ahh it's great to see one of my favorite movies on AVGN
I was wondering if you'd ever review this one James.
There's a family guy episode where they did this, they all had to stay the night in a haunted house and do the mystery thing too, so that's what this movie reminded me of.
I bought this movie as a double feature the second film was don't look in the basement I really expected crap from it but it turned out good an really crazy you would love it James please do a review if you would give me a shout out if you like it
Thats some crazy glitch action going on at the end. The Glitch Gremlin on the loose again?
Big thumbs up for the glitchy DVD alone!
Vincent Price is pretty good.
my favorite version of the movie... yay
2:21 scared the shit out of me. That's what my grandma looks like when she's walking towards her cookie jar.
i loved the floating heads
good review james! but can you make a new AVGN episode?
Compared to The Haunting from 1963, House on Haunted Hill is a total cartoon. The Haunting is one of the creepiest horror movies I’ve ever seen, and it’s a great character study
As a kid this movie was so scary
That glitchy DVD was awesome :)