Talk:House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)

Story and plot

The 'Story' and 'Plot' section should be merged and do we really need a detailed guide to the character's deaths?

Lots42 03:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

• How each person died would be rather helpful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.142.87.159 (talk) 00:59, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Wouldn't that go in the plot section? "Joe Bob Dorkbrain dies in the attic, when he tries to french kiss a zombie. Nobody notices his death until five hours later, then they laugh." Okay, humourous example but I hope I'm clear. Lots42 00:09, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[some guy on the internet] I don't know the proper procedure for correcting things on wikipedia but I will say the plot summary is way off. For example the security guard "that setup harmless traps" is never seen setting off or setting up any traps but just sitting in a little room watching security cameras. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.56.105.180 (talk) 03:48, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

If the tagline indicates six strangers, does that include Price's wife, Evelyn; is she to be part of the game? She is not present when Price explains the rules to the game and the game is to be part of Eveyn's birthday party. Price has five bank drafts in an envelope at the start of the movie and agrees to pay Watson $1M if he too stays the night (I believe that is the five plus one). However at the end of the movie when Sara and Eddie receive the envelope, we only see four visible checks. Are all the checks accounted for? Seems something is not right here; what gives? Kizzbone (talk) 19:15, 11 October 2008 (UTC) Kizzbone

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Trivia

As of now I can only think of one such trivia, the fact that the lead male's character's last name is Price, which is the same last name of Vincent Price, the original leading male. C. Pineda 01:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I got the impression that Geoffrey Rush was trying to look like Vincent rice, too.

RE: First paragraph: The 1953 film House of Wax was not a William Castle film, it was made by Warner Brothers. MBG 119.11.23.6 (talk) 05:21, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Article

The plot section is too long. We need something about critical reception and box office. -- Beardo (talk) 00:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Plot again

The plot section, at this moment in time, is still waaaaaay too long. Could probably be cut in half. Lots42 (talk) 11:07, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Deleted scenes section

Relocating here, as it seems to be trivial in nature and not very important to the article. DP76764 (Talk) 16:34, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Deleted scenes

A scene that was deleted and not shown on the DVD was of Sara and Eddie being saved by the Coast Guard at the end of the movie. It was cut because director William Malone believed it didn't fit in with the movie and didn't suit the ending. There were also a couple of scenes in the trailer that were not shown in the movie or on the DVD.

On the DVD release of the film were 3 deleted scenes:

Sara Gets the Invite

This scene explains how Sara got the invitation and why she pretended to be someone else at the party. There are two versions of this scene on the DVD. One that takes place in Pasadena, California on a street in front of a house, and another that takes place in a field located by the studio where the movie was filmed.

In version one, Sara plays the assistant to Jennifer Jenzen (Debi Mazar), the rude, foul mouthed executive V.P. of Lathrup International Pictures. While on the set of a movie, she interrupts the shooting by yelling at the director, forcing him to cut. She then gets a crane operated box that gives her a finger cut when she ignores the warning on the box and rotates a wheel that opens it up. Sara laughs and is fired. For severance pay, Jennifer gives the box to Sara. She then notices the invitation to the party, but fails to give it to Jennifer when she tells off Sara.

Version two is basically the same, except that it takes place in a field. There are some slight differences in dialogue, with some lines being added, and some being changed.

Zombies

This scene happens during the chase between The Darkness, Eddie, and Sara. In it, Sara falls into a hole in the floor, caused by The Darkness, and lands in a subterranean cavern filled with dirt (really ashes from the victims of the fire) and skeletons. The Darkness then brings the skeletons to life, and they pull off the jacket that she's wearing. Eddie then rescues her by pulling her up out of the cave.

This is why the jacket disappears from Sara during the chase.

Epilogue

This was supposed to be the ending scene. In it, Sara's boss Jennifer Jenzen, and a real estate agent come to see the House, that was left to her in a will. She walks into the house alone, the door closes behind her, and she screams. The scene then goes back to the real estate agent (whose face was not shown until now) who turns to the camera, revealing himself to be Dr. Vannacutt. This scene counts as Combs' second speaking role in the film. The first being right after Sara gets out of the house (although it seemed that Comb's voice was dubbed by someone else).

Re: the above

New section for clarity: I think the bit with the Coast Guard rescuing the survivors is noteable enough. Lots42 (talk) 00:26, 10 November 2009 (UTC)