Steven Price (a very hammy Geoffrey Rush) is a wealthy amusement park owner who invites several strangers to his shrewish wife's birthday party, this year held in the abandoned Vannacutt Institute for the Mentally Insane. There, he offers a prize of one million dollars to each party-goer who can spend the entire night in the creepy and cavernous building. As Mr. and Mrs. Price play a bitter game of cat and mouse, the guests begin to think there are more ominous forces at work, especially after the body count begins to creep higher and higher. A remake of the 1958 low-budgeter starring Vincent Price.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Special Edition
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
"Two Houses Haunted" Documentary Analysis of the 1959 and 1999 Versions
6 Behind-the-Scenes Mini-Documentaries on the Special Effects
Deleted Footage
Theatrical Trailers (1959 and 1999 Versions)
Audio Commentary: William Malone - Director
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus: Chapter Search
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
DVD-ROM Features:
Escape from the House, 2 Essays and Website
Cameo
Peter Graves: American actor, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (1967)
Director of Photography
Rick Bota: Director of Photography
Production Designer
David Klassen: ART DIRECTOR
Story
Robb White: Screenwriter
Costume Designer
Ha Nguyen: Costume Designer/Female
Review 1:
"...Creepier than you expect..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.71 11/26/1999
Review 2:
"...A slicker and scarier piece of work..."
Source: Variety
p.87-93 11/01/1999
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