Bookends: The first and last lines are spoken by Pritchard to the audience.Body in a Breadbox: A severed head turns up in an unsuspecting character's suitcase.
In retrospect, however, we can't be sure that his first three wives did die under such mysterious circumstances, since the person who described them was trying to create an alibi for Loren's eventual demise.
She was a Gold Digger planning to murder Loren for his money, however, casting an unsavory light on the intentions of the first three. The fourth one is scared to death during the course of the party. The first one disappeared, and the second two died of heart attacks, despite being in their 20s.
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Matching up with William Castle's Signature Style, the film originally released exhibiting one of his past-the-fourth-wall gimmicks - in this case, a model skeleton would be elevated over the movie audience during the climactic scene, and would then be reeled back during the shot of Loren winding its thread back into the reel (which is why this shot seems to go on a bit too long without the gimmick). As the night progresses, however, it becomes clear that this is no game by the host - the partygoers are indeed trapped here with malevolent ghosts, murderers, and other terrors.
Anyone who survives the night will be awarded $10,000. House on Haunted Hill (1959) is a low budget horror film directed by William Castle, regarding five people who have been invited to stay the night in a Haunted House.įrederick Loren ( Vincent Price), an eccentric millionaire, is throwing his "party" for his fourth wife, Annabelle, with the stipulation that the power will be out and all doors will be locked at midnight, allowing no accessible escape.
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