Episode Details

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys. This week we’re talking about 1999’s House On Haunted Hill and 2001’s Thirteen Ghosts.

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We start by briefly discussing what we’ve done lately involving horror. Liam talks about rewatching the original House On Haunted Hill. Justin talks about watching Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels, Into The Night, and the Shudder exclusive film Z.

Up first is House On Haunted Hill.  We talk about our initial experiences with the film, and how it kind of got swept under the rug due to being released the same year as several other huge blockbusters. We briefly talk about the history of Dark Castle Films.

We touch upon the idea of the film having several aspects of early 2000s horror films that eventually became beat to death and cliched but is still effective. We talk about some of the strengths and weaknesses of the film, including the more bizarre imagery, the operating theatre scene, and some of the camera techniques, along with Chris Kattan and the lack of relatable characters.

Liam talks about the films failure to honor the original films spirit of pure campiness. We talk at length about the films CGI-heavy climax a