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5.2 Return to House on Haunted Hill
Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Musical & Performing Arts
When the lone survivor of the original excursion to The House on Haunted Hill dies under suspicious circumstances, her sister returns to the foreboding mansion to solve the mystery of her sibling's death in the feature directorial debut of former make-up special effects artist Victor Garcia (Hellboy). Back in 1931, malevolent doctor Richard Vannacut and his entire staff at the hilltop asylum were killed when the patients revolted and set the institution ablaze. Ever since then, rumors have persisted that the spirits of those consumed in the inferno still haunt the hospital. Those rumors seemed to be confirmed when, in 1999, billionaire Steven H. Price and his guests were viciously slaughtered in the refurbished mansion. Though the authorities officially blamed Price himself for the gruesome massacre, survivor Sarah Wolfe insists that there was indeed a supernatural element at play. Now, eight years have passed since that fateful night, and Sarah's sister Ariel - a successful editor at a popular men's fashion magazine - has just received word that Sarah has committed suicide. Immediately sensing foul play, Ariel's suspicions are confirmed when a strange book arrives in the mail shortly thereafter. Sent by Sarah just before she died, the book proves to be Vannacut's personal diary. According to the diary, which Ariel manages to translate with a little help from archeologist Richard Hammer, an ancient Baphomet idol is hidden somewhere deep within the sprawling estate. In her last days, Sarah had become convinced that the idol was the source of the house's evil. Richard, too, shares this belief, and with the help of graduate students Michelle and Kyle he is determined to find the idol. But Ariel isn't about to go on a ghost hunt in the same mansion where so may atrocities have occurred, at least not until she is kidnapped by Desmond Niles and his vicious band of mercenaries. They too seek the Baphomet idol, and they too will soon discover why few people who venture into the former asylum ever come out alive. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Rating
R
Director
Victor GarcÃa
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Writer
William Massa
- Not as fun as the original, but it's still better than most direct to DVD films. The bad is that the acting has dropped off from the first and they still do that thing they did in the original where the ghosts appear and disappear and jump all over like it was really bad editing.They do find a way to keep Righetti as drenched as possible and she is so sexy. As is Vincent, but she isn''t used as much. Combs does return, but once again does little more than torture flashback ghosts and look menacing.I was shocked that the CGI is actually really good, minus the burning Ghosts, and the death scenes are pretty great...maybe better than the original? And how can you say anything bad about a lesbian ghost scene???The whole idea that some statue is why the house is haunted was kind of stupid, but it leaves a way for another sequel. Stay for the after the credits scene!Reply
- Not bad for a low bugdet horror sequel would of like andrew lee potts to of survied who played kyle hes a good english actor.Reply
- i think in ways this was alil betta than the original u see more ghost in this one more gory scenes nd things we neva seen in the 1st one.like the ripping body o the fridge smashin the skull, which i think were good.Reply
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- Its an actually pretty decent sequel. I usual don't like remakes or sequels but I think they did good with this one.Reply
- Far more enjoyable that its prequel. Still nothing special. Just another one of those haunted house movies. Only this time it was on a hill. To be honest, the hill looks more like a cliff to me.Reply
- better than the first remake, gory gory gory. but kinda cartoonish at the same time. overall fun movieReply
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- Sequel to the remake that wasn't that great anyway. When the one survivor from the first movie dies randomly her sister decides she has to return to the haunted mansion and find out whats going on. Thats before she's actually forced into it by a rival who's after some baphomet statue thing thats worth 5 million pounds but theres a writer/archiologist involved who also wants it put in a museum. Problem is, the ghosts at the mansion have something to say about that. Its all very predictable meaning the scares aren't scary and the attempts at humour don't work. So, a couple of cool deaths and a couple of hot women aside, this is pretty shit really.Reply
- I will say I was dissapointed that Ali Larter didnt make a appearence in this one even if it was for only a couple minutes , Amanda Righetti looked spectaular in here as did Cerina (these 2 alone will have successful careers). it wasnt as good as the 1st one though but still watchibleReply
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- I thought it was decent, it wasn't really scary, but it kept me pretty interested. Too gory and predictable, but it was pretty good.Reply
- I would have rather have been killed then go to that place. The locked off isolation of the last movie made me want to see this one. There's more history in this one and a resolution. Combs gets to be the evil Dr again, the best parts of the movie.Reply