Audiences will be treated to a myriad of bloodyĭemises for the characters. There is no mystery, no shaking up convention, just straightforward plotĭevices to move from one kill scene to the next. The final act of the movie, and are certain from the beginning that at least one of the charactersĪlive at the end. Audiences never have any doubt as to the four characters that will survive until The film's sole purpose seems to be nothing more thanĬhurning out as much gore as possible, and most characters in the film are instantly recognizableĪs horror fodder. Intelligent insight, exposition, or dialogue.
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Outside of a basic narrative to hold the film together, the movie features nothing in the way of Runway model, it's at least coherent and simple, with the backstory sufficiently explained. The movie makes sense as a standalone film, and even if the plot is thinner than a Lore and backstory of the first film, slickly integrating it into the story through dialogue andįlashback. Surprises are revealed, and plenty of blood is spilled.īack, Return to House on Haunted Hill eases newcomers to the franchise into
These individuals andĮntourages meet at the haunted house, and as the search for the idol intensifies, allegiances Searching for the idol, not for fame and study, but for a $5 million payoff. Kidnapping at the hands of Desmond (Erik Palladino), a former student of Hammer's who is Ariel and her friend Paul (Tom Riley) soon find themselves victims of a Richard Hammer (Steven Pacey) is one such academic,Īnd his 20-year pursuit of the idol has him closing in on its whereabouts, thanks to the help ofĪriel's sister Sara. Hill - commits suicide, Ariel receives in the mail from her recently departed sister a journalĬontaining clues as to the whereabouts of the Baphomet Idol, an object of much interest and When Ariel's (Amanda Righetti) sister Sara - a survivor from the events of House on Haunted The only thing missing from The House on Haunted Hill is a white-picket fence topped with razor This entry into the ever-growing canon of worthless horror leaves no lasting impression, unless youĬount life lesson #1,395: watch for falling refrigerators. Reveling in gore and stereotypes and shunning plot and cohesion, What we can only hope won't become a franchise, is a direct-to-video follow up to, yes, 1999's Return to House on Haunted Hill, only the second film in Still, horror franchises seem to wear out their welcomesīefore they even get started. Snipes and Steven Seagal action yawners, and a seemingly endless supply of Land Before Knows how many American Pie sequels and spinoffs, a plethora of direct-to-video Wesley Good, bad, ugly, or somewhere in the middle. Upon sequel have been churned out for numerous franchises, regardless of whether the original is Perhaps no other genre has scared up more worthless dreck than has the horror genre. They say that the souls of the people who die here apparently haunt the house. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, October 9, 2008 Return to House on Haunted Hill Blu-ray Review
Producers: Erik Olsen, Rosee Sharon, Steve Richards, Jonathan Tzachor, Joel Silver Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Amanda Righetti, Cerina Vincent, Erik Palladino, Tom Riley, Andrew Lee Potts Reawakening the terror imprisoned within the house on the hill.įor more about Return to House on Haunted Hill and the Return to House on Haunted Hill Blu-ray release, see Return to House on Haunted Hill Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on Octowhere this Blu-ray release scored 2.5 out of 5. Treasure hunt that leads a group of unwitting victims back to the Vannacutt Mansion, But the diary also makes Ariel a target in a deadly Vannacutt just before she died, offering clues to theĭiabolical evil that resides within the house. Herself to finding out who - or what - was responsible for her death. Now her recent and questionable suicide leaves her sister, Ariel, no choice but to devote One believed her claims that ghosts were responsible for the gruesome murders that took place Sarah Wolfe was the only living survivor from the massacre at the Vannacutt Mansion, but no Return to House on Haunted Hill Blu-ray offers decent video and great audio, but overall it's a mediocre Blu-ray release