House On Haunted Hill (1959)

I received a 9-Movie boxset of Vincent Price movies one Christmas and slowly intend to work through them all. First, William Castle’s low budget hit House On Haunted Hill (1959) where a millionaire bets five strangers to stay the night in a haunted house for $10,000 each. This was a lot of fun. Even when the special effects were hokey, I loved it, and it still had some effective spooky moments and satisfying twists (though an abrupt ending). Price is awesome, just a charmingly debonair and sinister presence that keeps everything cooking. Classic character actor Elisha J. Cook is worth his weight in gold as the continual harbinger of doom. Recommended.