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It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is a classic even though I didn't see the reboot of it (The Dark Castle one). I like it like I'd enjoyed like I don't care if it's black and white like back then they're no colors back then for movies like this. I'd enjoy this film like it's fun to watch in my opinion. This is truly a classic like I wish they sell it in stores. I'd recommend this film for people who like classic films.

Contrary to the general trend, I find it difficult to classify this film as a horror or as a comedy, but its a classic and no one doubts it. This is a work by the famous director William Castle, who made several B films. In this particular case comedy, more or less evident, was always present, harmonizing with the attempts to frighten the audience (I do not know As far as they were truly successful, but for me they had no effect). In this movie, a very rich man invites a small group of people to a night party in a haunted mansion, giving money to anyone who wants to sleep there. The film spends a lot of time introducing the characters and, thereby, creates a good bond between them and the audience. The work of the cast is very competent, in particular Price. Of course, all of the special effects work is archaic today but we're watching a very old movie and we have to understand that. I particularly liked what I saw. It's not a horror movie, it scares almost anyone. But it's quite humorous at the right times, and above all, it maintains a pleasant mood of mystery from beginning to end.

They don't make 'em like this anymore. More's the pity, as William Castle's cheap and cheerful little spine-chiller is camp entertainment all the way. The budget is low, but Castle makes the best of his small location by filling it with macabre gags: a bloody severed head in a suitcase, a wraith of an old woman who slides around, a body hanging from a noose. These shocks are all served up in the best, nostalgia-ridden time-honoured tradition, with plenty of shrieks and screams as Castle derives maximum terror from each of the slight supernatural occurrences that he builds up.As an added bonus, horror star Vincent Price is cast in the lead role of Frederick Loren, a demented joker with plenty of tricks up his sleeves. Price is at his campest, jovial best here when talking sinisterly with his "amusing" wife, who has thrown the party. It turns out that his darling has tried to poison him on at least one occasion - but she makes out it's the other way round to a gullible guest (then again, what red-blooded male wouldn't fall for her charms?). The role seems to have been written for Price, either that or he just naturally fits it like a glove, and I really couldn't imagine any other actor in the role.Fleshing out the cast are Carol Ohmart as the lovely but devious wife, Alan Marshal as a stern doctor who hides some terrible secrets, and Richard Long as the young dashing hero. Only Long comes off badly - but his role is a poorly-written one, with much time taken up with indecision and a lack of action. Elisha Cook Jr. (who appeared again with Price in Corman's THE HAUNTED PALACE) enjoys himself as a spaced-out drunk who regales us with stories of murder and death, and it's a role he would essentially play in most of his latter-day films. The casting directors duly noted: if you needed an old-time and comical drunk, Elisha Cook was your man.Okay, so the direction is strictly by the book and the plot rather simplistic, but Castle concentrated here on the gimmicks of which he was so fond - this was the film where his infamous 'Emergo' came into play (a rubber glow-in-the-dark skeleton sailed past cinema-goers at a vital moment in the action). The opening of the film is a spooky masterpiece - disembodied heads introduce the cast and tell tall stories while screams and chains rattle in the darkness. And the best effect of all is saved until the end, where a woman is attacked by a ghostly skeleton which pushes her into an acid bath! It all turns out to be Price's work, as he's rigged up the skeleton as a puppet - although you're required to suspend disbelief in his fantastic mechanism. This skeleton moment is the highlight of a richly entertaining film, delightfully old-fashioned and catered for the kid in all of us. A remake followed in 1999 but obviously there's no substitute for Castle or Price. Just sit back, dim the lights and enjoy!

Brilliant acting from all seven of the cast! Yes, that's all there are in it. I've given it a 6. I'll bet it was cheap to make? A skeleton is listed in the cast too! Crazy, Great.I think the title was a bit inaccurate? We know the house won't really be haunted, I think they just made it like that to get Horror fans to come along.The handsome millionaire and his beautiful wife. There are background issues which eventually become clearer, previous wives, previous mysterious deaths, and so... who is next, who will survive the night, all locked up in the fancy house.The ending is a surprise, we really don't know who-dunnit, even though some of the plotting (the characters that is, not the movie-makers!) is explained not far from the end.