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Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Peter Gallagher, Bridgette Wilson, Chris Kattan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The House on Haunted Hill |
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Steven Price offers six people one million dollars to stay in a haunted mental asylum. The only catch is that they must survive the night. At first everyone thinks that they will make it out, but suddenly the house puts itself on lockdown and makes everyone unsure. Then they start seeing ghosts and some peaple start dying so they try to figure out how to get out.
--Dashaun Montanez, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- why do we stay in the haunted house?
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) crewcut/very short
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Body type
- average (female)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- An "It".
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Misc settings
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie
- fearful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
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