The Terrifying Legacy of HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL

[@jackzimmerman9178]

It's easy to write off William Castle as a gimmicky hack, but he was neither pretentious nor a shyster - he just loved what he did.

[@ashleightompkins3200]

He's kind of like a more successful Ed Wood. Both were men who held a real passion for their craft

[@traplogic5717]

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[@coinsilver3]

He was ahead of his time with the gimmicks.

[@jackzimmerman9178]

@@ashleightompkins3200 I'd never considered that! Toybox directors like Wood, Castle, Welles and Lynch are proof that you don't have to sacrifice passion for ambition.

[@ashleightompkins3200]

@@jackzimmerman9178 The real key is being memorable, even if the movie is genius or garbage. If you can make a real impact in people's mind in some way, then you have cemented your legacy.

[@sifatshams1113]

Vincent Price made any and every film he was in a thousand times better by simply being in them.

[@benkylo8015]

That's the truth!

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

A man who always have a great performance no matter the film he was in

[@MoojinBoi]

sounds a lot like christopher lee

[@thedeliveryboy6178]

Just like Tim Curry

[@traplogic5717]

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[@benkylo8015]

There's no such thing as a bad Vincent Price movie. He commands every scene in every movie he's in. A true icon of cinema!

[@traplogic5717]

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[@Kaiju_Queen94]

I agree! Even if the film he's in isn't that great, he always gave a hell of a performance!

[@evanb0869]

Truer words have never been spoken. I’m not a huge fan of older films but if he’s in it I’m watching it no matter what

[@Silver-rx1mh]

Ditto!

[@CantdoitWontdoit]

Phfff hes garbage! .......... if Garbage was the best thing to happen to horror that is! Seeeeeee what i did there? Cheers peeps. Heres to another great vid

[@iusedtowrite6667]

Vincent Price is a legend. The man deserves all the recognition and love he gets. He truly is a horror icon.

[@TechnicJunglist]

The man needs his own holiday along with Rod Serling lol

[@robertszvetics210]

YOU ARE CORRECT.

[@inettawalker9387]

I'm Stephen gotdam Price!

[@rushguy1]

You can tell that Geoffrey Rush was having an absolute blast in the remake. The '99 film knows exactly what it is and it's just a fun, fun ride through and through.

[@Tina_95]

I think thats why I love it so much. It doesn't take itself OVERLY serious but everyone is serious enough in their rolls that it makes it an absolute ride. Geoffrey Rush absolutely had a blast with that roll you can tell. It ends up feeling like going through a haunted house attraction at Halloween time. Terrifying but also pretty hilarious.

[@LordMarlle]

The intro of the remake with the amusement park, and the audience just wanting a cheap thrill is an excellent opening to a thrillingly ridiculous ride. Maybe my favorite low-brow horror

[@coleberger6265]

Its my personal all time favorite movie. It just sends me back to being a kid and staying up late to watch it on TNT. It has no business being anyone's all time favorite movie but here I am lol 🤣😅

[@adabsurdum5905]

@@coleberger6265 Nah I think it's a perfect junk food horror movie. Campy acting, a dumb story, and genuinely disturbing visuals. What more do you want?

[@BestCupid]

Geoffrey Rush is my favorite thing about this movie (especially since Jeffery Combs was casted in the movie but had no lines) but damn he made the movie a joy to watch even today

[@rolmodel12.]

The '99 remake also smashed a couple of horror movie tropes: final girl lives, with no zinger/twist ending AND her new friend, the "token black guy" not only survived the "first to die" cliche', but made it to the end!

[@TechnicJunglist]

Very similar to the stoner finally being the 'hero' in Cabin In The Woods.

[@Tina_95]

Yeah I realized this the other night when I watched it and was glad to see it!

[@rolmodel12.]

Could also throw in, that there are two survivors. That happens, sometimes, in thrillers or action movies. But, kinda rare in the horror genre. 👍🏻 It's a cheesey flick, but I like the ending and some of those images were genuinely creepy, especially for it's time.

[@TheNotverysocial]

I cannot think of an abundance of films where that cliche statement applied. It didn't apply to any of the cornerstone slasher films. It didn't apply to any of the universal monster flicks. It didn't apply to any of George Romero's Living dead films. Or a number of others. The statement itself is a cliche, but the content behind it is far from it.

[@alienmindwarp3455]

Night of the Demons, both finale girl and token black guy survived the night 💄

[@jexxer]

I'm not going to lie, at age thirteen the House on Haunted Hill remake scared me shitless. But honestly anything involving asylums - haunted or not - utterly terrifies me.

[@BestCupid]

I remember watching 13 ghost as a kid with my dad like right after we got surround sound speakers set up and we both got so scared that after the movie we watched dragon ball z for a few hours....we also talked with our pet turtle to help feel better

[@thedrinkinggames9573]

My horror loving friends had me watch this when we were in middle school. I had to watch it in chunks because I was a scardy cat. But the CGI at the end of House on Haunted Hill killed all the tension. I could watch it all the way through after that because it was so cheesy. I actually love it now, but I do remember the month of nightmares I had before we were able to finish.

[@derekconnors4128]

I love William Castle. He was definitely more a showman than a director, and you can tell he absolutely relished giving his audience a thrill. Its sad that he ended up a victim of his reputation: He still dreamed of being a serious Hollywood filmmaker later in his career, and tried to make it happen by directing Rosemary's Baby. But the financier knew having Castle as director would send the wrong message and insisted on Roman Polanski. In the end, Castle settled for a producer credit, and also has a Hitchcock-esque cameo in the film. Just another way Castle helped influence the horror genre, even late in his career.

[@RecklessInternetting]

Ironically, if this situation played out today then hiring Polanski puts out the wrong message

[@MostlyPennyCat]

I love the scene where she only sees them through the camcorder, lowers it, raises it and they're now looking straight at her, that was haunting.

[@jwnj9716]

I enjoyed both versions. The remake is fun for what it is even though there is a horrible CGI at the end....eh but at least you get a funny line, "I had nothing to do with this. I was adopted!!!"

[@Lady_Chalk]

Creating the rare and fabled incident of a black person surviving a horror film.

[@jefe2112]

Watched it for the first time with a group of friends at one of their houses, which happened to be in the middle of nowhere at the top of a huge hill. That made it significantly scarier and more enjoyable.

[@traplogic5717]

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[@coinsilver3]

The sequel ruined it for me though...

[@bobgunter9608]

I think the bad CGI works it looks ethereal

[@jogeller5731]

Every time you bait us with Hill House I'm so convinced the next one is going to talk about it and especially the The Haunting Netflix anthology and I fall for it every time...

[@falloutlover5443]

No joke, that old woman in the basement of the original is one of the most effective jumpscares ever in my opinion.

[@Fickji]

First time I saw the movie I let out a blood curdling scream when she turned around and saw the old lady. Just for that and Vincent Price the movie is special.

[@billjones5741]

Definitely pooped my pants there

[@BreezyStreamy]

My grandma looooooooved Vincent Price and House on Haunted Hill was a favorite, so she showed me it when I was a toddler and that woman has haunted me ever sense. Her, and the decapitated head they find later. Every time I am in a basement, I always think of her floating along or a head just hanging out.

[@kev_whatev]

Absolutely terrifying the first time you see it. Absolutely hilarious every time after that.

[@Josh-fp2qn]

The 1959 film is such a fun Halloween film. I pour myself a drink and enjoy.

[@pushinguproses]

Really glad you also agree with the murder mystery aspect of this movie. I love that you showed and talked about Castle's gimmicks as well; hokey as they are, he had something special with those. The remake looks... um.

[@glennmcadam6276]

I love your channel 💗

[@pushinguproses]

@@kathryn0200 It certainly looks chaotic, I will give it that.

[@wyattisrite5153]

Castle really did be just living life.

[@JoeyJ0J0]

The Tingler was a neat idea, I think with House on Haunted Hill he had a skeleton on a line zip around the theater.

[@nathanjones8667]

What is this, a crossover episode?

[@JuanGarcia-gy8vl]

The surgery scene easily stuck with me all these years.

[@chickensarealiens]

The remakes of House on Haunted Hill, The Haunting, and 13 Ghosts all merged together for me at the time and this is basically the first time I’ve truly understood which movie was which.

[@notsyzagts7967]

Good to have youtubers explain things like this sometimes. Although I didn't need this video to understand the different remakes, it's fun to get another point of view regardless.

[@summers7554]

The haunting though? Id understand Ghost Ship or House of Wax, but the Haunting was such a different type of movie. It was nearly a borderline fantasy film lol

[@TheRealHelenaDeluca]

ahaha

[@Th3Sabator45]

"Cindy this is a skeleton, this is bones.", the guys in the 1950s version really needed Brenda to solve their problems.

[@TheRealHelenaDeluca]

hahaha

[@CybermutT713]

Yep, that was Scary Movie 2's joke. The scene was referencing this movie.

[@mariahanover9335]

I thought the remake had some legitimately tense sequences like when they catch the doctor on camera moving around the hospital, when he breaks the wall and the darkness comes out, and the ending sequence. And oh god, the hallucination inducing room was so creepy.

[@adabsurdum5905]

Dude that scene is probably the single best horror scene in all of cinema

[@hdervish2497]

This is one of my very favorite films of all time. The way Price and the actress who plays his wife just loathe each other is a thing of beauty

[@antheathetiefling8581]

Fun fact: William Castle convened Vincent Price to join the movie thanks to the ending twist and a slice of cake

[@whitedragoness23]

Must of been for the cake

[@anubusx]

I would do it for that.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

​@@whitedragoness23 hopefully it was good cake

[@tonyhunt7967]

The ghost surgery scene was so good they lifted it wholesale in Grave Encounters years later. Also why the hell was Chris Kattan shockingly good in the remake?!

[@Tina_95]

I just watched it other night and forgot how funny he is in this movie.

[@trolltoll2825]

The original House On Haunted Hill was the first horror movie I saw as a kid. It's always held a special place in my heart, I'm glad you're finally covering it!

[@starringvincentprice]

I come from a household that adores Vincent Price, House on Haunted Hill was my first ever introduction to him. Ever since that day I have also gained a fascination for the man, he was a true marvel. Accomplished actor, world class chef, esteemed art collector, LGBT supporter, and even a keen ally of Native and Mexican Americans. He was a truly amazing man, I wish that I lived at a point of time in which I could sincerely thank him for his work, and for how he pretty much led me to a path of horror I never would have discovered otherwise. Well, even if he isn’t with us anymore I just want to say, Thank you, Vinny, for being a role model for me, for bringing me to an older era, for showing me that there is a brightness in the dark, even if that sounds hokey it’s true, I appreciate you, and I hope there will be more like you. Thank you so much, Mr. Price.

[@chesskinge]

House on Haunted Hill ('99) is actually one of my favorite movies. It hits my sweetspot for campy/legitimately scary that other movies don't really hit for me. (I attribute it to 80% of the crew being Tales From the Crypt veterans). I love the cast, the look, the score is MAGNIFICENT... seriously go listen to "The Price Petard". Not to mention- The doctors looking at Melissa on her camcorder and Jeffrey Combs shaking and speed walking through the security monitor footage are all-time scares for me. ALSO, the Rorschach ink blot ghost made of naked woman is such an insane design, I've always been able to overlook the 90s CGI. It's just so wonderfully weird and for where the film is set, it feels relatively diegetic.

[@johnjuiceshipper4963]

The sliding at 5:54 gets me. Something about that unnatural movement is so fucking scary.

[@emiquiroga8647]

I loved how vanacutt moves in the remake, also very unnatural

[@wilsonjonah]

That scene got me so bad when I first watched it... I was shocked how good this film was and Vincent Price made it even better

[@barrelwimp2698]

That remake is genuinely disturbing. The part where the guy in the camera room gets turned around and his head is just hollowed out, still gets me when I see it. And how there’s usually a constant barrage of whispers in the basement that the characters don’t react to at all. Makes me feel like we’re clued in to the true reality of the situation

[@doublea761]

The history of the horror genre is such a fascinating topic.

[@RyanHollinger]

*HAPPY NEW YEAR!* ... Leave your future suggestions below! Also, if you're keen on my details about the 1959 mystery, check out Pushing Up Roses' video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ7GZ3aKaZt9jNE

[@ally-20]

Great work 💞 Also The Lodge or starfish (2018) would be interesting to see. I recently watched starfish and its a really beautiful and underrated film. The lodge would also be interesting because it's similar to hereditary yet very different in my opinion.

[@johnwayne8817]

Ur awesome dude Satanic panic

[@boobootittleman7299]

Keep up the good work, Ryan! I’d love to see a video on Doctor Sleep.

[@iusedtowrite6667]

Pushing Up Roses collab when?

[@Zamoti212]

Great work as always Ryan! 👌🏾 My suggestion would have to be Hannibal the movies and/or Hannibal the TV series, you could compare the two, who you find plays the better Hannibal and such 😁 The TV series is one of my all time favourites 😊

[@worlddictionary9954]

that broad floating toward the window by a rope in house on haunted hill scared the absolute fuck outta me .

[@Saturnia2014]

The ghosts in the remake of House On Haunted Hill were utterly terrifying to me when I saw it as a kid. The way they twitched and walked like stop motion puppets was pure nightmare fuel for me lol even though some of the movie is a product of it's time and some of it aged horribly, it's still one of my favorite spooky movies.

[@catroszak6847]

Vincent Price is my favorite actor ever. I'm loving this revival he's been having lately. It brings me so much joy! Thanks for the video :)

[@mehmemes933]

Under all the 50s cheese, the original house on haunted hill has something that is much darker beneath the surface that still disturbs me today. The jumpscare with the old hag, the girl who was killed in the attic by something unhuman, its sinister enough without over doing it.

[@Josh-fp2qn]

By the end of the film it leaves you thinking that there are no actual ghosts and that Pritchard is a drunken fool. But, I just wonder if maybe he is right about the house being evil.

[@EmDub01]

Glad you finally talked about these because the remake traumatized me when I was younger, and your calm and often humorous demeanor really help. Specifically, the camcorder scene with the ghost standing still in the hallway and the following closeup jumpscare was burned into my brain as a kid when I was stuck at my grandparents’ house and this happened to be on tv while I was all alone, and even though you showed the jump scare 3 times in this video I felt more mentally prepared to visit the scene as an adult and really confront it. It still terrifies me tbh, but I don’t feel as helpless as I did in my youth, rather I’m fascinated with it. It’s like when you finally see the monster for what it is, and you become less afraid of it, especially now that I am older. This video has kinda helped put some of that childhood trauma to rest.

[@TetherOnline]

I remember watching 1990's movie when I was WAY to young to be watching it. It was on TV and I was terrified of it while my sisters enjoyed the hell out of it. I think it was the imagery that got to me the most. Funny thing was, my parents thought we all loved it and found a DVD version for us to watch...on a road trip and had to try and ignore it while my sisters watched it twice.

[@iusedtowrite6667]

Ngl the gimmicks sound really fun. I would love to experience one. It just sounds so fun.

[@blubablubahumbug]

Lol I thought the same thing.

[@Lady_Chalk]

The remake gave me nightmares; mostly for all those scenes of the crazed asylum doctor. On another note, 28 Days Later gave me far worse nightmares, (one of those fuckers jumped through my window).

[@Lady_Chalk]

Oh! And Geoffrey Rush is a pretty good Vincent Price doppelgänger.

[@Lady_Chalk]

And the starting credits for HoHH 1999 looks like something from NIN’s “ Closer” video. Ok I’m done.

[@Tina_95]

The 99 remake traumatized me as a child BECAUSE of the scenes with the doctor and how he would twitch like that. I hated it as a kid! Still unnerves me a little to this day.

[@jackalope2302]

@@Lady_Chalk I was looking for this very comment

[@gageboardman]

No you don’t understand, I’m literally OBSESSED with this movie. It’s one of my favorite horror movies! And even the remake and it’s sequel, as 90’s 2000’s cliche as they are, are still so iconic to me. I rewatch all of them every Halloween! Actually the 99 remake is my personal fav!

[@Lyndiloo]

The only thing I remember from this movie is the extreme smash cutting that gave the horror scenes a strobe-lighting effect. I hadn't seen that before and it really stuck out to me. I think they did a much better job of that in Thirteen Ghosts, but didn't really improve the story much.

[@GlitterGothBunny]

My grandmother actually met Vincent price back in the 70s. We're from St Louis and he was doing a free play here in a outdoor theater and she was so starstruck she couldn't really say much but my mom was like can she have your autograph. My mom said he was really nice.

[@lbshitkkers]

Weirdly enough the haunted house remake and it’s sequel have a special place in my heart, it’s one of the first horror movies that I remember watching and it actually landed for me, I’m also a sucker for creepy hospitals/sanitariums tho

[@shoesncheese]

When I first saw the remake, I thought the switch from "it's all fake" to "it's supposed to be fake, but actually it's real" was very well done. When he turns that chair around and the guy's face is missing, it changed the whole movie for me. If I hadn't seen the original, I don't think it would have had the same impact. I went from mildly interested in seeing how they'd pull it off to downright invested in it. And the special effects weren't that bad. I've seen worse in better movies. The saturation chamber is the scene that disturbed me the most. Imagine being in that thing.

[@wstine79]

Starting off the year with some William Castle. NICE! I really enjoyed both versions of the movie. The Original with Vincent Price and it's can't be yet spooky charm. And I like the remake for it cast of characters, including Geoffrey Rush, and it's schlocky campy funny.

[@mep15067]

100% the saddest thing about this movie is that no one else has tried to do a roshach monster design like this movie cause its legittimately creepy to me

[@saltytyranitar6981]

I really like the bad CGI in the eldritch entity actually. It makes the House's premise seem more alien and out of place to me.

[@VSPhotfries]

I agree. It's not exactly perfect, but it looks quite alien, odd, and not quite of (or entirely IN) this world. They used it well and when it would be effective, not willy-nilly all over the place, and the actual design is rad if you ask me. Then again, I also have a much higher tolerance for bad CGI than practical effects, oddly, so it probably wouldn't bother me even if it were legitimately awful...

[@robertodell9193]

Director William Malone stated on the commentary track that he didn't use CGI for the entity.

[@CreatureMovieReviews]

Thank you for not just complaining about the remake and actually pointing out its strengths and weaknesses. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the sequel to the remake!

[@carnival5458]

Happy New Year!! I was just binging some of your old videos when I got the notification

[@daniellel230]

Happy new year, Ryan! Can't wait to see what you'll cover this year!

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

Vincent Price, a man who always have a great and professional performance no matter the movie he was in

[@ReverendMeat51]

The original Haunting, book and movie, are both great. Never seen the remake but you said you'd talk about it later so looking forward to it

[@arcadia7459]

New year, New Horror Daddy Video. 2021's gonna be great

[@RyanHollinger]

❤️❤️❤️

[@simsa9933]

Turtle King Sam here

[@d4mdcykey]

This remains a very engaging film, I really enjoyed your perspective on it. It also reminded me of one of my absolute favorites from that era: _The Haunting_ from 1963. I really hope you will cover that some day, it not only has extremely skilled and unique cinematography the pacing is highly tense with superb acting. It also happens to be based on a must-read classic by Shirley Jackson that I've read at least five times over the decades.

[@rileyspeck4092]

Darkness Falls might be an interesting film to look at.

[@RyanHollinger]

I hope to!

[@Atromnis]

I absolutely love Darkness Falls. That and Alan Wake are the main reason I carry a strong flashlight with me every day.

[@Fickji]

@@Atromnis That poor gutted film. I love it to pieces but it was butchered from what it could have been.

[@blubablubahumbug]

That movie scared the sht outta kid me. The idea that in any darkness that monster would come down and whip you up was freaky.

[@Matthweus127]

Nice one. I'm still curious about the pre-reshoot version that was scrapped when Stan Winston team got on board. That honestly looked like a more interesting movie.

[@ladyalibat6564]

Yay, you're back!! You were missed. I love the original AND the remake. The remake is at the top of my favorite guilty pleasure movie. Wait, nah, I'm not going to lie. It's just at the top of my favorites, I 'm not ashamed.

[@egggnome6266]

You should check out James Whale's 'The Old Dark House' 1932. It's a lot of fun, with great dialog, and impressive effects considering, well, low budget 1932.

[@journeyofsound397]

Love that film so much!

[@AndreNitroX]

Old horror is special

[@alienmindwarp3455]

William Castle remade that with Hammer films, starring Tom Poston, and absolutely nothing like the original, though the Femmes are still violent. Goofy fun like a Peter Sellers movie.

[@egggnome6266]

@@alienmindwarp3455 I haven't seen that one, but I noticed from IMDB, that there isn't a Glady's character. Probably because they couldn't find an actress as sexy as Lilian Bond. :D

[@alienmindwarp3455]

@@egggnome6266 I was really excited to see what WC had done with ODH, and was initially very disappointed, but gave it another chance years later, and it's pretty entertaining when you don't expect it to be anything like the 32 version.

[@theprofessorjg]

Honesty I like both. The backstory for the remake reminds me of the PS2 game " The Suffering." Play it, it's worth it!

[@TechnicJunglist]

I LOVED that game. Really underrated. I'm surprised ppl don't talk about it more.

[@theprofessorjg]

@@TechnicJunglist it was fantastic! I also enjoyed the sequel....so much craziness!!!

[@curiousworld7912]

I'll give William Castle this - he was a showman. I do find it odd that he used FL Wright's Ennis House for the exterior of the house, but the interior is classic Victorian-gothic.

[@mistergrool3941]

5:47 You have no idea the amount of PTSD you just gave me for resurrecting an old memory of when I watched this scene with my parents and started crying. Not one of my prouder moments

[@RevanTheRebel]

Any Movie: *has a creature of enigmatic or existential origin* Ryan Hollinger: LOveCrAFtiaN!!!

[@Hanami63]

I love the 1959 version. Though I have to give it to the old caretaker lady. I know it's coming everytime, and yet, it never ceases to make me jump a little (and the way she glides! That's just so weird!) But kuddos to you for trying to make that scare work in your video, even if it just didn't have the proper buildup for me to make me jump.

[@xtrordinarygrl15]

Best birthday present ever! Love this movie!! Thank you Ryan!!

[@Dear1Stupit1Dog]

Fun fact: the big mouthed creature you see at 16:16 was originally meant to be used in the movie (Ghost story 1981). But it was scrapped because the Director thought it looked ridiculous.

[@rockinchimp]

Recently watched Matinee which has a character influenced by William Castle, highly recommended if you like Castle's films and 50s/60s low-budget sci-fi/horror.

[@Amthelia]

Sunday ritual reactivated 😁 happy new year and all the best in these strange times where the horror is much too real

[@AndreNitroX]

I didn’t watch this movie until I was an adult, so I wasn’t scared, but I know for a fact that as a kid I would have been traumatized. Also Vincent price is always a treat.

[@geekycheeky5567]

House on Haunted Hill (the original) use to scare me so bad as a kid, you did a fantastic job Ryan!

[@DemonVido]

"Just stand right there and scream until the monster walks out of the room"

[@gatochick14]

Can't wait to see your take on the Hill House legacy! Would love to see you look into Hell House as well. "How tall were you, really?" will never fail to crack me up.

[@jacksuke]

It's been so long since I've watched the original that you've inspired me to watch it again! Happy New Years, Ryan! Edit: I have watched the remake, the only thing I remember is that weird ink blot monster. What the hell even was that?

[@notsyzagts7967]

Pay attention to the video; it mentions this. It's called The Darkness and it consumes its victims, swallowing them into the house. The physical manifestation of the house's evil.

[@jacksuke]

@@notsyzagts7967 still think it's weird lmao

[@d.t.garcia8705]

I was just talking about these movies the other day! THANKS for another great video. I always enjoy your content and insights. ☺️

[@squatchh_]

Ryan... Return to Oz PLEASE. Scariest kids film ever made.

[@TechnicJunglist]

AHHHHHHH! The Wheelers!!!!

[@squatchh_]

@@TechnicJunglist dude, terrifying

[@TechnicJunglist]

@@squatchh_ The whole movie is a pretty much a bad trip 😆

[@delitatactics6721]

Loved this movie as a kid. Such a screwed up movie

[@Guilhermerodrigues3]

Hi Ryan, hope you have a great year. The 1999 version is one of the first horror movies I can remember watching. It really disturbed me, but I loved the Marilyn Manson + Silent Hill style it had (that now I see it comes from Jacob's Ladder), hell, I still really like this style, unfortunately it got sooo overused that no one can stand it any longer. I watched again a few years ago, and I still enjoyed it, although it was a bit disappointing for me. They made a sequel of the remake, but I can't remember a thing about it.

[@wyattisrite5153]

I always felt like the "double twist" was just as much a part of the gimmick as the skeleton.

[@florealecat]

ty for resurrecting my love for the horror shlock that i grew up with. dark castle made some of my favorite movies, thirteen ghosts and ghost ship just to name a couple. love your videos!

[@tonymata8070]

The remake traumatized me so bad growing up, the post credit scene still haunts me. 😰

[@itsjustbruno6368]

Oh man, it’s great to have u back... missed these videos

[@janevivian24]

2021 is going to be a strange year lol

[@enemyofdavis6830]

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[@janevivian24]

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[@enemyofdavis6830]

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[@janevivian24]

@@enemyofdavis6830 Tea 💅

[@enemyofdavis6830]

@@janevivian24 what about tea, fuck the tea

[@onewomanarmy6451]

This makes me so happy! Saw the "remake" when I was a kid and I just can't help but love it still. The bad parts has become quite charming to me, in a very similar way to Stephen Kings Rose Red and Storm of the Century. Watch them by the way, they are lovely!

[@JorgeTorres17-2]

What a review to start the year! just rewatched the remake in Dec and enjoyed most of it, except for Chris Kattan. Looking forward to another year of reviews.

[@RyanHollinger]

Kattan is great!!

[@Aj_Cartier]

Yesss, I was waiting for one of my favorite film KZbinrs would talk about one of my favorite, under talked about horror films. I loved both versions of this movie since I was younger. Something about the 90’s one was just dumb fun. Of all the KZbinrs I’m happy it was Ryan too😂🙏🏽.

[@DDfan91]

Horror Sunday is back y'all!

[@thehatalwayswins505]

I’ve always loved the hyper editing and fun camera angles, it’s just a style I’ve always found interesting and just eye catching. Although the films that use it aren’t always best but at least have interesting ideas I’d love to explore in a remake as a future wannabe filmmaker.

[@sunshinesooperman5110]

Hi, Mr. Hollinger. Have you ever thought about covering made-for-television horror movies such as The Night Stalker/Night Strangler, Trilogy of Terror or Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby? Or blaxploitation-era horror movies (from J.D.’s Revenge to Ganja and Hess)?

[@kiradattei]

I always liked that the two survivors of the remake were the two that weren't actually descendants. It was a satisfying little touch.

[@awkwardity5615]

Ooh this calls for a movie night with both versions 💀

[@LittleRedTeaCake]

I was legit wondering what you were up to earlier today and what the next video was going to be about, so imagine my surprise and happiness that you posted an hour ago. And I love the movies you're talking about!

[@Firegen1]

I have never seen my sister laugh so much as when she told me the character "twist" at the end of the remake. Good times

[@strangerjones5576]

Love your stuff! I'd be curious to see you do a sort of introsepctive on the adaptations of "Turn of the Screw" and "The Haunting of Hill House" if possible (including Mike Flanagan's miniseries "adaptations" of them)

[@eliotmccann2589]

First "high-yevver" at 1:38.

[@bluespart]

Happy new year Ryan! Looking forward to another year of content from you!

[@fillingsauce7130]

One good thing to come out of this year so far

[@kuschlpu]

Hey Ryan. Your videos are phenomenal and I really like your insight into the horror genre as a whole. That being said I also really love really old black and white horror. It just love the atmosphere. And I would highly appreciate your take on the classic universal monsters. Maybe make a marathon out of it? I dunno if it fits the style of your channel but I would really like having you talk about it. Especially since the reboot of those movies failed so hilariously

[@bunniesandthorns]

I actually quite love the Dark Castle films; as cheesy as they are, they were fun watches.

[@chippendaleduo]

The remake was such a product of its time in terms of costuming and effects, but I still have a fondness for it. I watched it for the first time when I was younger and my parents were just starting to get used t the idea of having horror content in the house, so I'd never seen anything quite like it at that age. I loved it, lol.

[@zobop]

Btw, in the remake Jeffrey Combs plays Dr. Vannacutt - and who is ALWAYS a win 😀😀😀

[@attackmanatee02]

I still look forward to hearing thriller on the radio occasionally just to hear Price's monologue. He did such a good job in his movies, and I especially love his film adaptation of Masque of the Red Death

[@InAmOrAtA1983]

The original film's scene with Price and his wife bitching at each other is one of my all time favorite movie moments. Also, I saw the remake in the theater, and it was definitely disturbing. The shakey twitchy thing is a major nope.

[@jpvielleux]

Happy new year! Looking forward to the Session 9 video! ;)

[@Loyard777]

I wish they’d remake 13 ghosts one more time

[@TheRiotousMind]

Great video. I've been waiting for you to cover the work of Stuart Gordon. Everyone loves Re-Animator but forgets about his later films like Castle Freak and Dagon, which are both minor classics in their own right.

[@dongray9852]

I think you meant "Castle's influence can't be OVERstated..." Didn't'cha? 🤔😁

[@HAL-vc3of]

I think it means the same thing either way

[@NecroBeasty]

This is the 4th time you've covered a movie relatively soon after I shared it with friends on a movie night. It's a very odd but fun synchronicity. The Rorschach Entity legitimately scared me when I was younger despite the wonky CG, I would have these long and vivid Rose Red, House on Haunted Hill nightmares. This was still a very fun movie for me.