Would You Run From Calista Flockhart?!
We’re in the home stretch of our Camp marathon as we attend the prestigious birthday party of one Evelyn Stockard-Price (Kween Famke Janssen). Over the last several weeks you’ve heard us delve into Lindsay Lohan’s tumultuous experience filming I Know Who Killed Me, explore the gonzo twists in Netflix’s The Perfection and analyze the sociopolitical commentary in Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs. Now it’s time for some Dark Castle-y goodness with 1999’s House on Haunted Hill!
In House on Haunted Hill, a group of strangers are invited to a party and offered $1 million each if they survive the night. The only catch is that the party takes place at the titular “house” (aka the Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane), which is actually haunted!
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Episode 44 – House on Haunted Hill (1999)
As the boys near the end of their eight-week camp marathon, they make return trip to the halls of Dark Castle Entertainment (see previous episode on Orphan) to check into the Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane. That’s right, they’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of William Malone’s remake of House on Haunted Hill!
Join them as they discuss a remake that’s better than it has any right to be (even if it doesn’t seem to know what a “house” is), praise the glorious diva perfection that is Famke Janssen and marvel at Ali Larter’s ability to connect wires and turn on lights!
Oh! They need some help settling a debate: what would one call the fate that befalls Schechter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Max Perlich) in the film?
This Week’s Game: Recast House on Haunted Hill with 2019 actors.
Cross out House on Haunted Hill!
Coming up tomorrow: We’re celebrating Halloween with the ultimate rock opera (no, not that one). That’s right! It’s Brian De Palma‘s Phantom of the Paradise!
– Joe & Trace
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