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  • Actors: Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill, Roland Culver
  • Directors: John Hough
  • Writers: Richard Matheson
  • Producers: Albert Fennell, James H. Nicholson, Norman T. Herman, Susan Hart
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Danish, Norwegian, English, Swedish, Finnish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Jun 2003
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000695JK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,500 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features

1.85 Wide Screen
16:9 Wide Screen
German
English\German
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround English\Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo German
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Theatrical Trailer
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Synopsis

In this atmospheric and menacing film, the wealthy owner of a haunted mansion believes his home (which has been dubbed Hell House due to a history of bizarre happenings therein) might provide the answer to the phenomenon of life after death. To prove his theory, he enlists the help of four brave psychic investigators whom, to acquire the situation in its entirety, set up residence in the dark and mysterious abode. Soon after, the team are nearly driven to insanity as they slowly begin to discover how the mansion got its gloomy moniker.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent haunted house movie., 6 Nov 2003
By S. Hapgood "www.sjhstrangetales.com" - See all my reviews
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I think what makes this film so effective is it's claustrophobic atmosphere. Four psychic investigators spend a week in a Gothic house that not only appears to be permanently swathed in fog, but has had all it's windows bricked up (to stop outsiders looking in, or the inmates looking out, is entirely up to you to decide). From the moment they arrive there the film never leaves the confines of the house and the immediate fog-choked garden. We get the whole works: ghostly wails, chill breezes wafting through cobwebbed furniture, even a homicidal cat! The Atmosphere is helped no end by Delia Derbyshire's (she helped to create the famous Dr Who theme tune) electronic background music. The Belasco house is described as "the Mount
Everest of haunted houses", built as it was by a strange, reclusive tycoon, who had an Aleister Crowley-style obsession with exploring all the darker side of life, and manipulating his guests for his own amusement.

The four main players are Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roddy McDowell and Pamela Franklin, and they are all first-rate, most particularly McDowell as the somewhat eerie Mr Fisher, and Pamela Franklin as the engagingly eccentric medium, Florence Tanner. I fully agree with another reviewer on these pages that she was a gifted and unique actress. Appearing in a brief role at the beginning is veteran t.v comedy actor, Peter Bowles.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate haunted house film!!!!!!!!!!!!, 27 Mar 2006
Three occult experts are hired by an aging millionaire to get proof that balasco house is haunted. The three are a physical medium, a psychic medium and a paranormal scientist. The house setting is eerie and ominus from the moment the experts arrive. No expensive special effects in this film, just genuine frights and some uncomfortable moments. (daniels ghost in the bedroom anyone?) I disagree with the last reviewers opinion on roddy mcdowell taking on the "roaring giant" I thought his performance was brilliant. All in all you get value for money with this dvd unlike some recent expensive dvds. Try session 9 as well for another cheap dvd gem.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Avenging Hell House!, 20 Sep 2005
This is a great film, with a real 'avengers' feel to some of the production as Both John Hough (Director), Albert Fennel (Producer) and Robert Jones (Art Director) all have avengers links.

The film is an enjoyable haunted house story with low key performances from Clive Revill (always great), Gayle Hunnicut and Pamela Franklin and a barnstorming performance from Roddy McDowell.

The are are elements of over direction in the film, but then again this is part of the appeal, the wealth of wide angle lenses adding to the fun.

Only let down by a somewhat silly ending, which Roddy Mcdowell managers to bluster through.

Still great film and definately worth a watch.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Botch job at Hell House....
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5.0 out of 5 stars Flawed Shmoored!! Its a 'hair-on-the-back-of-neck' Classic!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
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4.0 out of 5 stars Memorable but Flawed
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5.0 out of 5 stars Legend of Hell House
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3.0 out of 5 stars We're not talking about the right film here.... ;-)))
I saw Hell House in the seventies, and it is quite a good adaptation of the Richard Matheson book it is based upon. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A good Re-make?
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