William Castle would undoubtedly be proud. The carrot to get people to attend is a one million dollar prize for anyone who lives through the night - powerful incentive, indeed. The house is actually the House on Haunted Hill, of course - but what does end up surprising the cast is that there's more to the House than just evil memories of long dead loonies.
People begin disappearing, and their bodies start showing up around the house.
Could it all be a monstrous game perpetrated by Rush's character - or could be be something even darker, yet still human. House on Haunted Hill isn't particularly scary, though it's pretty creepy at times. Inside the house, things are fairly predictable, but that doesn't mean you won't have a good time on this roller coaster ride. And as such, it succeeds. The DVD is in widescreen, enhanced for 16x9 TV's, and looks and sounds great.