Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

GL84 When a group of thugs breaks into their home, the group and their hostages looking for a clue to find hidden treasure buried in a supposedly haunted house encounter a swarm of ravenous ghosts inside the house guarding the treasure and killing everyone who has ever set foot inside.Overall, this one was a lot better than expected and was a lot of fun at times. What really helps this one is the absolutely fun and enjoyable attacks featured here that are weaved along plenty of exciting times here, as the action is really worthwhile. This starts off with the rather fun encounter in the basement where the ghosts begin appearing behind the group without them knowing down in the corridor, though the other attacks on the group are even better. The lesbian encounter where the nude ghosts appear to the group member and begin erotically toying with her using her gear only to turn into their ghostly selves in a quick flash-cut is quite fun is quite fun as is the grisly aftermath, the later scene of the ghost attack on the singular member who cracks through the wall into the ghosts' chamber and the rather chilling scene where the ghosts take their surroundings into effect in putting the gang member in the drawn- and-quartered position which is all rather fun action scenes. The big final half here also gets really good here as the there's even more action placing a high-quality amount of scenes here with this one getting in scenes from the group turning the tables against the kidnappers, the big confrontation with the ghosts in the pool as they first float up to the surface before attack those that fell in, the highly chilling crawl through of the vent into the storage room where the statue's held and the big confrontation in the shower room where the ghosts get their big revenge here with the battle against the mad doctor which really makes this one enjoyable. Along with these factors, the same atmosphere featured from the original is again on display as the rooms and overall layout here give this one quite a sinister feel that gives the ghosts a rather creepy feel here, and with the graphic kills here make this one highly enjoyable. These here hold this off enough to overcome the minor flaws in this one, which almost all basically come from one area. this one here is barely over an hour long which is incredibly problematic since barely anything here that's explained about the cause of the statue's influence over everyone, from the initial corrupting of the original staff to the more modern corruption which makes this one quite confusing as to how anything happens. There's barely anything here about that since the film doesn't have the time for these taking so long to get them into the house and then rushing through the hauntings inside which are continuous and rapidly dished out that there's hardly anything else in here. That's really the biggest issue with this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity.

davidtheawesome95 Now, I know one should never expect much from a sequel unless it's The Dark Knight or Purge: Anarchy, but this comes so close and stills falls short. The original had much better acting with people who knew how to control their tone of voice when necessary; I literally watched the House on Haunted Hill 3 times in a row. That's where most sequels go wrong, inferior acting due to lower budget or just plain bad casting. spoiler alert: Every time something happens that would make anyone sane or normal scream their head off, the actor is either speechless or starts bitching about how "ghosts don't exist"; even though he is standing in a pool of blood. That is where the writing went wrong. The Dialogue was poorly thrown together with little regard for continuity of the first film's events, and the reactions assigned to the characters in each murder scene are just under par and not plausible. If that wasn't enough, the entire idea presented in the first movie involving simple evil trapping souls is reduced to an Indiana Jones treasure hunt with a big breasted heroine seeming to possess the speed, strength and guts of a marine. I mean hey, if she actually was a marine OK, but suddenly giving a magazine editor a bad ass arsenal of skills doesn't do for me, and no it's not because she's a girl. But seriously, the bone crunching that should have been present is non-existent, with each bloody seen sounding more like jello being ripped and tossed rather than a human body. Despite all this, there are some good features. The past memories was an interesting turn, although a seeming migraine feature may have been needed to sell it. And the deaths were in fact very creative. All in all, this is a straight to netflix and DVD movie. If your looking for a haunted house block buster feature, try A Haunting in Connecticut, but if you just want a mildly creepy film with fun death scenes and an ancient demon god, look no further!

Al_The_Strange Eight years after the release of the House on Haunted Hill remake, this little film came to home video. It pretty much is direct-to-video trash, offering a few thrills, but nothing substantial.The best that can be said is that the film has some very wicked scenes of blood and gore, and some rather arousing nude scenes. Unfortunately, the film does drag at spots, and it feels uneven.The film does its best to build on its predecessor, as it uses the same settings, same production design, and going so far as bringing back Jeffrey Combs to play the same bad guy as in the first film. One other valuable aspect is that, as the ghosts kill off all the hapless characters, the film uses some really wicked flashbacks to explore more of the house's violent history.Unfortunately, that's all the good that can be said about it. The film employs some rather dull, lifeless characters who serve as little more than crazy-ghost-fodder. The story doesn't have much of a structure or point at all, and it's especially dumb in the way it explains away the hauntings with a mere demonic statue (which also serves as a rather weak and uninspired McGuffin).The film doesn't look too bad in terms of filming and editing. Acting and writing aren't anything worth praising though. This production has okay-looking sets, props, and costumes, and some rather weak special effects. Music isn't really great either.2.5/5 (Entertainment: Average | Story: Poor | Film: Poor)

BakuryuuTyranno It seems the crew members of the film really weren't attempting to produce a real film.The main villain has henchmen, because he couldn't possible hold two people hostage with them driving. Of course, the henchmen serve no purpose afterwards, so shortly after entering the house they die.It becomes so ridiculous that one henchman left outside gets called inside by the titular building, and almost immediately after meeting the rest of the group gets spooked and runs off, leading to his death. Literally the movie goes no further than going through the motions.A haunted house requires some level of atmosphere. This movie has nothing remotely resembling atmosphere. Even repeating the history of the building would have helped since the original came out eight years beforehand and wasn't anything memorable so expecting viewers not to remember would be logical, especially since back stories are usually repeated in horror sequel films anyways.Despite knowing the antagonistic characters are going to die, it didn't occur to the crew they could keep things interesting by keeping some characters' fates unpredictable. Yet only three characters including the lead couple don't end up becoming antagonists. Apparently the writing wasn't bad enough so the only character whose fate was in question is offed shortly after the group realize there's anything strange going on.