House on Haunted Hill

(Warner)

William Malone's remake of the 1958 William Castle original has the same set-up, with five strangers getting mysterious party invitations promising that anyone who survives the night within the walls of a haunted hospital will win $1 million. Sounds freaky, but after the first maniacal half-hour, this House gets sucked into the same dull vortex that has claimed so many recent horror movies, with flat acting, a bubble-headed script, and no Vincent Price lurking in the shadows.