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Which was the original?

posted 12 years ago by cmp_gr
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I read in the user reviews

"A very poor update of the classic i have a few problems with this film -The doctor was seen too much, i feel in the original his presence was more weird, unknown and frightening, in this one he even talks..lame!" (Author: rimzey from Australia) and I wonder which was the original film he is referring to.

I agree that the film was rather bad. It began promising, but after the first 20 minutes or so, that is after the entry in the house, it was boring.

[–] mokienatrix 12 years ago

When he refers to the film as a 'poor update of the classic,' he's referring to 1959's "House on Haunted Hill," starring Vincent Price.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051744/

When he talks about the doctor being freakier in the original, though, he probably means in the 1999 remake, to which this is a sequel.

(My apologies, edited to clarify.)

[–] cmp_gr 12 years ago

Thank you.

[–] mojo2004 10 years ago

Don't know why there's confusion? The 1959 film didn't have a plot of a doctor & hospital/mental ward, in it.

MOJO2004

[–] mel2000 (259) 3 years ago

Don't know why there's confusion? The 1959 film didn't have a plot of a doctor...

But who in their right mind would refer to the 1999 version as a classic?