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28 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

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  • Starring: Famke Janssen, Geoffrey Rush
  • Summary: Decades after the Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane was closed, five strangers are invited to spend a night there. Their reward is a million dollars each. All they have to do is stay alive. (Warner Bros.)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 10 out of 17
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    Trash, but always just a little creepier than you expect.
  2. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    60
    The effects never really get ahead of the characters or the script's layered personality.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Petrakis
    38
    Contains too little of the original's campy spirit and too many whistles, bells, explosions and screams.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. FitriAmirrol
    3
    The horrors of Haunted Hill might have worked for children, but sadly the true horror here is how ridiculous, rickety and perplexing the twist is, and despite the successful, seductive performance by Janssen, this gothic B-movie is a nauseating waste of time.… Expand
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