Loren later uses Trent’s skeleton to scare Annabelle into the acid as well. Trent attempts to dispose of what he thinks is Loren’s corpse, but he is pushed into a vat of acid by Loren. William Castles gimmick-laden horror thriller is a fairground fun house come to life. Though her plot finally comes to fruition and Loren is “shot” by one of the guests, the gun proves to have been loaded with blanks. Assorted terrors haunt the guests at every turn, including ghosts, a severed head, and Annabelle’s (later revealed to be faked) death. Trent, to trick one of the guests into shooting him. Annabelle warns the guests that she fears Loren means her harm and meanwhile plots with her lover, Dr. Each is presented with a pistol in order to fend off the house’s ghosts. He explains to his guests that any among them who survives in the house for one night-during which all communication with the outside world will be cut-will receive a prize of $10,000. Vincent Price played Frederick Loren, an eccentric millionaire who rents a reportedly haunted mansion for one night under the pretense of hosting a party for his wife, Annabelle, whom he believes to be after his fortune. Vincent Price on a lobby card for House on Haunted Hill (1959), directed by William Castle.
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