Return to House on Haunted Hill
Came out; 2007
Time; 1 hours 19 minutes
Watched: Hulu
Rating; R for strong bloody horror violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity
IMDB Rating; 4.5/10
Caution; Spoiler Alert
Staring.
Amanda Righetti as Ariel Wolfe
Cerina Vincent as Michelle
Erik Palladino as Desmond
Tom Riley as Paul
Andrew Lee Potts as Kyle
Jeffrey Combs as Dr Vannacutt
Story Line.
It started when five people agreed to spend one night in a haunted house . . . What began as an evening of fun a harmless scare in exchange for one million dollars to anyone who stayed the night--and survived--soon turned into a night of terror. Years later, several more people risk their lives in search of a cursed statue of Baphomet, a relic worth million that will come at the cost of their souls. Now, the terror begins when the doomed Return to House on Haunted Hill
Thoughts.
I didn't know this was made, we saw this and remember that the original (remake) was decent, we thought we'd give it a chance.
It really wasn't that bad and stuck to the original story line along with keeping the same house and rode right off the first. This went further into the why all the staff suddenly turned evil. I feel like the end of the movie left it open for another one, which wouldn't be that bad to have a spin off!
CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
Ariel
Wolfe is the sister of Sara Wolfe, a survivor of a massacre some
years ago in the "Hill House" sanatorium, which was decades
ago guided by the insane psychiatrist Dr. Vannacutt. Sara claimed
that phantoms had killed her friends, but no one believed her. When
Sara commits suicide, Ariel tries to find out the reason.
A
diary of the late Dr. Vannacutt leads Ariel to the cruel past of
"Hill-House". Suddenly, she and her friend Paul get
kidnapped by the unscrupulous art dealer Desmond. It looks like
Desmond knows a lot about Sara and Hill-House. Ariel is forced to
help Desmond to find a precious artifact, a figurine of the demon
Baphomet. The artifact is said to be hidden somewhere inside Hill
House. While Desmond, Ariel, Harue and four of Desmond's henchmen
walk into the sanatorium, Paul and one thug are told to wait outside
- Paul is some kind of security. Inside Hill-House Ariel and her
kidnappers meet Dr. Hammer and his assistants Kyle and Michelle. Dr.
Hammer and Desmond seem to be enemies for they start to shout to each
other. Whilst bickering, it comes out that Michelle is a traitor. She
only seduced Dr. Hammer to steal information about Hill House and to
find out the possible hiding place of the Baphometh idol.
Suddenly,
loud noises echo through the entrance hall and a now fearful Ariel
explains that the masterlock of the sanatorium has been activated.
Desmond makes his stooges stop the machine by shooting it. After this
the group walks down to the basement and splits up. Soon the first
thug gets killed, his body beeing sucked into a massive wall. Next is
Harue, one of Desmond's buddies. She first gets scared by a couple of
lesbian ghosts, then sliced up by the undead Dr. Vannacutt. The next
victim is Ariel. She gets pulled violently into a padded cell and is
traumatised by hallucinations shown to her by the ghost of an
ex-patient. He shows Ariel parts of the bygone happenings decades
ago. In life, the patient led a revolt against Dr. Vannacutt, in
which the sanatorium got burnt down. When Ariel wakes up she is in a
straight-jacket and starts to scream.
Meanwhile, Kyle and a
henchman of Desmond reach the entrance hall, where the thug gets
mauled by phantoms. The now frightened Ariel, Michelle, Desmond, and
Dr. Hammer go back to the entrance hall, where Paul and his minder
appear. Desmond goes crazy because he didn´t call the two in, but
the thug tells the converse. While bickering, another stooge of
Desmond's suddenly walks away, following a ghostly appearance. He is
surprised by an undead nurse and then gets killed in the cruelest way
by Vannacutt. The team can hear his death screams via cell phone. In
the ensuing chaos, Paul, Kyle and Dr. Hammer succesfully wrestle down
Desmond and Michelle.
The diary of Dr. Vannacutt and the
ghostly visions of Ariel reveal step by step what happened decades
ago. Due to the revolt against Dr. Vannacutt, a fire broke out and
the patients tried to escape. Trapped Dr. Vannacutt activated the
masterlock of the asylum, so the patients couldn´t leave. Everyone
was burnt alive except for five people. The following haunting inside
the asylum, which began some years later, was thought to be the
result of the ever-furious patients, their souls seeking revenge. But
now it looks like the ghosts of Hill House were kept inside the
building by some unkown force. Since Dr. Vannacutt was known as the
owner of the evil Baphomet idol, it seems like he was the willing
servant of Baphomet, working for the demon. This explains why Dr.
Vannacutt who was originally a genius and nice, became heartless and
perverted.
The team searches now for the crematory of Hill
House. The searched for artefact is said to be hidden in a secret
chamber behind the crematory. In an hydrotherapy room Kyle is drowned
by undead who were drowned themselves. Ariel tries to rescue him, but
fails. Desmond and Michelle are able to flee, but shortly after,
Michelle is killed by poltergeist-activity. Desmond, now furious,
runs to find the crematory himself.
Meanwhile, Ariel, Paul and
Dr. Hammer find a viaduct leading out of Hill House. However they
can't get out because of an iron grating. In a vision, transmitted by
the same phantom in the padded room, Ariel is told where to find the
crematory. The ghost desperately begs Ariel to destroy the Baphometh
idol, so that the souls can finally leave and rest peacefully. It
looks like the idol actually keeps all the furious ghosts trapped
inside Hill House. Ariel decides to help and the team finds the
crematory.
Inside a hidden room, they finally find the
Baphometh idol. When Ariel shoots the idol, the item turns out to be
indestructable. Ariel decides to get the idol out of Hill House by
the viaduct. The team gets surprised while turning back by Desmond,
but he´s grabbed by ghosts and pushed into one of the cremators and
burnt alive. Paul gets separated from Ariel and Dr. Hammer. While he
runs back to the idol chamber, Ariel and Dr. Hammer go back at the
viaduct.
Suddenly Dr. Hammer attacks Ariel and tries to
strangle her. It´s obvious that he´s posessed by Baphometh. While
fighting, the ghost of Dr. Vannacutt appears and when the now crazy
Dr. Hammer attacks Vannacutt, he gets slain. Ariel takes the
opportunity and throws the wicked idol into the viaduct. At this very
moment the curse of Hill House comes to an end and the ghosts take
revenge on Dr. Vannacutt. Ariel runs back to the entrance hall
meeting Paul there. They can now leave Hill House.
The final
scene, after the credits, takes place on a beach where two people
find the cursed statue.
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