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Vincent Price as Frederick Loren invites us all to join him in The House on Haunted Hill (1959)
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voltaical-art · 8 months
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I think everyone wonders what they would do if they saw a ghost.
my fucked up babygirl <3
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DOES FREDERICK LOREN HAVE A LITTLE TIE PIN OF A SKELETON…. WILLIAM CASTLE I AM SICK TO BASTARD DEATH OF YOU
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eviltothecore13 · 1 year
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House on Haunted Hill is just that "Everyone Sucks Here. You're both perfect for each other. Never change. Just never involve anybody else in what you've got going on." meme except they then go and involve 5 other people.
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twistedtummies2 · 1 year
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The Price May Be Right - Number 14
Welcome to “The Price May Be Right!” I’m counting down My Top 31 Favorite Vincent Price Performances & Appearances! The countdown will cover movies, TV productions, and many more forms of media. Today we focus on Number 14: Frederick Loren, from The House on Haunted Hill.
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This classic spook show is generally considered to be the masterpiece of director William Castle. He was a director who specialized in horror and mystery films that usually had a sort of deliberately campy and sardonic edge to them; they’re movies that could certainly be startling and eerie, but weren’t necessarily meant to be taken COMPLETELY seriously. The result was a series of Gothic thrillers with a humorous touch that have gained quite a cult following over the years, largely due to their bizarre and unique sense of tone. I say “largely” because another infamous element of Castle’s films was that he tried to turn them into interactive experiences…more on that later. Vincent Price worked with William Castle on his first two independent scary movies…and the very first, and generally considered the best, was “House on Haunted Hill.” The film stars Price as Frederick Loren, an eccentric billionaire who arranges a party for seven people (including himself and his money-grubbing wife) inside the titular haunted mansion. Aside from Frederick himself and his bride, Annabelle, all of the guests are unknown to each other. Loren’s motivations for why he is doing all this are initially a mystery: it’s revealed that Annabelle is the one who came up with the idea for the party, but Loren is the one who decided to invite the guests. As the film goes on, strange and shocking events transpire in the house, which is said to be the home of seven murderous ghosts (one for each guest). When Loren’s wife is mysteriously murdered, the remaining tenants locked inside the building – Loren, himself, included – must find a way to stay alive till morning, wondering which of their party is the culprit. Loren is the obvious suspect, and played up as something of a red herring; his evasive personality and shady past – Annabelle isn’t his first wife, nor the first to die mysteriously – make him seem like the most clear guilty party. (Being played by Vincent doesn’t exactly help matters.) However, as the story goes on, it soon becomes clear not all is as it seems…and it is neither Vincent’s character, nor the supposed spirits who haunt the old house, that is to blame for the dangers present. While Price is ultimately just one character in what turns out to be essentially an ensemble cast, he's the one who gets the biggest spotlight of the group, most likely due to his star power and the fact his character is the host of the party which the story centers around. Anytime you look up lists of favorite Vincent Price movies, you’re almost guaranteed to find this picture among the ranks. One of the things that made the movie popular was that interactive element I mentioned earlier: Castle often included “gimmicks” in his films that turned them into more than just a movie. In the case of “House on Haunted Hill,” during a scene where a skeletal ghost rises from a hot vat of bubbling acid, there was a trick where a real skeleton would suddenly appear over the heads of the audience, floating across the screen like a specter and startling the viewers. If William Castle hadn’t become a movie maker, he could have made a killing at theme parks! Tomorrow, the countdown continues with Number 13!
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zombiequeenblog · 6 months
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So I watched House on Haunted Hill (1959) again, and damn, how could the wife want her hubby dead? Just look at him! Vinny!!
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She complains that he is jealous and possessive, pfft girl you are living the dream. Let him drag you by the hair to that four-poster for a hate fuck. Share a cigarette after. In your fucking haunted mansion (okay the house was rented but he was still an eccentric millionaire). God, grow up.
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facial-hair-fight · 1 year
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Bracket 3, Round 1
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Here is a public domain character,Frederick Loren from the 1959 flim House on Haunted Hill
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you-are-my-angel-love · 2 months
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Dinner For Two By Yours truly, Frederick. A day of hard work, A morning filled with dreams Burning into our memories and fueling desires, of closeness and simple pleasures as well as carnal delights we both dreamt of last night. Then my knees bruised and lungs winded you shine. A light back into my life as the night began for us, a simple meal for two that only two lovers can enjoy. A dinner with my eternal and beloved, Sara.
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Just finished House on Haunted Hill. Kinda goofy at times but a solid horror/thriller with some amazing shots like holy shit.
Also. Love Vincent Price and his wife Maddie.
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vampirecorleone · 7 months
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Horrorween Day 16 / 31: House On Haunted Hill (1959) dir. William Castle: "I am Frederick Loren, and I have rented the house on Haunted Hill tonight so that my wife can give a party. She's so amusing. There'll be food and drink and ghosts, and perhaps even a few murders. You're all invited. If any of you will spend the next twelve hours in this house, I will give you each ten thousand dollars, or your next of kin in case you don't survive. Ah, but here come our other guests."
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Vincent Price as Frederick Loren
The House On Haunted Hill (1959) dir. William Castle
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fanofspooky · 7 months
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365 horror movies day 355:
House On Haunted Hill (1959)
“I am Frederick Loren, and I have rented the house on Haunted Hill tonight so that my wife can give a party. She's so amusing. There'll be food and drink and ghosts, and perhaps even a few murders. You're all invited. If any of you will spend the next twelve hours in this house, I will give you each ten thousand dollars, or your next of kin in case you don't survive. Ah, but here come our other guests.”
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bookofoktober · 5 months
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House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Ruth: Who would want to haunt me?
Frederick Loren: I would say any self-respecting male ghost.
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eviltothecore13 · 1 year
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House on Haunted Hill fans if any are on here: what are your thoughts on whether Loren did or didn't actually kill his first three wives?
I had always assumed he did: partly because having three wives die young is just very suspicious, and partly because he doesn't really react the way an innocent man would be expected to to Annabelle's accusations--he seems more smug than hurt by being called a ghoul and a murderer, doesn't seem at all sad when the topic of the deaths of his previous wives comes up, doesn't contradict much of what she says about him, and generally comes across in several scenes like he's enjoying the whole murder plot thing too much.
Meanwhile I've noticed some reviews, plot summaries, etc that were clearly taking the position that he didn't kill them and that Annabelle made that up--making the argument that we don't really have much evidence, beyond the fact that Annabells is his fourth wife, that doesn't come from her and she's not a trustworthy source, and that if he was really a murderer why would he agree to face the courts about Annabelle's death and not try and cover it up (though I suppose it's possible that he has a twisted enough view that he sees killing your wife out of jealousy as justifiable but potentially letting an innocent person get suspected of a crime you committed as wrong? even if he claimed both deaths in the house were an accident, the circumstances are weird enough that suspicion might fall on the others...), or arguing that if he was a murderer the ending of him getting away with it would be unsatisfying...
Obviously "acts sinister" and "has actually murdered multiple people" aren't inherently the same but I always thought the evidence pointed to him pretty strongly...
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superdogbiter · 1 year
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Okay just say why it's ratigan in the tags
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