barnard46

House on Haunted Hill suffers, like The Haunting, from putting the basis of its story upon a film that was as good as it was going to get. It has the usual loose characters of a horror film and although it starts well, the writers soon got bogged down in twists and hum-drum chases.

Unfortunately there is very little to recommend about this travesty unless you enjoy to watch the stars wander off individually for no apparent reason to their doom and the use of slashed up bodies to little effect.

In the end I would be surprised if you even cared about any of the characters and the ridiculous ending only serves to highlight the badness: sitting here now I can hardly remember any stand out scenes or even exciting action.

This really is one of the most terrible films I have ever seen. Sure it's got the impressive effects but...that's it.

The story of the first trip to Mars goes terribly wrong, The Mummy style, leaving the film to set up a steal from Apollo 13. After that, if you're still awake (or even care), you must face the worst end to a film I have ever witnessed.

Alas I feel the actors involved will want to forget ever taking part in this film and I hope any future Red Planet films will take a better approach.

Bad.

After a great start, I found this film seriously lost both pace and excitement. Although there were some good set pieces, they failed to be truly original and left a lot to be desired.

The whole cast put in solid performances but Lake Placid suffers from a real lack of new ideas to add to a tired genre. It is quite amusing at times but you will probably find it to be a pretty forgettable Jaws-with-a-very-slight-difference film.

Boringly Average.