House on Haunted Hill (1959) DVD - Update: Warner & Legend & Raunchy Tonk / Add: Madacy

[Paul_Rudoff]

Updates and addition is for this film:

House on Haunted Hill (1959) (DVD)
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=3916

I currently have four DVDs of this movie in my possession, so I can provide some more details and corrections for a few of them.

I also wrote a DVD Comparison article on my website that provides even more details:
https://www.spookcentral.tk/tcp/2025/06 ... comparison

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(UPDATES)

R1 America - Fox/Legend Films [2006]
Re-released in 2007 by Genius Entertainment, so probably best to just credit it to "Legend Films" only, leave out "Fox".

R1 America - Warner Home Video [1999]
Does NOT have "Cast and crew information". Trailer runs 1:45 and is 4:3 on Side A and 16:9 on Side B, just like the movie on each side.

R1 America - Legend House / Raunchy Tonk - 50th Anniversary Edition
Alters film (adds/replaces text), is 1.78:1 not 1.66:1, clearly sourced from Warner DVD, the "Golden Age Price" extras is partially watermarked. See my article for runtimes and more info on the extras and movie alterations.

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(NEW RELEASE TO ADD)

* Country: America
* Region: ALL
* Releasing Studio: Madacy Entertainment (2003 release)
* Case Type: Keep Case
* Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
* Anamorphic?: No
* PAL or NTSC?: NTSC
* Soundtracks (LANGUAGE, 2.0 MONO/STEREO/SURROUND): English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
* Subtitles (optional?): None
* Cuts/Runtime: 1:14:47
* Commentaries: No
* Extras:

-- Trailers (6:13) - Trailers for Dementia 13 (1963), The Devil's Hand (1961), and The Devil's Partner (1960).
-- Posters - Two still images of movie posters
-- Cast - One screen of text about William Castle.
-- Trivia - A game, of sorts, consisting of five questions about the movie. You can not move on to the next question unless you get it right, so there is no way to lose. There is also no reward at the end, making it all completely pointless.

* Notes: This disc was clearly sourced from the 4:3 version on the Warner DVD. You can glimpse "Play" in the upper corner at the start of the movie, which means it was transferred "on the fly" (recorded as the original DVD was playing). The back cover incorrectly states that the "Original Movie Trailer" is included. The three trailers on the disc are for other films. Includes a chapter insert card.

* Source: Disc I own.
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[Anthony_DiPaola]

Added! Many thanks Paul for all the details.

I also linked your comparison page in the Overall.