When Lance and Nora remain behind to further explore the basement, Lance is locked in an empty room and struck on the head, while Nora is confronted by a menacing ghost.ДЄnnabelle privately warns Lance that her husband is scheming something, and that she suspects him of murdering his second and third wives after his first wife disappeared. He gives a tour of the house, including a vat of acid in the basement which was used by a previous resident to kill his wife. Watson believes the house is genuinely haunted by the ghosts of those murdered there, including his own brother he claims to have spent one night there before and that he 'was almost dead' when found the next morning. The Lorens have a tense relationship since Frederick is convinced Annabelle tried to poison him in order to acquire his wealth, which Annabelle, somewhat, evasively denies, attributing his suspicions to paranoia and jealousy.

All are strangers to both the Lorens and each other, with their only commonality being their lust for money. David Trent ( Alan Marshal) who specializes in hysteria, Nora Manning ( Carolyn Craig) who works for one of Loren's companies, and the house's owner Watson Pritchard ( Elisha Cook). The guests are test pilot Lance Schroeder ( Richard Long), newspaper columnist Ruth Bridges ( Julie Mitchum), psychiatrist Dr. Frederick Loren ( Vincent Price), an eccentric millionaire, invites five people to a party he is throwing for his fourth wife Annabelle ( Carol Ohmart) in an allegedly haunted house he has rented, promising to give each $10,000 with the stipulation that they stay the entire night in the house after the doors are locked at midnight.

House on haunted hill (1999 cast)