Is House on Haunted Hill actually good?

House on Haunted Hill sits in the 71.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 71.7% of them.

How does House on Haunted Hill compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, House on Haunted Hill lands in the 60.4% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is House on Haunted Hill's score based on?

284 calibrated reviewers stand behind House on Haunted Hill's score.

1959

global pct

71.7

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

House on Haunted Hill

Name: House on Haunted Hill
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1959

Scored from 284 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

71.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

60.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

92.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

284 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren invites five strangers to spend the night in a notoriously haunted mansion, offering each $10,000 if they survive until morning. As the doors lock and the guests are armed with pistols, strange occurrences and apparent murders test whether the terrors are supernatural or part of a more calculated scheme.

House on Haunted Hill (1959) is a film IMDb files under the crime, horror and mystery genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 284 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 288 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 560 other films from the 1950s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Is House on Haunted Hill (1959) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 284
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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