History YMMV / HouseOnHauntedHill1999

** Steven Price is not a nice guy, but considering all the crap he goes through, including a particularly horrific MindRape, and [[spoiler:his HeroicSacrifice and subsequent FateWorseThanDeath]] makes it hard not to feel bad for him.

* EsotericHappyEnding: The movie ends with the final two survivors escaping the evil ghosts of the house by climbing the tower and leaving through a window. Cue the sunshine and "we're alive!" hugs. And they get their checks since they survived the night. However, they're still both stranded on top of a sentient haunted house that will devour them the moment they go back inside, with no way down except a 200 foot drop off a cliff and no one coming to their rescue. Sara herself even questions how they'll get down. How are they getting out of there again? Although if one takes [[spoiler: the events of the second film, they were able to get off the top. ''Somehow'']].

* JerkassWoobie: Steven Price is not a nice guy, but considering all the crap he goes through, including a particularly horrific MindRape, and [[spoiler:his HeroicSacrifice and subsequent FateWorseThanDeath]] makes it hard not to feel bad for him.

* SignatureScene: The sequence in the "saturation chamber".
** A case could be made for Melissa's death after catching the ghosts on camera. It's mentioned, and praised, almost as often as the saturation chamber. The effective JumpScare at the end is a big part of it.

** A case could be made for Melissa's death after catching the ghosts on camera. It's mentioned, and praised, almost as often as the saturation chamber. The effective JumpScare at the end is a big part of it.
* UncannyValley: Invoked with ghosts via {{Undercrank}}ing to make their movements twitchy, deranged, and horrifically fast. Also, several ghosts like Vannacutt and his medical staff often look like they stepped straight out of an old 8mm film reel and into the decidedly higher-quality world of the rest of the movie. When Vannacutt appears on a security monitor right after the FaceRevealingTurn, his unnatural walk achieved by Creator/JeffreyCombs walking backwards, which was then played in reverse.

* UncannyValley: Invoked with ghosts via {{Undercrank}}ing to make their movements twitchy, deranged, and horrifically fast. Also, several ghosts like Vannacutt and his medical staff often look like they stepped straight out of an old 8mm film reel and into the decidedly higher-quality world of the rest of the movie.

* EsotericHappyEnding: The movie ends with the final two survivors escaping the evil ghosts of the house by climbing the tower and leaving through a window. Cue the sunshine and "we're alive!" hugs. However, they're still both stranded on top of a sentient haunted house that will devour them the moment they go back inside, with no way down except a 200 foot drop off a cliff and no one coming to their rescue. How are they getting out of there again? Although if one takes [[spoiler: the events of the second film, they were able to get off the top. ''Somehow'']].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[PluckyComicRelief Watson]] [[OnlySaneMan Pritchett]] for his hilarious one-liners, being the smartest and most useful character in the movie, and being a likeable, sympathetic character. [[spoiler: Almost everyone finds themselves wishing he lived with Sara or Eddie dying.]]

** Presumably Price had other employees that knew about the party and went looking for him when he did not show up at his high profile events.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/AliLarter, who would go on to play Clear in the first two ''Film/{{Final|Destination1}} [[Film/FinalDestination2 Destination]]'' movies.
** She would also go on to play Nikki in ''{{Series/Heroes}}''.

* EsotericHappyEnding: The movie ends with the final two survivors escaping the evil ghosts of the house by climbing the tower and leaving through a window. Cue the sunshine and "we're alive!" hugs. They're still both stranded on top of a haunted house which is ''itself'' alive and will devour them the moment they go back inside, with no way down except a 200 foot drop off a cliff and no one coming to their rescue. How are they getting out of there again? Although if one takes [[spoiler: the events of the second film, they were able to get off the top. ''Somehow'']].

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/AliLarter, who would go on to play Clear in the first two ''FinalDestination'' movies.

* UncannyValley

* EsotericHappyEnding: The movie ends with the final two survivors escaping the evil ghosts of the house by climbing the tower and leaving through a window. Cue the sunshine and "we're alive!" hugs. They're still both stranded on top of a haunted house which is ''itself'' alive and will devour them the moment they go back inside, with no way down except a 200 foot drop off a cliff and no one coming to their rescue. How are they getting out of there again?

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: That weird music montage [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking showing Eddie and Sara trying to open the plates of the house, Blackbird trying to find Melissa, Price looking for Dr. Vannacutt, and Pritchett looking for more scotch]]. It comes off as awkward and strange, in comparison after [[spoiler: Melissa's death and Price finds his assistant dead]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: AliLarter, who would go on to play Clear in the first two ''FinalDestination'' movies.

* FridgeLogic: If Evelyn's guest list [[spoiler: was shredded, and her lover Blackburn was not a descendant of one of the survivors, then how did he come to be there with an invitation?]]

* NightmareFuel: The film's scare scenes are pretty decent on their own, but with the magnificent buildup...

* CompleteMonster: It is strongly implied that Dr. Vannacutt was one of these. His staff wasn't much better.