It then prepares to absorb Eddie when he reveals that he was adopted.Īt this revelation, Pritchett's ghost opens the window just long enough for Eddie to escape through onto the facility's roof from the Darkness. The Darkness corners Eddie and taunts him through the assimilated ghosts of Melissa, Blackburn, Evelyn, Price, and Dr.
Sara escapes out a window that Price managed to open, but before Eddie can get out with Sara, the Darkness severs the ropes holding the window's iron gate up, shutting it and trapping Eddie. The Darkness tries to assimilate Sara, but Price pushes her out of the way so the Darkness ends up absorbing him instead. Sara, Eddie Baker and Steven Price escape up into the attic, but The Darkness seeps into the attic after them through the floorboard cracks. It tries to use celebrity Melissa Margaret Marr's assimilated ghost to lure Sara Wolfe to it so it can absorb her, but it fails. The Darkness seeps up the stairs from the asylum into the house after Steven, and absorbs Watson Pritchett, then goes after the remaining three. Horrified, Steven retreats upstairs, chased by the Darkness. The Darkness then absorbs Evelyn into it, and explains to Price through her assimilated soul that the ghosts that compose it want to assimilate him and the remaining others in the house into The Darkness to complete the dead asylum inmates' revenge. However, the workers were presumably either killed before they could finish the wall, or the ghosts smashed the concrete wall open as a massive section of the wall is missing, leaving a hole large enough for a person to fit through.ĭuring Steven Price's party at the former-asylum, he and his wife Evelyn accidentally release The Darkness when Steven throws Evelyn into the rotted room through the decaying door. They tried to build a thick concrete wall to conceal the tunnel which led to the room, in order to stop anyone who entered the house in the future from releasing The Darkness.
During one of the reconstruction attempts of the asylum, it would appear that at least some of the workers discovered what disturbing things the room does. However, disturbing the room will release The Darkness. Frederick's wife tries to warn the guests that her husband is psychotic, causing them to be very suspicious of him now, especially Nora Manning who becomes convinced he's trying to kill her when she keeps seeing mysterious ghouls - including the ghost of Annabelle, who'd apparently hanged herself after being forced to attend the party.holy crap, what the hell's going on.The Darkness was apparently imprisoned within a rotted room located in the Vannacutt asylum's basement, the only entrance to which is an old door at the end of a short tunnel. Frederick explains the rules of the party and gives each of the guests a. Anyone who stays inside the house for the entire night, assuming they're still alive come morning, will receive $10,000 each.The five guests all arrive in separate funeral cars with a hearse leading, which he says may be empty now - but they may be in need of it later. Synopsis: House on Haunted Hill is the tale of five people invited to spend the night inside a haunted house by an eccentric millionaire, Fredrick Loren, whose throwing a "party" for his fourth wife Annabelle - with the stipulation that the power will be out and the all the doors locked at midnight allowing no escape. Starring Vincent Price, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook, Carol Ohmart, Alan Marshal and Julie Mitchum. House on Haunted Hill (1959) Directed by William Castle.