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| Stephen Price | |
| Aliases: | Stephen H. Price |
| Continuity: | House on Haunted Hill |
| Notability: | Main character |
| Type: | Businessman |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Ghost |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California |
| Relatives: | Evelyn Stockard-Price |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Died: | 1999 |
| First: | House on Haunted Hill (1999) |
| Actor: | Geoffrey Rush |
Stephen Price is a fictional businessman and one of the main characters featured in the 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill. He was played by actor Geoffrey Rush in the film.
Biography[]
Stephen Price was a wealthy business tycoon and an amusement park mogul. He was married to a woman named Evelyn Stockard-Price, though their marriage began to deteriorate in later years. Under pressure from his eccentric wife to provide her with a birthday celebration, Stephen rented the abandoned Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane from its current owner Watson Pritchett to host a party. Stephen and Evelyn both produced their own preferred guest list, but the haunted hospital had its own say in the matter, and it was actually six strangers (including Pritchett) who showed up at the affair. They were lured by the promise of great wealth, as Stephen offered them the opportunity to earn one million dollars each, simply by staying inside the building before morning.
It seemed like an easy gig for all involved, but as the evening wore on, a great Darkness created as the ghostly after-effect of a patient revolt from 1931 began to test the mettle of all those present. Guests turned against one another, secrets were revealed and lives were lost. Ultimately, Stephen Price sacrifice himself to the Darkness in order to provide the survivors time to make their escape.
The ghosts of Stephen and Evelyn Price found themselves in a horrific dreamscape where they were now victims of the mad scientist Doctor Richard Benjamin Vannacutt; a man who's actions prompted the original 1931 revolt.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Stephen Price was created by director William Malone and writers Dick Beebe & Robb White based on concepts developed by William Castle.
- Stephen Price was named after actor Vincent Price, who played the role of Frederick Loren in the original House on Haunted Hill.
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