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House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill (1959) is a William Castle horror film, written by Robb White, starring Vincent Price as a millionaire offering five guests $10,000 to survive a night in a haunted mansion, famous for the Emergo flying-skeleton gimmick and remade in 1999.
House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)
House on Haunted Hill is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by William Malone, a remake of the 1959 film, starring Geoffrey Rush and Famke Janssen.
House on the Rock
The House on the Rock is a tourist attraction in Spring Green, Wisconsin, built by Alex Jordan Jr. on a 60-foot rock pinnacle, opened in 1960.
House Party (1990 film)
House Party (1990) is a New Line Cinema teen comedy written and directed by Reginald Hudlin, starring rap duo Kid 'n Play; a $2.5 million Sundance award winner that earned over $16 million in three weeks and entered the National Film Registry in 2022.
House Party (2023 film)
House Party is a 2023 American comedy film directed by Calmatic, rebooting the 1990 film, about two house cleaners who throw an unauthorized party at LeBron James' mansion.
House Party 3
House Party 3 (1994) is a New Line Cinema comedy, the third House Party film, directed by Eric Meza and starring Kid 'n Play; Kid gets engaged while Play plans a bachelor party, grossing $19.2 million domestically.
House sparrow
House sparrow (Passer domesticus; Gorrión Común, Moineau domestique): a human-associated Old World sparrow nesting in building cavities, introduced to North America in 1851, IUCN Least Concern with 896 million to 1.31 billion mature individuals but declining in North America and the UK.
House spider
House spider: a shared common name. In the US it means Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a small Theridiidae cobweb spider; in the UK it means Tegenaria and Eratigena funnel weavers like Eratigena atrica, distinguished by family, size, and web type.
House system
House system: named, competing pupil subgroups in schools, originating in English boarding houses and reorganized under Thomas Arnold at Rugby (1828-1842); functions as vertical pastoral organization, spread from grammar to comprehensive schools, with mixed evidence on belonging and climate outcomes.
House Tour
"House Tour" (Sabrina Carpenter song) is a 2:49 synth-pop single from the 2025 album Man's Best Friend, written with Allen, Antonoff, and Ryan; peaked #17 in the UK, video released April 6, 2026.
House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a U.S. House investigative committee (Dies Committee 1938; standing 1945; renamed Internal Security 1969; abolished 1975) that probed subversive activity, staged the 1947 Hollywood hearings, and fueled the blacklist.
House where Maksim Tank Was Born
Birth house of Belarusian poet Maksim Tank (Yauhen Skurko, 1912-1995) in Pilkauščyna, Myadzyel District, Minsk Region; a moved log hut with old oaks, proposed in 2012 for state protection and memorial museum status but long lacking a plaque.
Houseboat
A houseboat, also called a shantyboat, is a boat or floating structure that provides accommodation on water, used as a residence, vacation craft, or tourist vessel.
Houseboat (1958 film)
Houseboat (1958) is a Paramount romantic comedy directed by Melville Shavelson, starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, based on Betsy Drake's uncredited story, filmed on the Potomac, and nominated for two Oscars including the song Almost in Your Arms.
Housebound (2014 film)
Housebound (2014) is a New Zealand horror-comedy, the feature debut of writer-director Gerard Johnstone, starring Morgana O'Reilly and Rima Te Wiata. A thief under eight months' home detention finds her mother's haunted-house claims may be true; premiered at SXSW 2014, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Houseboy
Houseboy is the English title of Une vie de boy (1956), a French-language satirical anti-colonial novel by the Cameroonian writer Ferdinand Oyono, translated by John Reed in 1966.
Housecarl
Housecarl (Old English huscarl, Latin huscarle): paid member of the royal bodyguard and standing military household of Cnut and the late Anglo-Saxon kings of England, dissolved after 1066, unlike the unrelated Age of Empires II unit.
Housefly
Housefly (Musca domestica), a cosmopolitan Muscidae fly breeding in manure and garbage; mechanical vector of over 130 pathogens and notorious for rapid insecticide resistance; larvae also used in waste bioconversion.
Housefull (2010 film)
Housefull (2010) is a Hindi comedy directed by Sajid Khan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, starring Akshay Kumar as the jinxed Aarush, with Deepika Padukone and Riteish Deshmukh; a box-office hit that launched the Housefull franchise despite negative reviews.
Housefull (film series)
Housefull is a Hindi comedy film franchise produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, spanning five films (2010-2025) led by Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh, totaling 646.08 crore domestically; Housefull 5 was released in two versions with different endings.
Housefull 2
Housefull 2 (हाउसफुल २) is a 2012 Hindi slapstick comedy directed by Sajid Khan, second in the Housefull franchise, starring Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Asin, and Riteish Deshmukh in a four-fake-Jolly mistaken-identity farce.
Housefull 3 (हाउसफुल 3)
Housefull 3 (हाउसफुल 3) is a 2016 Hindi comedy, the third Housefull film, directed by Sajid-Farhad, starring Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, and Riteish Deshmukh. Released 3 June 2016, it earned about ₹108–110 crore net in India and was a hit despite negative reviews.
Housefull 4 (हाउसफुल 4)
Housefull 4 (हाउसफुल 4), 2019 Hindi reincarnation comedy, fourth Housefull film, directed by Farhad Samji after Sajid Khan's #MeToo exit; earned ₹194.60 crore India net and ₹280.27 crore worldwide, a hit despite poor reviews.
Housefull 5
Housefull 5 (हाउसफ़ूल 5) is a 2025 Hindi comedy murder mystery, the fifth Housefull film, directed by Tarun Mansukhani and set aboard a luxury cruise ship.
Household
Household, in census statistics, is all people occupying one housing unit as their usual residence; distinct from family, which requires two related members. Definitions vary between housekeeping and dwelling concepts, and U.S. composition has shifted toward one-person households.
Household Cavalry
The Household Cavalry is a British Army corps uniting the two most senior regiments, The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals. Formed in 1992, it comprises the armoured reconnaissance Household Cavalry Regiment at Bulford and the mounted ceremonial Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment in London.
Household deity
Household deity: a god, spirit, or ancestor worshiped within the home for family safety and prosperity, also called domestic cult. Examples include Roman Lares and Penates, Greek Zeus Ktesios, Chinese kitchen god Zao Jun, and Hindu home puja shrines.
Household economics
Household economics applies price theory to decisions inside households, such as time allocation and unpaid production; its modern form is the New Home Economics of Becker and Mincer.
Household finance
Household finance is the branch of economics that studies how households use financial instruments and markets to attain their objectives, defined by analogy with corporate finance.
Household income in the United States
Household income in the United States, also called U.S. household income, is the combined income of all people in a housing unit, measured chiefly by the Census Bureau's surveys.