Cool Twist
July 3, 2008
If you want to ponder what it would be like to die by your craziest fear, you'll like Fear House. In an age of the predictable, it was quite refreshing to not be able to predict the outcome; and, if you like horror movies, this one has a cool twist.
Fear House
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June 22, 2008
The holy grail of low budget movies; one location, 5 (or so) cast members, and mysterious, gruesome murders.
It's an interesting premise. A group of people find themselves trapped in a house they can't escape from and one by one, each gets confronted by and then dies by their worst fear.
The pacing picks up in the second and third acts as the victims try and figure out what is the nature of the cursed house they are trapped inside of and how to escape with their lives.
The usual slasher flick morality message (ie. any teenagers that have sex will be killed) is skipped over and a much harder target it shot for. Instead, the victims are confronted by a past they are trying to escape from before being served up their just desserts. In one case, the negligent woman who let her sister drown gets decapitated, and in another, the self-involved and greedy agent gets smothered. We get to enjoy the guilty pleasure of their demise.
For those that enjoy campy horror, there is plenty of that, too. A severed head, sliced fingers and so on.
The psychological nature of this film combined with the low budget makes for a harder target, a narrower bullseye. While there are a few misses, there are enough hits to warrant a viewing by fans of the horror genre.
Fun Low Budget Horror Film
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June 17, 2008
Considering the budget of this film, it worked for me - I was never bored - it was actually funny and scary at the same time. Worth a look if you like horror.
Deliberately funny gore
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June 5, 2008
This is a good party movie. The group of about 15 people I watched this with squealed and laughed in disgust at the deliberately over-the-top death scenes. It's obvious the makers of this film had a sense of humor. The story was interesting, though a little confusing at times. If you watch it a 2nd or 3rd time you see that all the "pieces" do add up (Bwa-ha-ha!). They aren't trying for believable special effects or chop-em-up violence. It's more a building of suspense, and it's obvious when another one will bite the dust, often in a creative and unexpected way. It's also not as predictable as some reviewers have mentioned. In our viewing-party we mis-predicted 2 of the characters' greatest fears, hence we were not expecting them to go the way they did. I definitely would not have predicted the ending. I recommend this for people who don't over-analyze their horror movies, and who just want to watch a fun creeper flick. It's possible this film was just too much of a thinking-person's thriller for some viewers to understand. People who are interested in psychology might be intrigued by what it suggests (in a gruesome, creepy way).
bad indie horror
June 2, 2008
Bad in almost every way (the acting is bearable, but the actors have no characters to play) - writing is awful, no suspense, no scares (unless you're frightened by killer coat-racks)...murky cinematography, cheesy sets...This low-budget mess bears no comparison to the skillful EVIL DEAD and PHANTASM. Total waste of time.
