House
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Movie Reviews of House
Movie Review: not what I ordered
Summary: 2 Stars
I have no problem with the movie I ordered. I have a problem with the type. I ordered a DVD and received a VHS. I tried to cancel before it was shipped when they sent confirmation but to no avail. I didn't want a VHS.Movie Review: Wow...This movie sucks!
Summary: 1 Stars
Once in a while you stumble upon that horror movie that's just so unspeakably bad that it ends up being good. This was not one of those instances. In all honesty, I wanted to like House, I really did. I distinctly remember watching this movie on late night cable a number of times when I was a young kid, so I figured if nothing else, I'd appreciate it for its nostalgic value. In the end however, it was a true struggle to find even a hint of redeeming value to House.
Here we meet a famous author, Roger Cobb, who decides to move into his recently deceased Aunt's house to begin writing his personal memoirs of the Vietnam war. Coincidentally, this was the same house that his son mysteriously disappeared in, although it is unspecified how long ago those events took place. As he tries to get work done on his book, strange happenings begin occurring in the house including, but not limited to household items coming to life, monsters and ghosts appearing, etc. When Roger decides to find out what happened to his son, he finds that what is taking place may be tied to is own past with the war as well as the strange going's on inside the house.
What a mess this movie is. Is it a monster movie? A ghost story? A haunted house movie? A horror movie? A comedy? It tries to be all of these, and it accomplishes the mind-boggling feat of failing at all of them. Bottom-of-the-barrel special effects, random flashback sequences scattered aimlessly, no gore or scares to be spoken of...Heck, even the music score by the usually phenomenal Harry Manfredini is bland and rather uninspired. I can understand how it can be viewed positively with some nostalgic value, after all there are plenty of cruddy movies that I attach unwarranted affection to simply because I grew up with them, but to call House a "classic" of any sort is just stretching it. Nonetheless, you may be able to get a laugh or two out of this one just for how silly it is. Same goes for the sequel.
Movie Review: Sorely Lacking Intelligence.
Summary: 1 Stars
Viewed: 12/10
Rate: 2
12/10: House was one of my fondest memories when I had HBO back then as I saw a lot of movies on it. I couldn't remember for a long time what the movie was like until I saw it now. And I do think and remember that the sequel was so much better and funnier while the original was pretty boring to sit through. What I remember the most was the soldier from the dead in the last twenty minutes. He was the most memorable part of the film. The acting by the cast was fair, but I felt the intelligence of the film to be abysmally low. Then again, what do I expect from Steve Miner and Sean Cunningham, the originators of Friday the 13th series? All in all, I just can't believe House got green-lit in the first place. What were they thinking these days?