Finding a new house in the suburbs, a single mother and her daughters trying to move past their past tragedies find that their stylish new house is haunted by a series of ghosts from a past killing spree targeting the family for moving in and forces them to battle their way out of the house.
This one was quite the enjoyable and underrated effort. One of the better qualities about this one is the rather fun time it has going for the first half building up the idea about the areas' history and the house being possessed. Utilizing a great trick with the series of fly gags that are quite prominent here as well as the dog barking at everything, the way this one generates a rather uneasy feeling from the very beginning about being in the house gives this a really enjoyable baseline to delve further into the story. Going away from this into the rather strong haunting scenes which are full of the usual flash-jump cuts of ghosts standing behind people or threateningly offering to attack them like in the constant hallucinations she experiences of the bloody bed in her room gives this one a rather intriguing air about it which is nicely enhanced even more by the actions involving their troubled son. Not only is the physical handicap given a nice berth here with the way he's woven into the story but it manages to generate some rather enjoyable scenes interwoven into the film from the way he always seems to malfunction around her, the swarm of flies that attack the doctor when no one else is around or the truly heartbreaking revelation sequence that turns into yet another enjoyable jump scare which gives this one plenty to like. The fact that this one gives off the idea of his eventual recovery from the forces inside the house rather than typically going for the typical jump scares so predominant in the style makes for a rather fun time here as it slowly becomes more and more obvious what's happening to him due to the unrealistic recovery that tends to be explored here. By the time it gets to the finale and features the full extent of the transformation, this turns it into a thrilling series of chases around the house that attempts to recreate the actions of the previous occupants which is where the full-on fun of this one comes from as it attempts to move between stalking and brawling while also managing to generate the kind of conceptual finale that's highly enjoyable to see it play out. These here manage to hold this one up over it's few minor and somewhat nondetrimental flaws. The first one is the rather rushed finale that does have the feeling of being run through in a quick state in order to get through the story, both in terms of the on-screen action and the newsreel footage as these go by way too quickly to take them all in. As well, the fact that no one is aware of the history of the house and how it's tying into his recovery makes no sense, as this one makes the connection obvious yet it seems to be completely ignored for no reason in order to create the illusion to come later on. These here are all that really hold this one down as it's rather fun regardless.
Rated PG-13: Violence, Language and children-in-jeopardy.
This one was quite the enjoyable and underrated effort. One of the better qualities about this one is the rather fun time it has going for the first half building up the idea about the areas' history and the house being possessed. Utilizing a great trick with the series of fly gags that are quite prominent here as well as the dog barking at everything, the way this one generates a rather uneasy feeling from the very beginning about being in the house gives this a really enjoyable baseline to delve further into the story. Going away from this into the rather strong haunting scenes which are full of the usual flash-jump cuts of ghosts standing behind people or threateningly offering to attack them like in the constant hallucinations she experiences of the bloody bed in her room gives this one a rather intriguing air about it which is nicely enhanced even more by the actions involving their troubled son. Not only is the physical handicap given a nice berth here with the way he's woven into the story but it manages to generate some rather enjoyable scenes interwoven into the film from the way he always seems to malfunction around her, the swarm of flies that attack the doctor when no one else is around or the truly heartbreaking revelation sequence that turns into yet another enjoyable jump scare which gives this one plenty to like. The fact that this one gives off the idea of his eventual recovery from the forces inside the house rather than typically going for the typical jump scares so predominant in the style makes for a rather fun time here as it slowly becomes more and more obvious what's happening to him due to the unrealistic recovery that tends to be explored here. By the time it gets to the finale and features the full extent of the transformation, this turns it into a thrilling series of chases around the house that attempts to recreate the actions of the previous occupants which is where the full-on fun of this one comes from as it attempts to move between stalking and brawling while also managing to generate the kind of conceptual finale that's highly enjoyable to see it play out. These here manage to hold this one up over it's few minor and somewhat nondetrimental flaws. The first one is the rather rushed finale that does have the feeling of being run through in a quick state in order to get through the story, both in terms of the on-screen action and the newsreel footage as these go by way too quickly to take them all in. As well, the fact that no one is aware of the history of the house and how it's tying into his recovery makes no sense, as this one makes the connection obvious yet it seems to be completely ignored for no reason in order to create the illusion to come later on. These here are all that really hold this one down as it's rather fun regardless.
Rated PG-13: Violence, Language and children-in-jeopardy.