Ghost House is a generic horror film in which an American couple (Jim & Julie) travel to Thailand on holiday. During the sight-seeing and partying they are tricked into visiting a forest where ghost houses are kept. These are miniature structures said to be inhabited by spirits. If the house is disturbed or desecrated the spirit will inhibit the offenders body and consume their soul. Julie is tricked into taking something from the ghost house and is possessed by a vengeful jealous spirit and Jim finds out that the only way to free her is to pass the curse to someone else as was done to Julie.
Overall the acting is fairly decent and there are some nice shots of Thailand. The effects are OK and so is the directing, but the story is somewhat slow moving and the movie which is about 80 or so minutes seems much longer. Some of the decisions the main characters make also seem illogical and this brings the rating of the movie down e.g. Letting complete strangers take them into the rural areas. The fact that there are movies like The Ring, Shutter, The Grudge, The Forest and many, many others also make the movie very predictable and formulaic at times. An example is passing the curse on like they do with the video tape in The Ring and Ring 2. The end result is therefore neither exciting nor really worth watching.
Overall the acting is fairly decent and there are some nice shots of Thailand. The effects are OK and so is the directing, but the story is somewhat slow moving and the movie which is about 80 or so minutes seems much longer. Some of the decisions the main characters make also seem illogical and this brings the rating of the movie down e.g. Letting complete strangers take them into the rural areas. The fact that there are movies like The Ring, Shutter, The Grudge, The Forest and many, many others also make the movie very predictable and formulaic at times. An example is passing the curse on like they do with the video tape in The Ring and Ring 2. The end result is therefore neither exciting nor really worth watching.