"The Wrong House" is a by-the-numbers film about a deranged woman who felt displaced when her childhood home is put up for foreclosure. She loses out on the bidding war, then seeks revenge on the new owners.
Brian and Rebecca Lassiter believe they have found their dream home in Cedar Shade after moving to L.A. from the East Coast with little Maddy. But family was not prepared for the series of events that conspire to take the home away from them and break up the family.
The villainess of the piece is Kathleen Strickland, a "personal trainer," who takes advantage of her position to ingratiate herself with the new homeowners and to make their lives a living hell. She plays an especially nasty trick on Brian by promoting him as a pervert and adulterer. While under the care of Dr. Elizabeth Ross, Kathleen's therapy eventually has eye-popping consequences for the poor psychiatrist who is murdered in her office.
Other casualties include a nice neighbor who is pushed down a set of stairs and Detective Carter, who lets his guard down for a moment and is stabbed in the back. It is not clear if the "nosy" neighbor Lana Cranfield will recover from being bashed in the head by Kathleen, who was one of her "trainees."
The film was overly unpleasant, and it stretched credibility when Rebecca stopped believing in Brian when it was obvious that the family was being controlled by a master manipulator. For Rebecca to kick Brian out of the house and for Brian to later forgive Rebecca were leaps of faith that many viewers may find hard to swallow. By the end, it is difficult even to believe that the family would want to reside in a house that appeared to be jinxed as the deadliest domicile in Cedar Shade.
Brian and Rebecca Lassiter believe they have found their dream home in Cedar Shade after moving to L.A. from the East Coast with little Maddy. But family was not prepared for the series of events that conspire to take the home away from them and break up the family.
The villainess of the piece is Kathleen Strickland, a "personal trainer," who takes advantage of her position to ingratiate herself with the new homeowners and to make their lives a living hell. She plays an especially nasty trick on Brian by promoting him as a pervert and adulterer. While under the care of Dr. Elizabeth Ross, Kathleen's therapy eventually has eye-popping consequences for the poor psychiatrist who is murdered in her office.
Other casualties include a nice neighbor who is pushed down a set of stairs and Detective Carter, who lets his guard down for a moment and is stabbed in the back. It is not clear if the "nosy" neighbor Lana Cranfield will recover from being bashed in the head by Kathleen, who was one of her "trainees."
The film was overly unpleasant, and it stretched credibility when Rebecca stopped believing in Brian when it was obvious that the family was being controlled by a master manipulator. For Rebecca to kick Brian out of the house and for Brian to later forgive Rebecca were leaps of faith that many viewers may find hard to swallow. By the end, it is difficult even to believe that the family would want to reside in a house that appeared to be jinxed as the deadliest domicile in Cedar Shade.