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User Rating:
4.4/10   547 votes
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Director:
David Smith
Writers:
Rohan Candappa (additional material)
Paul Finch (additional material)
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Release Date:
12 August 2005 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror more
Tagline:
This house has a secret that won't let you go. more
Plot:
In London, four students have a call from the student accommodation office of the local university offering lodging in an old house... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
What's so bad? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Billie Piper ... Jenny

Luke Mably ... Tom
Sam Troughton ... Nick

Emma Catherwood ... Adele
Alsou ... Tina

Chiké Okonkwo ... Edmund Joseph

Ovidiu Matesan ... Zack
Kitt Smith ... Sam
Miruna Biranu Chetu ... Jenny's Mother
Oxana Moravec ... College Secretary
Gillian Scotney ... College Student
Robert Goodman ... Tramp
Colin Dent ... Cabbie
Ion Stroe ... Victorian Gang Member
Ciucarel Marinel ... Victorian Gang Member
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language, drug use and some strong sexuality.
Runtime:
91 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:MA (2007) | UK:15
Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Billie Piper's first lead movie role. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jenny and Nick try to leave the house and they find themselves back in the entrance hall, the pool of blood from Tom's head injury has disappeared. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Spirit Trap: A Ghost Story (2005) (V) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
What's so bad?, 17 November 2007
7/10
Author: it001k0306 from United Kingdom

Nice to see more and more British fantasy films appearing and this one is not so bad. Certainly as good as most American B-Movies of similar ilk and most definitely better than many reviews on this site suggest. Story is perhaps a touch clichéd and generic but, hell, isn't that part and parcel of genre. Haunted House stories do tend to contain haunted houses, and they tend to be haunted by spirits, and these movies appeal to teens and younger adults so they tend to feature teens and younger adults as main characters. It's also a no-brainer to realise that these characters need to make some mistakes in order to activate the BAD THINGS that happen, hence that is what happens. Call it generic or call it derivative, so what? That's the genre. Admitedly, tension isn't built up so well, not much in the way of scares and only a light smattering of atmosphere, but it looks okay and the acting is undoubtedly better than most of the posters on this site are suggesting. Could I possibly ask that reviewers from places other than a film's country of origin don't immediately dismiss UK actors as unknowns just because they are not Keira Knightly, Daniel Craig or Hugh Grant? Billie Piper was certainly less known prior to Doctor Who but it's been a good decade since she was unknown. Sam Troughton and some of the others have also built up a reasonable body of work. Piper is decent in this - some suggest not as good as in Doctor Who - I would point out that most people should shine in Doctor Who because it's so well directed, written, constructed, etc. Piper doesn't shine in this because 'Spirit Trap' just isn't in the same league but it doesn't mean she isn't good. Also liked Troughton. Is this film a waste of time? No! It ain't a classic but it's not so bad. Give it a go, it won't kill you.

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