"Supernatural" Hell House (2006)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Chris Long

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator)
Trey Callaway (written by)

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

30 March 2006 (Season 1, Episode 17)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Sam and Dean investigate the case of a maniacal ghost inhabiting a long abandoned Texas farmhouse known...

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Symbol | Super Glue | Spoon | Prank

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Travis Wester	...	Harry Spangler
A.J. Buckley	...	Ed Zeddmore
Shane Meier	...	Craig Thursten
Brittney Irvin	...	First Teenage Girl (as Britt Irvin)
Colby Johannson	...	James
Kyle Labine	...	Third Teenage Boy
Jason Griffith	...	Sheriff (as Jase-Anthony Griffith)
Agam Darshi	...	Jill
Jay-Nicolas Hackleman	...	Second Teenage Boy
Natasha Peck	...	Second Teenage Girl
Nicholas Harrison	...	Mordechai Murdoch (as Nick Harrison)
Krista Bell	...	Dana
Gerry Mackay	...	Mr. Goodwin

Runtime:

Netherlands:55 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Company:

Kripke Enterprises

Trivia:

The symbol Dean comments about that was painted on the wall (a cross with a hook at the bottom) is the symbol for the 'Blue Oyster Cult' and which you will find on every album cover.

Goofs:

Continuity: Both the caption and the characters claim the brothers are driving on Interstate 35. The little two-lane road is clearly not an interstate, and a sign in the background shows "22 Highway - East".

Quotes:

Sam Winchester: Dean, could you be a bigger geek about this?
Sam Winchester: I'm sorry, man, but what about a human-by-day, freak-animal-killing-machine-by-moonlight don't you understand? I mean werewolves are badass. We haven't seen one since we were kids.
Sam Winchester: Okay, Sparky, and you know what, after we kill it, we can go to Disneyland.

Movie Connections:

References Ghost Busters (1984)

Soundtrack:

Burnin' for You

Brothers against Evil: The Legend of Hype House

Even with TV-show formats that you glorify unconditionally in general, there are always some episodes that you look forward to seeing more than the other ones. I loved practically all episodes of "Supernatural" thus far, but based on my own personal favorite horror movie themes, I mostly anticipated the ones featuring abandoned asylums, driverless vehicles and – like the case here – haunted houses. I'm a huge sucker for "House" movies, particularly the oldies like "The Old Dark House", "The Legend of Hell House" and William Castle's "House on Haunted Hill". And even though this episode of "Supernatural" didn't fully live up to my expectations, it is yet another vivid and imaginative installment with a solid script, good scenery and a wicked sense of humor. Wandering around in Richardson, Texas, Sam & Dean Winchester decide to investigate the local legend of a haunted farmhouse. They're not the only ones, however, as a duo of geeky amateur paranormal investigators (hosting their very own website and everything) continuously get in their way. But there's something strange about the house itself as well. According to the legend the house is inhabited by a the ghost of a farmer who hung his six daughters in the 1930's and now still strings up any woman daring to enter, but by the time of their second visit, the ghost suddenly transformed into an axe-wielding psychopath with slit wrists. There's a fairly unpredictable twist halfway through the episode that doesn't fit into any traditional horror pattern, but it's definitely innovating. Apart from original, "Hell House" is one of the – if not – THE funniest episode of series 1, with Sam and Dean constantly playing pranks on each other and the stereotypically goofy Ghostbusters duo Harry Spangler and Ed Zeddmore.