House (2008)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Robby Henson

Writers:

Ted Dekker (novel)
Rob Green (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 March 2009 (Egypt)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The only way out... is in.

Plot:

In rural Alabama, two couples find themselves in a fight for survival. Running from a maniac (The Tin Man) bent on killing them...

Plot Keywords:

Game | Sunrise | Tin Can | Evil | Death

Cast

Michael Madsen	...	Tin Man / Officer
Reynaldo Rosales	...	Jack Singleton
Heidi Dippold	...	Stephanie Singleton
Julie Ann Emery	...	Leslie Taylor
J.P. Davis	...	Randy Messarue
Lew Temple	...	Pete
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Betty
Bill Moseley	...	Stewart
Pawel Delag	...	Officer Lawdale
Weronika Rosati	...	Mrs. Lawdale
Allana Bale	...	Susan
Mark Fierer	...	Randy's Father
Florentyna Synowiecka	...	Melissa Singleton
Andrew Gorzen	...	Leslie's Uncle
Albert Pietrzak	...	Young Randy

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and terror.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Australia:MA (2009) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Lodz, Poland

Company:

More Entertainment

Trivia:

Leslie Easterbrook and Bill Moseley had played "mother and son" once before, in The Devil's Rejects (2005).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the flashback with young Randy hunting, his father loads shells into an over/under shotgun. Immediately after that, he is shown taking aim with a scoped hunting rifle.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Officer Lawdale: Ssh. It's going to be okay.
Mrs. Lawdale: It's going to be okay? You really mean, it's going to be okay for us?
Officer Lawdale: Not us.
Mrs. Lawdale: Sweet heart?
Officer Lawdale: It's going to be okay, for me...

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

*fin

Incomprehensible House of Stupidity!

A couple driving in Alabama gets lost. Why would anyone in their right mind go to Alabama anyway?!! Despite this fact, when an odd looking policeman, after an equally odd accident tells them to go down a certain road, only a fool would listen to him, and our protagonists are not even inbreds! Our protagonist couple meets up with another couple as well as the owners of the freaky guest house and their son, and some young girl with smeared eye shadow. I consider myself to be a man of above average intelligence, and this film had no structure, no real plot, was not scary, and I wanted it to end, one way or another. The introduction of the protagonist couple's dead daughter and other plot lines needed to be developed and the history of the House also required some type of logical explanation to make this film work. If you really hate someone, recommend this film to them.