American Horror House (2012) - It's not often you see a horror movie where none of the cast members go home early.
I'm pretty sure everybody was around from start to finish in this one, either as a ghost, or a killer, or a victim. Whatever they got paid, they had to work for it.
This is actually a made-for-TV movie that was shown originally on the SyFy (God, I hate that spelling) Channel. There was more gore than I would have expected, but it's definitely lacking in the T&A department. If you're into the latter, you'll have to settle for four sorority pledges walking up to a fraternity in their underwear.
It stars Alessandra Torrensani as Daria, more or less the most outspoken and fearless in a new group of pledges who are being put through Halloween Hell Night as part of their initiation.
The pledges have to deal with the usual witchy sorority leader, who tries to make their lives as scary and miserable as possible. But that's nothing compared to the supernatural horror all of them will experience.
The house was the site of a bloody double murder years before. A young girl stabbed her parents to death, while singing Itsy Bitsy Spider.
We see it happen at the start of the movie. We also hear the song a few times more, including once on a violin. Bad news for the music student who was playing it.
It's evident from the start that the real demon is the housemother, played quite enthusiastically by Morgan Fairchild. Man, does she have some attitude, to go along with a supernatural power that's pretty much off the charts.
This movie, while far from a classic, gets a high five for action. Crazy stuff is happening virtually from the first minute to the last, and some of it is quite creative.
Students are killed in messy fashion, then disappear, then reappear in not quite the same state they were in to start with. It was kind of confusing, actually, until I got used to the idea that dying in this movie doesn't mean you go away.
The acting, across the board, I thought was pretty decent. Morgan Fairchild was excellent in her evilness.
I'm pretty sure everybody was around from start to finish in this one, either as a ghost, or a killer, or a victim. Whatever they got paid, they had to work for it.
This is actually a made-for-TV movie that was shown originally on the SyFy (God, I hate that spelling) Channel. There was more gore than I would have expected, but it's definitely lacking in the T&A department. If you're into the latter, you'll have to settle for four sorority pledges walking up to a fraternity in their underwear.
It stars Alessandra Torrensani as Daria, more or less the most outspoken and fearless in a new group of pledges who are being put through Halloween Hell Night as part of their initiation.
The pledges have to deal with the usual witchy sorority leader, who tries to make their lives as scary and miserable as possible. But that's nothing compared to the supernatural horror all of them will experience.
The house was the site of a bloody double murder years before. A young girl stabbed her parents to death, while singing Itsy Bitsy Spider.
We see it happen at the start of the movie. We also hear the song a few times more, including once on a violin. Bad news for the music student who was playing it.
It's evident from the start that the real demon is the housemother, played quite enthusiastically by Morgan Fairchild. Man, does she have some attitude, to go along with a supernatural power that's pretty much off the charts.
This movie, while far from a classic, gets a high five for action. Crazy stuff is happening virtually from the first minute to the last, and some of it is quite creative.
Students are killed in messy fashion, then disappear, then reappear in not quite the same state they were in to start with. It was kind of confusing, actually, until I got used to the idea that dying in this movie doesn't mean you go away.
The acting, across the board, I thought was pretty decent. Morgan Fairchild was excellent in her evilness.