Farm House (2008) User Reviews

Punishment

[kosmasp · 6/10 · 13 August 2015]

Sometimes the question is: How much can you take? But while other movies seem to relish in the torture aspect, this does have something to say. Might not be the "best" thing or told in the best way possible, but it's still something. And there is a very nasty scene in here, that might make you squirm. Even if you are used to the special effects, there are always things that can make you feel uncomfortable.

And this movie is all about that. While I guess you can see a twist coming long before it arrives, it shouldn't take anything from your enjoyment (if you can call it that). Good performances in this very strange (in a good way) movie, that succeeds even with a small budget

I thought it was good

[scorrelli · 7/10 · 26 August 2019]

I've been trying to find this streaming somewhere but it is near impossible other than a weird YouTube rendition! I actually bought the DVD on sale at 7-11 back in 2010 and have been wanting to show my husband for the past five years-but too lazy to hook up my DVD player. It's not boring, has decent to good acting, it is convincing and scary! Love Steven Weber in anything and the twist was unforeseen. I def watched it like ten times in the long ago and would love to find it online again.

Farm House

[a_baron · 7/10 · 4 February 2015]

After her jerk of a husband racks up a $25,000 debt with a couple of underground bookmakers, a pregnant woman has a visit in her kitchen from a stranger who holds a knife to her throat. She loses the baby shortly after it is born, and the two of them decide to relocate to another part of the country away from his creditors. Not content with this, and ignoring her advice, he continues to drive while clearly tired, and falls asleep at the wheel, crashing their car miles from anywhere, but of course there is an isolated house nearby, a farm house in this case, which is inhabited by a hospitable although somewhat strange individual, his wife and their deaf farm hand.

They're being incommunicado, they are invited to stay the night. Clearly their host is a bit creepy, but it is not the sort of thing you can put your finger on, and what other option do they have? It is clear too from the beginning that this house is more "Hotel California" than "Little House On The Prairie", but what comes next?

Their, or rather his, earlier misadventures are told in flashbacks, wherein we learn that the debt is actually much more than $25,000.

There is it is true a spectacular twist at the end, one most people will not have seen coming, although there was a hint with the photographs on the wall, and the farmer's wife insisting on taking their photographs too. The real question is though, is it worth sitting through the preceding gratuitous sadism that most viewers will have foreseen, if not the actual quantum?

Great Movie!

[jennifer-25-965231 · 28 July 2011]

First things first and I have to say "WOW!" what a GREAT flick! At first glance this movie looks like your typical horror/torture movie but slowly it reveals itself to be much more than that.

Throughout the movie you think you know what's going on as it gradually grabs you and tells the characters story through flashbacks. It all seems simple and predictable enough until you realized you were all wrong and the ending just blows you away.

Love this movie!

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CHAD NEEDS TO PAY UP

[nogodnomasters · 4/10 · 4 August 2018]

This is a movie with flashbacks. Chad (William Lee Scott) and Scarlett (Jamie Anne Allman) have an auto accident. They stop at a farmhouse to use the phone which does not work. The farm is owned by Samael (Steven Weber) and Lil (Kelly Hu) short for Lilith, a dead set give away in every horror film ever made. Yawn. While at the farm, the couple has flashbacks, starting with the pregnant Scarlett being threatened by Chad's bookie.

As both scenes move forward, this turns into an abduction film with that cute and clever ending we have seen before. Had I never seen it before, the film would have maybe gotten an extra star. It makes for decent viewing, but only as a rental or maybe as part of a multi-pack.

Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex, near nudity with proper arm placement.

Farmhouse Sends Viewers Straight to Hell

[MichaelRAllen · 6/10 · 14 January 2009]

SPOILER: Using a back story and flashbacks "Farmhouse," drifts back and forth between the past and present while delivering an interesting story of a couple on the run. William Lee Scott plays the father of a handicapped child and Jamie Anne Allman the mother; both actors deliver a performance rich in distress and anger at their situation. The story presents the struggles in dealing with a child who will never be normal or healthy and how a young couple chooses to cope with the situation. Slowly as the film progresses the actual environment in which the characters are attempting to get away from is given a reveal. In the "Farmhouse," the flashbacks actually work and breathe new energy into a sometimes brutally horrific cinema watching experience.

The original score from Mark Petrie delivers a tone seemingly from ancient times as a woman's voice wails in low tones while string instruments fade in and out with the sound effects of the film. It is continually amazing how an original score can really amplify the intensity of a film and offer a one two punch as long as the story holds its own. In the "Farmhouse," both the musical composition and sometimes haunting visuals act as a team to create a harmonizing visual and aural experience. Never taking center stage, but heightening near the end of the film the score really adds its own personality to the "Farmhouse." Adding one of the most brutal torture scenes in recent movie history the "Farmhouse," does not shy from the gore or violence, yet the focus of the film is in delivering a tense, suspenseful story full of character insights. Steven Weber delivers a fine performance as Samael who seems to delight in the misfortunes of others while stalking, drowning, and basically tormenting other characters in the film. As well, Kelly Hu takes center stage and her characters brutal disfigurement of another female, with help from a cheese grater is almost completely unwatchable. However, each of the torture scenes is moving towards a frightening and shocking plot twist that few if any viewers might expect.

Supernatural elements of hell, the afterlife, and consequences of actions are the main themes of this slightly serious film. Leaving the interpretation of right and wrong, and really when are judgements this clear, up to the viewer the fate of the central couple seems unjust, but not without some merit. The sudden shift in the last fifth of the film from a country house to the gates of hell, full of demons really gives the "Farmhouse," bonus points for originality. Staying within a mostly man versus man plot line the surprise ending of a couple attempting to save themselves from a life of damnation adds an unlikely, yet devilish little twist at the end of the film.

Mostly unheard of supernatural, torture flick the "Farmhouse," will fully satiate horror fans with tales of extortion, and the (im)possibility of redemption. Starting off soft then immersing the viewer into the often times sick imagination of writer Daniel P. Coughlin, the "Farmhouse," is a cinema treat that must be seen. Enjoyable, surprising, and believable the "Farmhouse," can be found now at local movie stores as this film was given a late 2008 release date.

Average film that suffers from cheesy ending

[gregsrants · 5/10 · 31 October 2010]

Chad and Scarlett are looking for a fresh start. Thanks to the death of their child and Chad's gambling debts that have violent thugs threatening their well-being, the couple take to the road until a near fatal accident leaves them stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Walking to the nearest farmhouse, Chad (William Lee Scott) and Scarlett (Jamie Anne Allman) meet Lilith and Samael (Kelly Hu and Steven Webber) who take them in for the night with the promise of delivering them to town in the morning.

But after a night of eating and drinking, Lilith and Samael prove to be anything but the warm and inviting hosts that they projected. As the evening descends, Lilith and Samael engage in various tortures of the young couple beginning with a suffering experiment where Chad must hold the weight of his Scarlett's weight between his teeth to avert her drowning.

The hours before dawn will have Chad and Scarlett in one do or die circumstance after another where their decisions and a mysterious link to their past will have intense, bloody and painful repercussions.

Farmhouse was directed by George Bessudo who was last in control behind the camera for Lake Dead (2007), one of the 8 Films to Die For series. Bessudo shows some real maturity with Farmhouse creating, at times, a threatening atmosphere and two involving baddies in Lilith and Samael.

The violence in Farmhouse is typical of most horrors which dabble in the gore/torture porn genre. A particular scene of an eyeball being plucked with a pocket knife was most noticeably cringe inducing moment.

Based on a script by Jason Hice and Daniel P. Coughlin, Farmhouse is a better than average horror film that is able to develop interesting characters in a ghastly if not unfamiliar scenario.

There are many flashbacks in Farmhouse which will inevitably have you trying to determine the purpose of the past to present shooting scenes. But we will suggest you don't read too much into the couple's past and let things play out as intended.

The final chapters of Farmhouse were both interesting and a bit disappointing with the make-up and special effects that are essential to the final reveal and closure to the couple's evening. Although I appreciated the small twist, the execution of what is arguably the most important scene in the film seemed alienated from the rest of the film and lacked the quality required to execute the climax with above average flair.

The downturn towards the end credits do take away some of the generated momentum of its earlier moments, but Farmhouse is still a film that is worth a mild recommendation.

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A twisted take on the torture genre.

[mdnobles19 · 7/10 · 12 December 2009]

This definitely takes torture films to a whole new level with it's brutality and very dark subject matter with a twist that will shock you to the core. I thought the performances were all pretty good but sometimes fell flat but nothing distracting and is very graphic and twisted in some scenes that is definitely not for the squeamish. There was dread throughout the moment it started and it will have you guessing how it's going to end and you will probably be wrong because it's devastating and horrific. The production values are pretty basic lifetime movie of the week material but that doesn't make it lose its effectiveness and being downright disturbing and dark, very dark. Overall this is a pretty solid thriller about a couple that tries to start a new life after the death of their child but wound up fighting for their lives and I recommend this slow trip to hell for the twist alone.

Better than "Blood Lake" but really not by much

[movieman_kev · 2/10 · 23 November 2009]

Scarlet (Jamie Anne Allman, known mostly for her short, but very memorable, stint as a prostitute on "the Shield") and her husband, Chad decide to stay at the farmhouse owned by Sam (Wings funny-man Steven Weber) and Lilith (Sunset Beach's Kelly Hu) for the night after they have some car trouble while moving to Washington state in order to start anew after the death of their only child. But quite obviously the intentions of the farmhouse couple are slightly less that altruistic.

Writer Daniel Coughlin once again teams up with director George Bessudo with only slightly better to show for it than their first film "Lake Dead" (that's solely due to the fact that whereas that film was utterly abysmal, this one is merely sub-par with an ending that sinks it). Jamie Anne Allman can and indeed has done miles above the acting she does here, the guy who plays Chad is atrocious and the other two fare no better. The ending just about ruins the film, not that it was spectacular before that. And I just look back on the movie as time that I could have spent more wisely by doing.....anything else.

My Grade: D

DVD Extras: a 10 minute Behind-the-scenes featurette is the one and only extra

a lot darker than it appears..

[the_urban_prince · 7/10 · 6 January 2011]

First i was reluctant to see this film, as i thought it was just another hostel type film...to a certain extent it was. it'll make you rethink about getting into a gambling debt with organized crime. either way by the time you get to the cheese grater scene things pick up REAL quick. i must say the ending was almost telegraphed with all the foreshadowing. but they keep it together long enough to hit you in the gut with the very dark menacing and bone chilling ending. and i heavily agree about the look of the film. it's low budget but you'll never know it, because it looks like a major mainstream picture. this should have definitely been a major release.

this twisted little flick was a great find..

Spineless Husband, Fair to Middling Flick

[redrobin62-321-207311 · 5/10 · 24 April 2017]

In this review I'll try my best to leave spoilers out so other folks can see what I've seen and make up their own minds about this film. I can go ahead and say, however, that it's not the bloodfest that some reviewers have said it was.

I found myself shouting at the screen a few times at husband Chad because he was a spineless abomination. You will end up asking yourself throughout the film, "What did this wife see in this jerk? Why'd she remain with him for so long?"

Cinematography-wise, the movie was okay. In fact, I'm surprised it didn't find the audience it was looking for. It may have been low budget but it would've played well on the big screen. In a way, it's a poor man's "Hostel" or "Saw". It wasn't a total waste of time; the acting was on point and the right (horrific) atmosphere was created. I guess it's one of those films you take for what it is. Check it out anyway. Mileage may vary, though.

Why I gave this movie a "10"

[davemoore3 · 10/10 · 11 October 2009]

This film accomplished what too many thrillers, even though they may be entertaining, fail to do. That is to say AT NO POINT did I enjoy watching this movie! It was creepy, VERY disturbing, filled with an underlying tension on 2-3 different levels (i.e., 'did Scarlet blame & hate her spineless husband for their difficulties?', 'was he really such a self-centered coward?'), and I couldn't wait to see what the next flashback was going to reveal. Flashback is a tricky and too often ill-advised convention. It can be annoying when employed in books and confusing in films. Farm House was a veritable 'workshop' in how to use flashback effectively. In addition to the well-developed and excellently delivered story line,the cinematography was great, the characters were slowly and fully developed, and the ending,,,WHOA!!! A well done piece of cinema on all levels. One of the beauties of film is that we sometimes sit down to watch a movie with little or no expectations and end up being treated to a gem. Such was Farm House.

Pretty clever

[zblla · 7/10 · 11 October 2022]

I thought this was a pretty clever way of showing how some people are really demons in disguise, anyone who'd off their own kid just to pay off their own foolish debt deserves hell. But they aren't the only evildoers, the couple who initially appears to help them are actually there to make them realize the extent of the things they've done, a weak willed husband and a manipulative wife, there isn't enough they can do to justify what they did to their baby, and trying to run from it. Nope, not here!

I enjoy that the the couple is being made to pay for what they've done, being doomed for his cowardice and the wife being doomed for her manipulation and selfish plotting. At the end when the reality of their situation is revealed, I've always thought that the boy was supposed to be their baby when he grew up, I'm surprised no one else seems to catch that, since they say Scarlett killed him and he was innocent, feels like they're referencing her son and the farm kid, maybe they're the same person? Or supposed to be?

At the beginning the old man discusses how her father had this accident as per her mom's coaching and he tells her she'll see him again. He already knew she was going to be like her mom who probably killed the dad because he did something awful to Scarlett, I think is implied. I feel like since that happened and the reality of her father's death was covered up, as an adult she thought I'll just off this kid and cover it up like my mom!

I liked the ending and I didn't see it coming until the running couple realize they were back at the farmhouse again. That was when the moment of terror set in, realizing they were in some sort of limbo but at the same time you don't feel bad for them because it all begins to make more sense, the things they were reprimanded for, like how could you do it, he was innocent! So it's like oh they definitely did kill their baby, and then at the end when it's revealed, it's just so sad because he was innocent. I wish it was more clear about Scarlett's mindset regarding her thoughts at her fathers funeral playing a role into why made the choices she made in her adult life that ultimately led to her doom.

I enjoyed the twist ending though! My brother had seen this first and had me watch it, he kept saying yeah the torture is brutal but it's because they deserve it. I was like they did NOT really kill that baby did they?! But yup, they deserved it, especially that cheese grater to the knee haha.

Has potential but ultimately fails

[jville2 · 5/10 · 10 January 2009]

Unlike most horror films - especially STV ones - this movie actually has good acting, solid production values and a potentially interesting storyline, but the ending comes out of nowhere and blindsides the viewer.

The hints, via flashback, shown along the way do not cohesively add up to the climax. Now, I am not saying that all twist endings need to be obvious, but they have to make sense.

What happens at the conclusion in "Farmhouse" is not only unexpected but totally nonsensical.

SPOILER >>>

The demons claim that even if the couple were given a second chance that they would still murder their infant, but while the two are hardly saints, they at least are not typical murderers. At least they are tortured by their past and are trying to make a fresh start. I cannot excuse or forgive what they did, but since this movie's moral message is about divine retribution and punishment, it should have portrayed the couple as more heinous than they actually turn out to be. For example, Scarlet does risk her life to try and save Alal (albeit with one less eye!). If Scarlet and her husband are worthy of demonic hell (or purgatory), then what should people even worse than them experience? THAT I would have preferred to see! I actually had more sympathy for these two than for most "innocent" slaughter victims in most horror films.

END OF SPOILER >>>

If the ending's explication were not so heavy-handed and poorly executed, I would have still given this film a 6/10.

Down In The Vineyard...

[azathothpwiggins · 22 January 2022]

As soon as Chad (William Lee Scott) and Scarlet (Jamie Ann Allman) arrive at the FARM HOUSE, it's apparent that something just isn't right. The residents of the house, Samael (Steven Webber) and Lilith (Kelly Hu) seem hospitable enough, yet somehow askew.

You might spend quite a while wondering what the hell is going on. That's okay. It's all part of the fun. Then, when it all hits the fan, it slams you like an avalanche!

Filled with mystery, suspense, thrills, and chills, the horror builds like a really good nightmare, resulting in a big surprise. This is a nightmare worth having...

Too frustrating to enjoy

[writerguy-1 · 4/10 · 12 July 2010]

Chad and Scarlet are moving to a new city to start a new life. Things weren't so good in the old one. Chad has run up some debts and some bad men will stop at nothing to get their money. How Chad and Scarlet clear this marker is slowly revealed throughout the film. On the way to their new life Chad once again fouls things up and falls asleep at the wheel, causing a crash. Now on foot, the couple seek refuge in an old farmhouse where they are welcomed at first - and tortured next by the occupants - Lilith and her husband Samael. The cruel duo seem to know something of Chad and Scarlet's past and are exceptionally skilled torturers.

The movie is not without any redemption. The production value was good. The acting was fine - though the characters themselves had little to offer. Screen writing 101 - if you want the audience to dislike a character simply have him gamble away all his savings and run up a huge debt - placing his family in mortal danger. Chad is a weak, ineffective character. His wife Scarlet is little better. So out of the gate it's difficult to root for them. However, one does hope they'll prevail if only to vanquish the true evil doers in the film - of which there are two sets; the largely unseen thugs threatening to kill Chad and his wife if they don't pay Chad's gambling debts and the duo of Lilith and Samael. Spoilers: But there is no vanquishing here. Evil prevails. The thugs get their blood soaked money and, save a brief few minutes of screen time, Lilith and Sam maintain the upper hand. We, the audience, are given not a single frame of film to breath. From the opening sequence to the end credits, the movie is depressing and/or tension filled. Shakespeare wrote that the audience must be allowed at least three moments in each play to breath and laugh. Farmhouse failed to deliver even one. I fear this is a sin I have committed a few times in my own efforts to make a film and am now sensitive to it.

Tortured Souls

[gpeltz · 6/10 · 22 March 2015]

Farm House (2008) Directed by George Bessudo Written by Daniel P Coughlin. Spoilers ahead. It seems a brutal torture themed movie. One that I would have avoided had I known in advance.

A young couple,Scarlet and Chad, played by Jamie Anne Allman, and William Lee Scott are leaving their home, after the death of their infant, and heading north to find a new life. Nothing goes right for these two. A car crash thirty miles from anywhere, lead the couple to a remote farm house. They are treated cordially by Samael and Lilith, the owners played by Steven Weber and Kelly Hu. An evening of dining and drinking ends up a night of pain and torture. Unrelenting misery.

Credit for the author in coming up with any kind of back story, to make all this torture serve a purpose. We get flashbacks that implicate our couple, Flashbacks of money owed to shady people, Insurance fraud, and worse. Scarlet and Chad are far from squeaky clean.

The film is low budget, but the production values are good, I liked the score, by Mark Petrie. Lots of tight shots, and appropriate acting are the movies good points. On the other hand, I do not enjoy watching sadistic and gratuitous gore. If the writers could have reduced the cringe factor, the movie would have fared better in my book. The Ending of the movie almost justifies it's means. A curve ball thrown out of the park, by way of the Twilight Zone. Six out of Ten torture porn stars.

Goes from Average to Pure Nonsensical

[Soucriant · 4/10 · 5 May 2009]

Farmhouse begins as a pretty run-of-the-mill revenge flick, about a couple fleeing San Diego as they owe a lot of money and lost their son. We're treated to the details through a bunch of tedious flashbacks, which still manage to be vague, so we never really know what is going on. They crash their car, and wind up at a farmhouse, home of the lovely and criminally underused Kelly Hu, and her husband.

First of all, the guy who plays Chad is a terrible actor. I haven't seen such poor use of facial expressions, and downright cowardliness on display in quite sometime. He's just really pathetic in every possible way.

Anyone remotely familiar with horror can guess where the plot is going once we find out about the debt the couple are in. They go off the road in the middle of nowhere, (as they love to repeat). But, low and behold, help is in the home of the debt collectors nearby! The farmhouse couple are rather nasty, and punish the other two quite a bit. Nothing fascinating happens, but Kelly Hu plays a very good bitch, and the cheese grater may be this decade's hobbling. There are some mild nods to demons, with names such as "Lilith", "Samael" and "Alal". But, trust me. You won't even begin to fathom where this is headed.

The people behind this obviously thought murder for money wasn't risky enough, so they decided to incorporate the ever failing plot twist: "They're dead!", and add purgatory and demons into the mix. It sounds kind of clever, and maybe it could have been if it wasn't executed so poorly. But it's completely unsatisfying, the cgi is embarrassing, and it doesn't really make much sense.

1. I think demons straight from Hell could come up with some better torture than they did.

2. Kelly Hu is above this crap, and needs to fire her agent.

3. The ending isn't shocking, even though I didn't see it coming. It's just ridiculous, devoid of any true resolution.

Only bother with this if you REALLY can't find anything else to rent.

Disturbing scenes

[f-rabit · 7/10 · 9 December 2014]

I voted 7 because of one of the most creepy scenes i've seen in a long time. When the bad girl has the good one tamed and uses a shredder on her knee. It's incredible the power of suggestion of that images. Don't believe that anyone could stay put on his chair when watching this. There's another disturbing scene, very well done, when the bad guy makes the eye of Alal pops out.The movie follows an habitual narrative in which the story is at times intercepted with flashbacks. This happen to work very well, in deed. The actors did an OK job, although the husband performance is not very convincing. The end of the movie is not that predictable also. I didn't think that it was the best way to end it, but it's acceptable. I admit that there was some creativity in there.

Awful

[benjo643 · 1/10 · 13 January 2009]

This is a truly awful film.

It seems to be an attempt to play off the success of other excess-gore films such as Saw et al. to appeal to its audience, but fails. Its bad acting and severe lack of story-line are not helped by the vague and confusing flashbacks seen so sporadically that one forgets that they're supposed to have a point. Put together they add up to very little and the out-of-place ending isn't so much of a twist as a final large nail in the coffin of this particularly big flop of a film. After nearly an entire film's worth of poor horror, it briefly dips its toe into even poorer fantasy.

Awful.

We Have Ourselves One Helluva Twister!!

[tiskec · 6/10 · 6 November 2016]

This movie for one, was infinitely better than I first thought it was going to be. See, it was unclear to me what was happening in the beginning. I was almost ready to give up on it about a quarter of the way through the film. Then, the couple seen all these missing people on the farm house's wall. Then they started to get freaked out. Then it kind of rose my interest. All of a sudden this couple are running and fighting for their lives against these hardcore maniacs. These people were crazier that a three P*cker*d billy goat.

As these people are trying to fight and get away from these people, I'm still wondering why all these people were missing, and why the couple is even in this situation in the first place. Much more, I'm trying to find out if the people trying to kill them are just plain psychos, or if there's rationality behind it.

The ending was one of the biggest twists in a movie I've ever seen. I didn't expect what happened at all. I think the ending of this movie is what kept it from failing (in my point of view). Without giving to much away, I never expected them to be in hell. I'm not going to say why they're in hell, I'm just going to say that they are.

I would definitely recommend this movie to horror and suspense lovers alike. I will soon be buying the blu-ray myself. What a twister.

Worst Movie Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ccosse1 · 1/10 · 25 October 2009]

Okay, so I thought maybe this was a decent movie while watching it, and then it just turned horrible. Most of the movie is like any decent horror film, but once the couple are able to leave and then end up right back where they started because they are apparently in Hell, the movie just turns upside down. It's a lot like those movies where you can tell they ran out of money towards the end and just threw something together. However, with this movie you can tell that they simply ran out of good ideas for a good ending. Aside from all that, the thing that makes this the worse movie I have ever seen is the fact that they not only suggest the drowning of a baby, but that they show the act of her drowning the baby. That stuff happens in real life to real babies from sick and sadistic parents/people. I really don't want to watch something that sick and twisted in what is suppose to be "entertainment". Thank you so much for making such a horrible and twisted film. I can guarantee the director and all the actors/actresses that I will never again see a film that you have any contribution to at all. Stupid stupid stupid!

wonderful movie

[jmhammerstein-980-842586 · 10/10 · 22 September 2016]

Farm House is a wonderful movie. It starts with a woman looking sad and down at something. Then there is a scene in a church with a little girl named Scarlet, her mother, and a man who sits behind Scarlet and tells her her father was a friend of his. It then switches to an adult Scarlet and her husband Chad and they move to Seattle. On the way there in the middle of nowhere they get into a wreck and see a farm house and go to see if they can get help. They meet a husband and wife there named Samael and Lilith and another guy who is deaf named Alal and they are very friendly to Scarlet and Chad and say the crash knocked out the phone line and they can spend the night. When they're at the table for dinner, they notice something odd when the husband acts very mean to the deaf guy and the deaf guy gets something in a bag to eat when the rest of them get a great meal. Scarlet and Chad assume that the couple is slightly crazy but they are very nice to them and they don't make too much of it. They're taken to their rooms and they notice strange lights and sounds coming from the barn. Chad gets up and sees Samael and Lilith having sex and Lilith sees Chad and smiles, shocking Chad. Later that night Lilith talks to Chad and rubs her fingers on his arms. Later while Scarlet's in bed, she is woken up by Samael and grabbed. Chad is knocked out by Samael. He is woken up in the basement and Scarlet is being tied up by Lilith to be dipped into water to be tortured. She is dipped in and out and she and Chad are taunted during this. Chad is given a chance to save her but can't. Samael and Lilith leave and Chad is able to resuscitate Scarlet. They attempt to leave and Scarlet climbs out the window with the help of Alal. Lilith confronts Chad and he knocks her out. Samael goes after Scarlet and catches Alal. He says he'll cut Alal's eyes out if she doesn't come to him by the time he counts to a number. She doesn't and he cuts one of his eyes out then cuts Alal's throat. Scarlet comes and is taken by Samael and Lilith ties her up and tortures her by cutting her knee up with a cheese grater. Chad comes and kills Lilith by stabbing a thermometer or something into her head. Samael comes and is seemingly killed by being stabbed by Chad. Scarlet and Chad try to leave in a truck. Chad goes back for something. On the way back, Samael comes and attacks Chad and Chad makes it back to the truck and runs over Samael with the truck. As Chad and Scarlet are leaving, Scarlet asks Chad what's going on thinking that must have happened because Chad didn't pay money he owed to somebody. Chad stresses that he paid the money as he did earlier in the movie. Scarlet asks then why did they do that to them. He said they're crazy and f*cked up sh*t happens to people. Scarlet says not sh*t like this. Chad thinks it strange that it hasn't gotten light yet. They come across a house that they think they can get help at. Chad notices it looks just like the same place. Someone runs out of the house towards them. Samael and Lilith appear behind them. Samael is mangled and Lilith pulls the thing casually out of her head. Scarlet and Chad are shocked. They say things to each other and it is revealed that Chad and Scarlet were dead having died in their wreck and had been in Hell since then. Samael, Lilith, and Alal were demons and their forms change to intact with black eyes and black suits. Samael says it amuses him how surprised they are. (Which is my favorite line in the movie.) He then says there's someone who wants to meet you. Alal. Alal then comes from behind them, intact with black eyes and a black suit. And opens the barn door and the devil comes out and talks to Scarlet revealing he had been the gray-haired man who tried to temp her to evil in life because he wanted her in Hell. And it's revealed that they were in Hell because Scarlet drowned her baby because of learning he was disabled and wouldn't be able to have a normal life and Chad watched it upset but didn't intervene. Scarlet tells the devil he has to give them another chance. He asks if it would be any different. You hear her say no. I don't know if that means she said there wouldn't be a difference or if that was no in no I can't do this having been given another chance.

It's Okay

[ponusjoe42 · 6/10 · 14 March 2010]

I watch a lot of bad horror movies. I go to my local video store, browse the choices and grab a couple for the weekend. They're usually pretty lame but every once in while some random choice ain't so bad. "Farmhouse" falls in to the "ain't so bad" category if you're looking for sadism, torture, and graphic violence.

An attractive couple gets kidnapped by another attractive couple who delight in torturing their helpless victims. There's a plot here, but does that really matter if you're in to movies like this? It's a pretty basic formula with the main characters doing the usual stupid things that not only gets them in to this situation but prolongs the torture when they avoid the obvious and/or "freeze" at the plot-necessary points. I don't know why the people that make these things don't get it but I have little sympathy for idiots that fail to take advantage of their opportunities. For instance, if the sadistic, creepy, degenerate villain appears to be incapacitated (but maybe not quite dead) finish the scum off!!! If he manages to resurrect despite his horrific wounds well, I think the idiot that screws up should die.

There's nothing special here except for a few torture scenes. A not so clever twist at the end just doesn't work. In fact, it's just plain stupid. It's such an overtly obvious twist that anybody with a bit of intelligence would have come up with something better. And the ending only gets worse since they drag it out beyond any necessary point.

It is what it is, and on one level it's just fine. If you're not looking for gore and violence you won't bother with this. The ending is just plain stupid and totally pathetic. It's a bit better then most of the flotsam of this genre but nothing special.

Way too Dark (as in can't see have the images)

[phntomgamer · 3/10 · 25 October 2009]

This movie had a good premise but was shot with the lighting so low that in a normally lit room, the movie is very hard to see. Faces are half lit and loose so much that it is hard to even see their expression.

The shots in the barn were a little better but again, once outside, forget it.

For me, some of the plot was lost because of this. Will have to watch again with all the freakin' lights off.

By the way, adjusting contrast and brightness did not help. The version I am watching is NOT the Bluray version so maybe it would be better? Lance