Haunted (2014)

When Nick Di Santo learns that his father is not only alive but can possibly reveal the origin of his son's dark gift, he sets out on a trip that takes him to an abandoned mansion he thought only existed in his childhood imagination.

Director:

Victor Salva

Writers:

Charles Agron (screenplay), Victor Salva (screenplay)

Stars:

Luke Kleintank, Alex McKenna, Anthony Rey

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luke Kleintank	...	Nick Di Santo
Alex McKenna	...	Eve
Anthony Rey	...	Ryan (as Anthony Rey Perez)
Zack Ward	...	Chris McCulluch
Lacey Anzelc	...	Lillith
Ethan S. Smith	...	Sam
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Lilian
Tobin Bell	...	Seth
Charles Agron	...	Lucky
Tonya Carter	...	Asylum Nurse
Brandon Smith	...	Asylum Orderly
Daniel Ross Owens	...	Brian Maker
Max Gail	...	Scott
Patricia Belcher	...	Lee Knox
Tony Sanford	...	Ben

Storyline

Nick Di Santo has the gift to see how any person that he touches will dies. He visits his mother Lilian that is in an asylum since when he was eight years old and learns that his father is alive. Nick lives with his best friend Ryan and one day he meets Eve in a bar and he finds that he can touch her without any vision. Eve moves to Nick's apartment and soon she is pregnant. Out of the blue, Nick inherits an old house and he shows to Ryan and Eve that he used to draw that house since he was a child. They travel to the countryside but they do not find the manor. They decide to return home and they meet Chris McCulluch, Lilith and Sam that are measuring the area. They show the location of the house where Nick meets the strange Seth. They are hunted down by creepy creatures with axes but they flee. They decide to leave the place but the road leads them back to the mysterious house. What is the secret of the dark house and the creepy creatures?

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Plot Keywords:

abandoned mansion | mansion | one word title | 

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Taglines:

What if ghosts were real...

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 March 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dark House

Filming Locations:

360 Main St, Greenville, Mississippi, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles Agron Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Luke Kleintank and Patricia Belcher appeared together on the TV show "Bones."

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Connections

References The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

User Reviews

Terrible! Not worth the $1.20 rental from Redbox

I would give this zero stars if I could. Too bad that is not an option.

Plot (if you want to call it that): A young man (who clearly didn't graduate from the Stella Adler school of acting) goes to visit his mother at a mental hospital. She tells him that she knows who his father is, but won't tell him who it is. Later the young man inherits a house in the middle of nowhere. He goes looking for his father and takes his best friend and now very pregnant fiancé'/girlfriend/womanherandomlymetinabareightmonthsago to find said house. Bad things happen.

Throw in a subplot about being able to see other people's future deaths when you touch them, Tobin Bell from the Saw franchise looking all menacing, a house that somehow has managed to be relocate on its own, weird characters who run around with axes like the nurses from Silent Hill, along with other goofy characters that may or may not be the "bad guys," and you have Dark House.

AVOID THIS FILM. Go see other, better, recent straight to video haunted house movies, such as "Haunter" or "Haunt." But do not assume like I did that just because Victor Salva struck gold from directing Jeepers Creepers that he is any good at making movies anymore. He isn't. His career and this pathetic excuse for a movie both belong in the garbage bin.