American Horror House (2012)

It's Halloween night. A sorority house is inundated with ghosts while the housemother goes on a killing spree.

Director:

Darin Scott

Writer:

Anthony C. Ferrante

Stars:

Alessandra Torresani, Jackie Tuttle, Dave Davis

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alessandra Torresani	...	Daria
Jackie Tuttle	...	Colleen
Dave Davis	...	Lloyd
Morgan Fairchild	...	Miss Margot / Rosemary
Carol Jean Wells	...	Rosemary
Salina Duplessis	...	Sarah
Cameron Deane Stewart	...	Derek
Sarah Ellis Smith	...	Marylynn (as Ruby Lou Smith)
Isabel Cueva	...	Miss Pena
Sydney Spies	...	Missy
Jennie Kamin	...	Riley
Ashton Leigh	...	Tish
Ramona Tyler	...	Sandy Adams
Cait Taylor	...	Kaylee
Donna Duplantier	...	Shirley Margot

Storyline

It's Halloween night. A sorority house is inundated with ghosts while the housemother goes on a killing spree.

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Plot Keywords:

halloween | halloween party | halloween costume | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie was filmed on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, LA.

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Quotes

Miss Margot: It's so hard to sin on an empty stomach.

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Connections

References Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

User Reviews

"I'm not even into girl on girl any more. And when I was, you weren't my type!"

Not entirely avoidable by all means. There is some decent gore both in quality and amount, meaning that there is a fair bit of it and it doesn't look cheap. Some of the death scenes(though maybe there were too many because the horror elements outside of them suffered) are inventive and have an appropriate stomach-churning effect, the one with the saw stood out, while the other standout scene was when the sisters dressed as Sweet Alice Sweet. Morgan Fairchild- still looking amazing, she actually looks younger than she really is- is chilling and seems to be having a great time, by far the best performance of the movie. That is saying a fair bit actually because the acting generally ranged from overwrought to bland, in short while to be expected it was not particularly great. You don't get to know the characters either, in some instances they get under your skin(the two bitching sisters) or are not on screen long enough to make an impression. The dialogue doesn't flow very well, makes little effort to develop or explain things, so a lot of American Horror House felt very undercooked from a writing standpoint, and the bitching was so overdone that you wanted the characters doing the bitching to shut up fast. Story-wise, there is no better news, some of it drags but other parts felt improvised and erratic. There are an almost complete lack of horror and mystery elements, which hurt the movie significantly. The horror was predictable and atmosphere-less(sure the death scenes were gruesome but those aside there's not much to the horror). And it would have helped if the ghosts were more believable, you don't even believe that they are ghosts but instead it's oddly reminiscent of the Chamber of Horrors section in Madame Tussaud's but much less scary. American Horror House doesn't do well as a mystery either, more suspense, atmosphere and less predictability will have helped it and also that it wasn't so obvious to us too early who the person behind the killings was. There are cheaper movies out there than American Horror House, but the choppy editing, too bright lighting(one external review likened it to Hallmark/Lifetime quality and that is apt here, often it doesn't feel like it's a movie about horror houses and ghosts), and old-school effects that sometimes were okay but looked at other times comparatively dated to the rest of the movie's look cannot be ignored here. All in all, you can do with worse but American Horror House is one of those once-seen, quickly disposable movies(personal opinion of course). 3/10 Bethany Cox

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sorority Horror House

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ALLaBorde Films, Active Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color