Day 27 - Horror House (2014)
Platform:
Borrowed from OverDrive.
Quote:
“I’d like to see Annie Hall do that.”
Synopsis:
A group of actors is cast in a horror movie filming at an old abandoned house. But when the cast starts getting murdered for real, it becomes a fight for survival. Who will be left standing when the film wraps?
Review:
Alright, I made this sound way cooler in the synopsis than it actually is in reality. This is my Indy submission for the year. I usually try to watch some independent horror films because indy horror often results in some entertaining stuff, even if the quality is not great (and sometimes BECAUSE the quality is not great). Unfortunately, this one is neither interesting nor entertaining.
I’ll start with the positives because there aren’t that many to discuss. First, the story concept is one that’s been done before, but this film…. Well, at least it had the good sense to pick a storyline that’s been successful in other movies. Secondly, I do like the relationship between the two main girls: Chloe, and Jazz. Chloe, the final girl in this one, does an ok job for an indy film, but Jazz is actually pretty fun and plays it well. Ok, that pretty much wraps up the good stuff.
I could probably go on quite a diatribe of all the things that this film does that make it a terrible movie. So, I’ll try to keep it brief and straight to the point. There’s no point in dwelling on dreck. Other than the two main girls, the rest of the acting is terrible. There are no next to no effects, and the ones that there are you can’t see because the lighting is so bad. It’s not just the kill scenes that become invisible either. The filmmakers like to use a blue light filter quite often, and when they do, you can’t see anything that isn’t stark white enough to reflect a bit of the blue light. The sound design is really bad as well. The clomping of shoes on wood floors is much louder than the dialogue, but they are more interesting to listen to for the most part, so I guess that works out. Then there’s the story. It makes no sense. You get that this director brings people to this house so he can make snuff films of him actually killing the girls. But he also brought two guys along. One of them he fires for being a complete dick. And the other… I’m just going to go ahead and spoil it because you need to stay far away from this movie. The other guy is even crazier than the director and the girls wind up having to deal with him too. Which is just redundant because we already had a psycho killer, so why bring in a second?
Normally, with films that I give a don’t watch recommendation to, I can at least point to something that might be worth checking out. With this one, there’s no point. There is nothing redeeming really about this film.
Movie Count:
New = 16
Total = 25
OverDrive Breakdown: OverDrive is a digital platform that you can use to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, comics, graphic novels, and movies. Unlike Hoopla, you can't download videos. They must be streamed. Also, you don't have the casting option. But both Hoopla and OverDrive can be accessed via web browser so you can watch on your computers. Another drawback is that you don't have unlimited access to videos, so if someone else has it borrowed, you do have to place a hold and wait for them to either return the material or for their loan to time out. Plus sides are the ease of borrowing. You have a set number of titles of any format (book, audio, video, etc.) that you can borrow from at any point in time (my library is set at ten), but once you return a title, you get that borrow back. So, unlike Hoopla, you don't have to wait for the next month to start borrowing again. Also, even if you have to place a hold, the longest loan period on a video is seven days, and then most videos expire 48 hours after you start watching, so the turnaround time is very quick. OverDrive will also email you notifications when your hold is ready.
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