Halloween Haunt

I recently rented Haunt (2019) off Amazon Prime for $3.99 after months of feeling ashamed I had not seen it yet. The storyline is around a group of friends looking for a haunted house adventure and they find one. Once the haunted house activities begin they quickly realize everything around them is realer than it appears. This movie is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, who also collaborated on Impulse, Spread and Nightlife. This movie stars Katie Stevens (Polaroid), Will Britain (Kong: Skull Island), Lauryn Alisa McClain (Superstition) and Andrew Lewis Caldwell (iZombie). The storyline itself is very straightforward but the protagonists are very unique and well presented. The kill scenes are excellent, well executed, quick and sudden without relying on too much CGI. This film actually reminded me of a better version of The Houses October Built 2. Overall this was a great modern slasher flick that is a must see for horror film fans. I'd score it a 8/10.

To be honest I wasn't expecting much from this movie, but I was pleasantly surprised. I am not normally a fan of the torture/slasher genre, more of a supernatural horror fan. But I really enjoyed this movie. Yes there is nothing to much new here, but let's be honest, those truly original stories are few and far between. The acting was great, the set up was good, and the various traps and puzzles were fun. The film doesn't try to explain itself, just a mental scary haunted house. But the suspense is maintained through out, and I particularly liked the ending, which was a change from the usual return of the psycho shock.

Well, it's not the perfect first-date movie, as it may happen that your beloved would hold you in her arms when you are sucking your thumb crying. :-) Well, I gave 7* because I think, the actual rating of 6.3 is too low, but I also fell 7* is a bit of exaggeration. What I was missing: more understanding of the story, less dumbdumb villains, less plotholes. But who knows, you'll see a sequel or a prequel and you will have the chance to learn more about the Devil, the Witch, the Clown, the Ghost and the Zombie. :-) For a horror movie, this is quite decent, refreshing, well-done!

Fun Halloween haunted house film but the story was has recycled over and over again and this version brought nothing new to the table.

Horror low budget films are often so bad. This one is the exception. Don't expect to be the greatest movie of the year and you will have such a great time. I would describe it as a very entertaining and tense horror movie. Funny and easy to watch. Great performances and great direction (especially to build the tension).