11th Hour Cleaning

Decent very low budget horror flick. It doesn't reinvent the wheel but it's better than some other reviews say. The plot could certainly use more expansion but for what it is - a cheap, straight to VOD indie horror movie- it's ok. It kept my attention, which is more than I can say for several other recent releases with much higher budgets.

I have to admit that I initially liked the cover/poster for this 2022 horror movie titled "11th Hour Cleaning". And as I sat down to watch this movie from writers Eric R. Brodeur, Ty Leisher and Ed Morrone, I did so without ever having heard about the movie. But the cover was interesting and it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen was sufficient to make me give the movie a chance.

Well, "11th Hour Cleaning" was a pretty bland horror experience. Director Ty Leisher didn't really bring anything new to the genre, and the script was fairly mundane, generic and predictable. So you're not in for a grand horror experience when you sit down to watch "11th Hour Cleaning".

The acting performances in "11th Hour Cleaning" were adequate. Nothing outstanding or noteworthy. The cast ensemble were all unfamiliar actors and actresses for me, which is usually something I enjoy in movies. However, the cast didn't really have all that much to work with in terms of interesting characters, riveting dialogue or plot.

For a horror movie then "11th Hour Cleaning" was pretty stale. It wasn't scary, it wasn't overly entertaining, and there were no scenes to give you any shocks.

Sure, the visual effects in the movie were actually fair, but special effects can only do so much to make up for other shortcomings in a movie.

If you enjoy horror cinema, then "11th Hour Cleaning" is not a movie that I would recommend you rush out to get a chance to watch.

My rating of "11th Hour Cleaning" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

A biohazard removal crew go to the site of a multiple murder/suicide to clean up the mess; while there, supernatural stuff starts to happen. When they try to escape from the house, they find all exits barred. Then more spooky stuff happens, none of which makes any sense. After a couple of the crew are killed, those left find some cheesy explanation for the occurrences - A Nordic demon is in the house - and more stuff happens. The only chance for survival is to find some ancient runic stones and destroy them-but the demon is too powerful. Cue end credits, during which some more stuff happens.

A flimsy plot stretched out to just about feature length by loads of random shizz (and some clichéd relationship drama), clumsy direction, and passable effects: Murder House (AKA 11th Hour Cleaning) is generic, forgettable low-budget horror that struggles to hold one's attention, even at a very short run-time of just 73 minutes (with at least six of those being the end credits). The cast do a reasonable job considering the hokeyness of the script, but at the end of the day, this film does nothing that we haven't seen many times before, and it doesn't do it very well.

For what it is, it's not a bad movie. The potential was there for more. I have seen other people say that thing is horrible and some say it's great. I think the mix on opinions is because some of the actors really were good, but one of the female actors, was not. The plot was interesting enough, but one of the annoying things for me was, they were wearing hazmat suits, and the amount of times they took their masks off. If they have to wear it, and work truly concerned they wouldn't be taking them off every other minute to talk. Once the movie gets really going it hits a good stride, But then loses a lot of steam at the end. I don't think it was explained well enough and the special effects on the bad thing were not great. The infighting between the characters was a little annoying between me, and the technical part about cleaning didn't seem real enough, but for a cheap little hard movie it's not bad. Keep my attention anyway. The ending was just a little rough for me.

11th Hour Cleaning does not reinvent the haunted house movie, but what it does, it does well. Obviously low budget, it was still well filmed and interesting , with great performances from the 4 main leads. I like that we were allowed to get to know the characters, this is not a bunch of teens, but about real everyday people, and that was a nice change. It was amazingly short, in fact a friend I watched it with liked it enough to want it to go on longer. I think the film makers and actors succeeded in making a good horror film on a small budget. Worth a watch.