In a Stranger's House

I liked it. It was quite subtle in places as the mysterious events unfolded and the tension mounted.

THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE MIGHT BE CONSTRUED AS A VERY MINOR SPOILER FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANY DETAIL BUT IT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM THE STORY OR GIVE ANYTHING AWAY. The very subtle sound of what may be a baby crying in the background, which he never referred to, was very effective. POSSIBLE SPOILER FINISHED. Nothing is fully explained but you can try and figure it out. You are placed into the centre of the mystery and our 'hero' with the camera is our avatar. So, rather than have it conveniently explained we just have to go through what he went through. There was quite an original soundscape too. Although, the genre is now full of tropes and even cliches, this particular effort felt quite fresh in places. The man with the camera was neither hysterical nor completely sceptical...although he was more biased towards scepticism. This kept him emotionally quite even and stable and curious enough to stick around in order to get to the bottom of these strange events. This made his fear all the more believable and palpable as things started to mount up. Overall, almost zero budget, well-paced, likeable protagonist, original soundscape, some very creepy, initially subtle, moments with steadily mounting tension throughout the film. Worth a watch in a very competitive genre.

This movie was about as boring as a movie can get. I would not classify this as anything near a horror movie, maybe as a horrible movie, though. Wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone.

I find myself very unbiased in my reviews of movie, and as I am a fan of the found footage genre I thought I would give this a try. BIG MISTAKE !!! I could bore you with the ins and outs of this one, but as per the title, literally nothing happens. I made it through to 1 hour 14 minutes, and with very little time left, I just switched it off. I am usually the one to see things through, but, nah, not with this one. Watch it, make your own mind up, and if you get through to the end, you are a better person than me.

I gave this a 3 because it's a found footage film, and you kind of have to know what you're getting yourself into with one of these. The overall story isn't bad, but it's been done too many times. What really would have saved this film is if it was MUCH, MUCH shorter - this should have been a 10 to 15 minute short film. It's like someone said, "Hey, put this on and go wait for me in the attic. I'll be up in about an hour and a half to film your part, then we'll go get something to eat and be home by midnight" The only reason Ii made it through this film was because I was doing something else while watching it - other than the last few minutes, you won't miss anything if you look away.

The movie is OK, a good flick for any fans of the found-footage genre. The movie, at times, was very creepy. I think a lot of the scariness comes from the setting, the fact that our protagonist is all alone in the middle of nowhere. All of the scenes where he walked around at night were tense.

The studio really seems to make-do with what they had, from a budget standpoint. They couldn't have expensive CGI or whatnot to scare people, so the film relies on minor stuff, like objects moving around, which really worked.