House of Evil

I usually do not waste my time writing reviews. There is some unnecessary bashing of this movie. I do watch a lot of movies. Most all of them. I enjoy a bad movie a lot. I think they are funny and entertaining. This movie is set in a beautiful home and piece of land. The antagonist is unique. The clothing and atmosphere are period correct. The acting and directing is fine. It is not perfect, but it is fine. There is also sufficient apprehension for this genre. If you haven't seen this one yet, save it until you have run out of other movies. Simply pay attention to what is happening and enjoy the scenery.

This is straight up a reimagined version of Amityville Horror. The husband becomes obsessed with the house and becomes essentially possessed, no longer caring about his wife and their child. It's even set in the 70's, I mean c'mon. I think the creators actually really wanted to remake Amityville but after the Ryan Reynolds version did horribly they thought they could just changed a couple things, obviously out it Ina different house and no one would be the wiser. Vrry disappointed, it's proof once again that original horror stories are getting harder to come by. Even the great ones like "Insidious" and "The Conjuring" had something great and then sequeled it to oblivion. With Conjuring all I can say is that at least we got "The Nun" out of it, and if stops at the second movie then I will call that a win. But again this movie is just a rip off, and not even a good rip off. My recommendation is to just go and watch the original "Amityville Horror" and you'll what you thought you were going to get from this.

This film is truly awful.Terrible acting,after about ten minutes it becomes more annoying but you decide to give it the benefit of the doubt in the forlorn hope it will improve.Alas it dose not. The plot has been used in countless movies over the years and this is just another botched attempt of a worn out script. To add insult to injury we are informed it's inspired by true events.Maybe I'm being too critical and some people may enjoy this movie, but for me it was a load of schlock.

Even if you can get past the horrible acting (I mean really really horrible overacting), the plot is so overdone it will leave you bored to tears. This movie is in no way "homage" to the classic pieces of the genre. It was not nearly original or well directed enough to be considered such. Very much a failed attempt. Don't waste your time unless you want a laugh at the bad acting.

This would be 5 going on story but give it an extra mark for the superb location. Really liked the creepy house in the countryside, the 70's vibe and visuals. No looking up the internet here to find out whats going on. Acting is fairly good, script and direction okay but the story is somewhat uneven. It rushes through too much in the last 10 minutes that maybe could have been developed a bit sooner. Overall a reasonable effort with a great location.