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'Our House' is not the worst movie I've seen but it certainly isn't the most exciting. The first half feels like nothing more than a sad family story. The second half throws in a few scares, but really not much else. Pretty much all of the horror aspects of the film could be condensed into a two minute short. Kinda slow, nothing revolutionary, and very average. It's not that's it's bad, it's just not good either.

A remake of Ghost from the Machine (2010) this mid range horror stars Thomas Mann in a science meets supernatural effort.

A Netflix original it's the very definition of average. Usual cliches, usual horror tropes, average cast, average performances, average effects and average degree of originality.

The whole thing is therefore just so, average! It's watchable stuff in fact the concept behind the movie is fairly interesting but the creators don't think outside the box and instead play it safe making a generic Hollywood style horror.

I'd never recommend this, not because it's bad but because it's just so unremarkable.

The Good:

Couple of good ideas

The Bad:

Everything is just so average

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I didn't know that Emma Gonzalez was an actor!

Each year Thomas Mann looks goofier

This is not an exciting terrifying horror movie was lots of Gore and tricky things. No huge Stars. But what it is is a very atmospheric movie that is actually quite realistic. The thing that elevates it I believe is the cast. Not only is it well acted even the spikier brother is lovable. There is something about these kids and others in the movie that makes you truly feel their losses and makes you get behind them completely. I felt very invested in their story. I loved the kids were the intelligent Heroes of the story and work together. I personally thought this is a really good movie. I will be looking forward to seeing each one of these actors in their other projects.

Cute movie, not scary, and the twist(s?) is predictable but ultimately makes for an interesting commentary on grief making you see what you wanna see no matter what. More emotional coming of age than horror.

But the major flaw: That blonde, thin valley girl? She's supposedly not only a scientist, but SUPER into and dating a meh looking and meh personality nerd. Yeah, a supernatural event is more believable than that.

I'm not someone that likes to classify films under a particular category, but if I was pushed, I'd say this comes under melodrama, the horror element is very minor, only at the end do you get tinges of horror. It's kind of a family tragedy, mixed in with elements of Stranger things. In spite of that I really rather liked it, it has a bit of originality, it has plenty of expectation, albeit those expectations aren't fully realised, but has some very well rounded characters. The horror elements when they come are fairly minor, but the gas visual works well. For me this is a film that deals with grief more then anything.

Don't expect to be scared, but I'm sure you'll enjoy it. 6/10