अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंRoger Cobb (William Katt) is killed in a car accident. His family must move into the house that has haunted him for several years. Soon the family begins to experience scary and unexplained ... सभी पढ़ेंRoger Cobb (William Katt) is killed in a car accident. His family must move into the house that has haunted him for several years. Soon the family begins to experience scary and unexplained phenomena.Roger Cobb (William Katt) is killed in a car accident. His family must move into the house that has haunted him for several years. Soon the family begins to experience scary and unexplained phenomena.
- Nurse
- (as Annie O'Donnel)
- Seraphina
- (as Rebecca Rocheford)
- The Human Pizza
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फ़ीचर्ड समीक्षाएं
"House IV" is an entertaining film with many flaws where the viewer cannot think. There are good scenes (maybe the shower scene is the best) but the story has many holes. Is Roger Cobb the same writer of "House" that retrieved his son Jimmy? If so, the guy has inherited another old haunted house and left his previous family? Kelly cannot afford to pay the plumber but the man is simply forgotten. Why Verna came to the house? Roger protects his family from beyond but is not capable to save the house? What Kelly and Laurel will do with the house burnt to the ground and without money? Y vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "House IV - A Casa do Espanto" ("House IV - The Frightening House")
The script returns to the figure of Roger Cobb, protagonist of the first film. After all the adventures of the first film, he's going to receive a house from his deceased father... which makes me think about the luck of this guy, who spends his life inheriting houses from several dying relatives... houses who are always haunted or have something supernatural. In fact, the film quite copies the structure of the initial film, with slight nuances that don't erase the feeling of "wait, I've seen this somewhere"...
Willian Katt returns to the role he played in the franchise's first film, but the quality of his work as an actor has notably declined. Without adequate material and without a direction demanding more, the actor is kind of left to himself and doesn't give us something really appealing. To make things even more difficult, the actor sees his character die extraordinarily quickly, so his appearance in this film is basically episodic. Despite her youth, Melissa Clayton also deserves a positive note, doing very well and stealing our attention, especially in the more comical scenes. Terri Treas also looks good to me in her character, even though the script reduces her to a screaming machine. Scott Burkholder is a cliché but fun villain. On the negative side, I must mention Ned Romero's very stereotyped performance and Denny Dillon's irritating acting, giving us the most out of place character.
With a mediocre script, poor direction and an uninspired cast, the redeeming characteristics of this film lie in the production values and, particularly, in the sensible and intelligent use of very good special effects, in which the production spent a good part of its budget. The movie is not very scary, it can almost be considered a family movie. The sets were also well-designed, the cinematography fulfills its role without any demerit and the editing seems to me quite discreet.
** (out of 4)
Roger Cobb (Willian Katt) is riding with his wife Kelly (Terri Treas) and their young daughter Laurel (Melissa Clayton) when their car crashes. Roger is killed so the wife and daughter follow his wishes and move into the house that he loved. Pretty soon strange things begin to happen.
HOUSE IV is without question the weakest film in the series because there's really just nothing new here. It's the same type of haunted house film that we've seen throughout the history of haunted house movies and there's very little to nothing new here. With that said, I do give the filmmakers credit for bringing the Roger character back, although they change elements from the first movie.
Obviously it's pretty cool getting to see Katt returning to the role but he's not in the film too long. Treas is okay in the role but I'm not sure she was strong enough to carry the picture but you've also got to mainly blame the screenplay since it really doesn't give her too much to do except for scream and run around into one trap after another. Clayton is nice in the role of the young daughter and Scott Burkholder is good as well.
The film's most memorable moments are the special effects, which are quite good. There are various "haunted" things that happen but none of them are overly scary so we resort back to the "fun" effects including one scene where a pizza comes to life. Even with the nice special effects, there's just not much else here so it's hard to really support the film. HOUSE IV isn't awful but it's just rather bland and unoriginal.
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाThis is the first film in the series to be directly affiliated with the 1986 original, but here are some glaring inconsistencies. One is that William Katt's character is married to Terri Treas with a 12 year old daughter, with no mention of the fact that he was married to Kay Lenz and had a son in the first film.
- गूफ़At 24:04, as the mother leaves the kitchen running into the living room, a woman's face and left arm can be seen on the left side. She seems to be arranging the table.
- भाव
Laurel Cobb: Oh my god! Anchovies?
Kelly Cobb: [after a pizza comes to life, Kelly beats it up and throws it in the garbage disposal] There! No more anchovies!
- इसके अलावा अन्य वर्जनNew Line Video & LD versions give "Story By" credit to Geof Miller & Deirdre Higgins and Jim Wynorski & R.J. Robertson as well as "Screenplay By" credit to Geof Miller & Deirdre Higgins after the main title sequence. The Japanese DVD only gives a "Written By" credit to Geof Miller & Deirdre Higgins after the main title sequence.
- कनेक्शनFeatured in Obscurus Lupa Presents: House IV (2016)
टॉप पसंद
विवरण
- चलने की अवधि
- 1 घं 34 मि(94 min)
- रंग
- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.85 : 1