House of the Witch

Horror buff here. In a relative sense, a score of 5.2 with over 1400 votes would suggest horror gold. This movie is not horror gold. It is not a diamond in the rough. It is terrible. Not scary - at all. Terrible acting. Terrible F/X. I am not sure how this title garnered a respectable score here. Don't waste your time with this movie unless you are a cognitively challenged 13 year old girl. Believe me, this is coming from someone who judges horror on a completely separate metric, and in general I'm usually much more forgiving, score wise (any intriguing horror movie that keeps my attention and spooks me out deserves at least a 6 or 7, baseline). This movie is barely a 3.

If you want under-recognized (but NOT underrated critically) horror gold watch the remake of "the crazies." What a flick!!

It's a bunch of teens but there's no story... They go to a house. The dialogue is terrible. Skip this and watch something with a story. Special effects were like early 2000s PowerPoint level technology aka worse than bad.

There's no way this has a collective 5.2 rating. Horrible plot, dull acting and no scares. Hard pass.

The acting, dialogue, and special effects are absolutely atrocious. The character, Taylor, might be about the most annoying character in any show, and her one-liners make me cringe. The story is dumb and makes no sense. I'm pretty sure the ending was nearly impossible. But for some strange reason I kinda liked it. It was one of those "so bad it's good" kind of films. I'd probably never watch it again, but it was kind of fun while it lasted. But don't go into this expecting any sort of quality.

I came into this movie with extremely low expectations. I initially turned it on just to have in the background while I watch YouTube. But the story quickly pulled me in and held my attention all the way to the credits.

First off, this movie is not great. The dialog is pretty poor (mostly in the first half) and some of the acting decisions felt a little awkward and took me out of the story. The computer generated effects were not good either.

However, there are a TON of positives I can give for this movie. First off, considering the budget was around four million dollars, the set design was exceptional. The abandoned estate felt real and each room had its own scary "personality" that helped increase the fear. Next, the makeup design for the gruesome death scenes was done spectacularly and looked absolutely disgusting. Finally, while the acting was not great for the first 20ish minutes, the performances in the second have caught my attention in a positive way. The actors portrayed the feeling of "no escape" to a more then believable degree, and their desperation near the end of the movie felt genuine.

Overall, for a low budget horror flick, the movie was very enjoyable to watch. While I wouldn't call this movie great, it's negatives are outdone by its positives. It is definitely worth a stream.