Girlhouse

First of all, let me say the quote at the beginning by Ted Bundy was odd. Was the writer(s) blaming porn for some people killing others? Really? I'm not a defender of the porn industry, but blame Ted Bundy and others for their own actions. Blaming porn, music or Hollywood for what others do is such a cop out. Whoever allowed that Bundy quote should be ashamed, and he/she should try understanding what personal accountability is. Ugh! Moron. The movie lost a star just for that.

I like Ali Cobrin. I saw her in Lap Dance, and she did a good job in that role.

I thought it was kinda silly that they made it as though she would've gotten 100% of the viewers on that site. For what? Doing "junior high" stuff, as one of the guys said? I don't think so. The other girls were equally as hot, and they seemed to be doing much more of what a real webcam audience would want than Kylie did, but she got 100% of the viewers? Come on. At least make it somewhat realistic.

I don't watch movies for gratuitous nudity, but if they're making a movie about webcam girls, and they're having all these guys drooling over this new hot girl, I think they should probably show the movie audience why she's so hot. One of the girls said "Nice rack." How about showing us that "nice rack" or give us some idea why she's so sought after.

Other girls in the movie did nudity, why not the main star? It's not like Corbin hasn't done nudity before. I like the grittiness of reality when it's portrayed in movies. I thought it was odd they did basically an "R" rated movie with some of the other girls, but with Cobrin, they tried making it as if it was a PG-13 movie. Her arm covering her breasts? Really? This wasn't a movie about a strip-tease artist. She was portraying a nude webcam girl.

And did she use her real name on her webcam show? LOL. Um...No, not realistic at all.

They should've cast some other guy for her love interest. Nothing against his acting, but that guy looked like he was 16 or 17 years old.

They could've cut about 20 minutes out of this.

There is some nudity in this movie. They show boobs, butts, sex acts (which are fairly tame). You get to see a side view of Cobrin's (or body double's) butt. There was plenty of blood and gore.

I gave this movie a 4-star rating, based largely on Cobrin's acting. I would've given it 5 stars, but as I said, I deducted a star because of the Bundy quote. Don't blame porn or anything else for Bundy's actions. He was a sick piece of trash who murdered, simply because he was a sick piece of trash! But sure, go and blame someone else for his actions. Unbelievable.

I didn't have high hopes given the premise and thought it would be a cheap excuse to show more porn than actual horror, but boy was I wrong: as a fan of slashers, I can say this is quality stuff! There is some really slick direction going on in some scenes ala other films like You're Next where a scene will suddenly transition into slow motion during the action, the acting is surprisingly impressive given the fact these actresses had to be comfortable showing some skin at various parts of the movie (that usually tends to attract lesser-quality actresses), there is some nice tension, some great and inventive kills, and a truly hair-raising killer. The mask and outfit are crucial in a slasher film, and this one gets it right. The killer also runs (heck, he hauls butt at various points) and is physically foreboding, all adding up to a menacing villain. Treat yourself to one of the few good slashers to come along in quite some time because I know I enjoyed the heck out of myself with this one. P.S. The score is great, too!

Patience is a virtue not often found in slasher flicks. Usually it's rare to go ten minutes without someone meeting an unfortunate fate at the hands of a mass murdering psychopath. 'Girl House' breaks the mold in this instance. It has a rather unique structure to it where the story and characters are introduced to us for an extended period of time with little else happening. This might sound like a negative but it really wasn't. All the mayhem is saved for the final quarter of the film (barring the open scene - which was very well done) and it's a fun ride.

The characters, particularly the main one Kylie, are a lot more likable than you usually get in this type of film. The extra time given to the viewer to get to know them really pays off in this way. The sexuality of the film is always apparent but never overbearing and it certainly never becomes anything you could refer to as an "erotic-horror". The killer was intimidating enough to warrant a few decent scares and overall the movie is of a good quality. An impressive little entry into the genre that you will enjoy if this sort of thing is for you.

A young girl gets a job as a web cam performer at a house. When an unstable client is humiliated by them, he seeks his own sort of justice.

I can't say I had much hope for this film and it was only in desperation that I turned it on. However it proved to be a pleasant surprise. It's well filmed, gory, very tense and quite scary which I find is a relative rarity these days.

Although the script is pretty standard, where Girl House succeeds is that it makes you care for the central characters. Rather than some empty headed bimbo the lead character Kylie ( played well by Ali Cobrin) comes across as intelligent and likable as does her boyfriend Ben ( a good performance from Adam DiMarco) who is not the stereotypical jerk. You find out pretty early who the killer is and also why he does it. He is suitably scary and again it's another good performance, this time by Slaine.

I found this pretty entertaining modern day slasher. Although not in any way groundbreaking this is a decent addition to the genre and worth checking out.

After I watched the trailer and the opening scene of this slasher flick I had no illusions about what this movie would be. Sadly, The filmmakers did. After a solid opening scene, the movie lingers way to long before showing us what we all sat down to watch. This is ironic given the premise. There is even a line in the movie about a site customer not logging on the see a "shoulder". So why make us wait and wait and wait to get to what we all paid to see? When the lights finally dim and the "show" finally starts it's not bad. In fact there's some pretty good slasher cool. But by then I was already bored and couldn't even fully appreciate it. Better writing or even better editing could have improved this movie greatly. Was hoping for some cool slasher fun but got lukewarm slasher ehhhh.

BOTTOM LINE: If you're a slasher fan it's probably still worth the watch. If slashers aren't your thing you can feel free to LOG OFF.