Killer Game

This is your standard horror movie with the standard ingredients: group of highschool students, blood, knife, unknown killer, small community.

Don't bother...

If you have read the book, DO NOT WATCH! This movie was utterly disappointing and NOTHING like the book. I wish I could give it a negative rating. All I can say is that this is STRAIGHT AND UTTER TRASH.

The latest entry in the long list of disposable films in Netflix canon, There's Someone Inside Your House is a run-of-the-mill slasher featuring characters one never grows to care about, motivations & purpose that have no footing, and killings that are delightfully grisly & gleeful. The film starts on a promising note but the interest in the premise fizzles out just as quick.

Directed by Patrick Brice (Creep & Creep 2), the script suffers from a myriad of issues, for its characters are poorly sketched, the drama involving them is bland throughout and dialogues are terrible. The narrative borrows elements from other classics of the genre(s) yet fails to do anything productive with that. The story just doesn't have the required emotional weight to it.

Not only is it apparent that Brice didn't write the film but it is also unlikely that he bothered to employ his cinematic skillset on this straightforward teen slasher offering. It hardly reeks of a foreboding atmosphere, the tension & suspense leaves the room just as soon as the build-up, the teen drama is never for once compelling, and the performances from its cast is also meh.

Overall, There's Someone Inside Your House not only fails to bring anything new or refreshing to the genre but is also lacking the goods to deliver a fun, thrilling & entertaining delight. All it has got going for it are a few graphic kills but that's simply not enough to steer the story past the finish line when there is no one to root for and the shortcomings are so glaring. All in all, a forgettable fare.

I can't believe I watched the whole movie. I kept expecting it to get a little better or smarter but it just got more stupid. Avoid at all costs.

A killer goes after people who have dark secrets, I remember an episode of Supernatural(2005-2020) had a similar premise.

It's not all terrible, but would not put in the classics section with Scream, at least in that movie the killer had a fearful presence that makes you feel like you not safe anywhere, but with this film I just didn't have that feeling with this killer, unlike Ghost face and Michael Myers.

There are some kills that are alright but not clever. Some of the characters are okay, but had tough time getting invested in some of them. All in all a medium thriller at best. If you liked it more and can sit through it more times, I'm glad you can, but not me.