The Houses That October Built (2014)
Dir: Bobby Roe
Wir: Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Jason Zada
It is Halloween time. The leaves are changing colours. The air is
cool, crisp. Shops are promoting candy, cheap costumes and plastic jack-o’-lanterns. It is the favourite time of year for many.
Especially those that love the scares to be found in a haunted house attraction. Five such friends rent a class A motorhome and tour Texas
looking for extreme haunted houses. They document the trip via hand
held cameras and wireless cameras placed in and outside the RV. Not
only the houses but also the performers who like to dress up and shock
the patrons get screen time.
One of the group, unhappy at the lack of extreme in the extreme
haunted houses they’ve visited so far, stumbles across a traveling
house located in Louisiana this year that promises the ultimate in
horror. Despite the weird occurrences experienced by the group he
manages to talk them into attending one last haunted house. On
Halloween night.
This is a found footage film With that comes all the pros and cons of
the sub-genre since its founding with the release of CANNIBAL
HOLOCAUST and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT that catapulted the sub-genre to
a household name. Shaky cam. Often poorly lit. Chaotic. Camera people
getting butchered but somehow still able to record the horrifying act.
HOUSES suffers from it all. I don’t even know the fates of all the characters at the end of the film due to the low light helter skelter
scenes that comprise the climax.
Having voiced the concerns many have of the sub-genre there is enough
to like here to make it an above average horror film. The banter
between the five as they cruise America’s highways looking for the
next scare are realistic and natural. The footage shot inside real
haunted house attractions brings out the fun factor of those places.
And the film is creepy at times.
Watching HOUSES and putting aside one’s disbelief in the film’s
logic can make for an entertaining night. In other words, shut off
your brain and go for a ride.
**1/2 out of ****
TheVidiot <thevidiotwrites@gmail.com> wrote in news:uM6dnWIsC4Uq4QHCnZ2dnUU7-KmdnZ2d@giganews.com:
The Houses That October Built (2014)
Dir: Bobby Roe
Wir: Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Jason Zada
It is Halloween time. The leaves are changing colours. The air is
cool, crisp. Shops are promoting candy, cheap costumes and plastic
jack-o’-lanterns. It is the favourite time of year for many.
Especially those that love the scares to be found in a haunted house
attraction. Five such friends rent a class A motorhome and tour Texas
looking for extreme haunted houses. They document the trip via hand
held cameras and wireless cameras placed in and outside the RV. Not
only the houses but also the performers who like to dress up and
shock the patrons get screen time.
One of the group, unhappy at the lack of extreme in the extreme
haunted houses they’ve visited so far, stumbles across a traveling
house located in Louisiana this year that promises the ultimate in
horror. Despite the weird occurrences experienced by the group he
manages to talk them into attending one last haunted house. On
Halloween night.
This is a found footage film With that comes all the pros and cons of
the sub-genre since its founding with the release of CANNIBAL
HOLOCAUST and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT that catapulted the sub-genre
to a household name. Shaky cam. Often poorly lit. Chaotic. Camera
people getting butchered but somehow still able to record the
horrifying act. HOUSES suffers from it all. I don’t even know the
fates of all the characters at the end of the film due to the low
light helter skelter scenes that comprise the climax.
Having voiced the concerns many have of the sub-genre there is enough
to like here to make it an above average horror film. The banter
between the five as they cruise America’s highways looking for the
next scare are realistic and natural. The footage shot inside real
haunted house attractions brings out the fun factor of those places.
And the film is creepy at times.
Watching HOUSES and putting aside one’s disbelief in the film’s
logic can make for an entertaining night. In other words, shut off
your brain and go for a ride.
**1/2 out of ****
I have that lined up for tonight. I'm still one short as Netflix's
offering looks like a right load of BLM, VIRTUAL SIGNALLING SHITE. And
we've all had quite enough fucking nonsense for one year.
Well look what I've just found!
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/truth-seekers-nick-frost-simon-pegg- amazon-prime-video
The Houses That October Built (2014)
Watching HOUSES and putting aside one’s disbelief in the film’s logic
can make for an entertaining night. In other words, shut off your brain
and go for a ride.
**1/2 out of ****
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