To find a direct-to-video, independent, video-lensed, low budget horror movie that does not rely all its potential on the belief that huge tits, bad effects and awful acting are funny to watch, just for the shake of a movie done on a low budget level is a hard thing.
To find a video-lensed indie that is well lit, well shot, well edited, very well acted (even though a horrible italian accent) and really well written is almost impossible.
But finding both in the same movie, and finding that it is probably the best adaptation that the Providence Master has received yet, makes The Shunned House a miracle.
Saletti and Zuccon offers us 3 of the most spooky tales from the mythos interlaced in three times and one sole location. Visuals, storytelling and frights are directly linkable to Bava, Argento, Fulci and Avatti, although Zuccon character development is, in most cases, superior to these italian masters. There's some point on the nightmarish ambient that even reach the level of some new-born Buñuel.
Anyway, the film is not perfect. It is a true dialog-driven and in sometimes lacks a bit of action, but the story is told with its own rythm, and that can result boring for some people, probably these preferring teen slashers and Michael Bay's 50-shoots-per-minute action extravaganzas. Another big drawback are in the make-up effects department, that it is not bad, but certainly not in the level of the rest of the movie.
So, wheter you are a Lovecraft adept, or a horror-fan, near to lose your faith in the genre, The Shunned House is probably the best option to rent in a videostore full with heart-less and bad-to-the-bone horror movies.
To find a video-lensed indie that is well lit, well shot, well edited, very well acted (even though a horrible italian accent) and really well written is almost impossible.
But finding both in the same movie, and finding that it is probably the best adaptation that the Providence Master has received yet, makes The Shunned House a miracle.
Saletti and Zuccon offers us 3 of the most spooky tales from the mythos interlaced in three times and one sole location. Visuals, storytelling and frights are directly linkable to Bava, Argento, Fulci and Avatti, although Zuccon character development is, in most cases, superior to these italian masters. There's some point on the nightmarish ambient that even reach the level of some new-born Buñuel.
Anyway, the film is not perfect. It is a true dialog-driven and in sometimes lacks a bit of action, but the story is told with its own rythm, and that can result boring for some people, probably these preferring teen slashers and Michael Bay's 50-shoots-per-minute action extravaganzas. Another big drawback are in the make-up effects department, that it is not bad, but certainly not in the level of the rest of the movie.
So, wheter you are a Lovecraft adept, or a horror-fan, near to lose your faith in the genre, The Shunned House is probably the best option to rent in a videostore full with heart-less and bad-to-the-bone horror movies.