The very first thing I noticed and loved about the film was the score. It had a lot of Charles Bernstein's A Nightmare on Elm Street in it. In fact there were a few seconds or so where I think it did take some of the notes from the Bernstein score. That set the tone for the movie and it got me right into it. It made me feel that something ominous was about to take place.
Unfortunately the film does start off really poorly and unfortunately that does have to do with the female lead who was like nails on a chalkboard to me. I just didn't care for her character or the actors interpretation of how it was written. But as things move along and the three characters get into the house to start moving, the writer and the director smartly start peeling the onion for us. We get to know a bit about the characters and their background and this lays the tracks for the meat and potatoes of the movie.
We meet the owner of the house named Vern Mueller. He's a very old looking gentleman with a very thick German accent and right away he makes you feel uncomfortable. The actors do a great job of conveying this unease as we are living vicariously through them. They are offered an insane some of money to make sure this enormous house is cleaned out in one night. So off they go to work trying to dismantle the house as quickly as they can. But then along the way strange things are noticed. There's an old German lock on one of the doors and the movers are told that they are not to go in the attic and not to go in the basement.
I won't give any more of the plot away than that because once you start putting things together and you realize who people really are and what their end game really is, the film does a great job of making you feel uneasy. The film is only about 80 minutes long and I enjoyed the last half of it immensely. There's some really good practical effects and some fantastic Tom savini like Gore. There's no CGI from what I can tell and just some good old-fashioned makeup and prosthetics.
Most of the reviews here seem to be either from people who really dislike it or just from people that were a bit apathetic to it. I definitely enjoyed the film and I'd recommend it.
7/10
Unfortunately the film does start off really poorly and unfortunately that does have to do with the female lead who was like nails on a chalkboard to me. I just didn't care for her character or the actors interpretation of how it was written. But as things move along and the three characters get into the house to start moving, the writer and the director smartly start peeling the onion for us. We get to know a bit about the characters and their background and this lays the tracks for the meat and potatoes of the movie.
We meet the owner of the house named Vern Mueller. He's a very old looking gentleman with a very thick German accent and right away he makes you feel uncomfortable. The actors do a great job of conveying this unease as we are living vicariously through them. They are offered an insane some of money to make sure this enormous house is cleaned out in one night. So off they go to work trying to dismantle the house as quickly as they can. But then along the way strange things are noticed. There's an old German lock on one of the doors and the movers are told that they are not to go in the attic and not to go in the basement.
I won't give any more of the plot away than that because once you start putting things together and you realize who people really are and what their end game really is, the film does a great job of making you feel uneasy. The film is only about 80 minutes long and I enjoyed the last half of it immensely. There's some really good practical effects and some fantastic Tom savini like Gore. There's no CGI from what I can tell and just some good old-fashioned makeup and prosthetics.
Most of the reviews here seem to be either from people who really dislike it or just from people that were a bit apathetic to it. I definitely enjoyed the film and I'd recommend it.
7/10