Exorcist: House of Evil (2016) Reviews

• Shame shame shame

  flnative-602812016-06-22

  Shame to everyone associated in the making of this movie. I've never written a bad review, ever......but this really p*ssed me off. First of all they lure you with the word "Exorcist" which is a disgrace to the real Exorcist franchise. Put in a good male lead (shame on you Connor, really). It was SO stupid so disappointing sitting here with my popcorn, giddy as a school girl for a good scary movie night and then you guys throw this sh*t right in our faces? OMG, please do not watch this movie, it'll make you wanna gauge out your eyes with a rusty screw driver. If pictures shaking on the walls scare you then you may like this, but that's all your gonna get. No demon, no ghost, no fright, fear, horror......nada. To everyone involved in this sick attempt at any form of entertainment.....-YOU SUCK- To would be watchers.....you've been warned honestly.

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• I tried so hard to like it but..

  VeronicaW3452016-07-11

  I'm not sure if this is meant to be some kind of sequel to the Exorcist, or simply a rip off, but it falls flat on every level if you put in into any one of those categories. This film had such potential! But had no atmosphere, no suspense, just irritating music in supposedly "scary" moments. I always like to give new up coming talent a chance, and I actually enjoyed Amy Pennell acting at the start of the movie which led me to believe that this was going to be a decent low budget horror, but it just got progressively worse. In short, I had to stop watching because I did not care what happens to any of the characters.

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• House Of Weasels

  shawnblackman2016-10-23

  A woman moves into the house where the real exorcism took place that the film The Exorcist was based on. She discovers something is still there. This thing sucked on a whole new suck scale. First they tell you the film is shot in the actual house but the reality is that the exteriors were but they seem too cheap to pay to use the interior. For an example one scene has the woman eating a bowl of cereal. She is startled then the bowl spills onto the floor. You just see dry cereal spilling on the carpet because they didn't want to clean up a milk mess. Things like that make you wonder what other corners do they cut. The only effects you get are doors closing and eyes turning black. Just all around garbage. The funniest is when she notices a cross etched in her arm. Not sure she reaches down and grabs a crumpled church flyer. The flyer has a cross in the corner and she holds it next to her arm. Confirmed. It is a cross. If you can handle things like this than this film is for you but everyone else stay away. It should be called Exorcist: House Of Weasels.

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• Good Effort For A Low Budget Movie.

  stephenabell2017-03-09

  Everybody knows the film The Exorcist (1973) which was based on the brilliant novel by William Peter Blatty. The author based his story on the exorcism of Roland Doe in 1949 in Cottage City, Maryland. This film is based upon those real events and the people involved. They even feature the real house in which the exorcisms took place. Though this is a low budget film, writer and director David Trotti does a good job of building on the original story by bringing in a new couple to the house. The house has stood empty for years, only vandals have entered to tag their names on the walls. Then enter Amy who is one of the last surviving members of the family. She doesn't believe in the evil all she sees is a house ready to be lived in. Though before she and her fiancé Luke can even move in strange things start to happen... The story that Trotti gives us is strong and believable; if you believe in evil, daemons, and devils that is. What surprised me the most is the level of skill the actors bring to the movie. Amy Holland Pennell portrays Amy very well, bringing the character a depth of strength and surety, which is put to the test throughout the film. Mark Holzum as Luke does a wonderful job of portraying a loving fiancé who is having doubts about his girlfriend's sanity and the possibility of the evil which lurks in the house. Connor Trinneer plays Gordon, Amy's cousin, and shows a warm and caring compassion towards her. Peter Mayer gives a wonderful portrayal of Father Halloran who goes from pure fear at just the thought of the house and the exorcism which took place there to controlled fear when he realises that Amy needs his help. The story does suffer from a slow midsection, which I can forgive as this is his true first writing and directing debut, but it does pick up for a worthy and respectable ending. The worst thing about the movie though is the camera work. There are sections where the camera shakes so much it's practically vomit-inducing and really spoils the movie. There are some nice parts to the story and the film which make this a watch once movie if you're interested in possession and exorcism or The Exorcist story, which I was. I may even watch it again sometime, though not in the near future.

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• My Friend Owes Me 90 Minutes Of My Life Back

  redrobin62-321-2073112017-02-28

  I get lonely, sometimes to the point where I often drink to alleviate some of my angst. I haven't had a beer in over three weeks; my friend has been convincing me to hang out with him so I won't have the urge to hit the liquor store anymore. Fair enough. The trade off to all that is he likes watching, as he calls them, "scary" movies. I prefer the term "horror", but whatever, it all amounts to the same thing - a frightfest. So, together, we nuked some popcorn, turned off the lights, and got ready to...waste our time. As exorcist movies go, this one was unoriginal and poorly scripted. Too many holes were apparent in the film. To wit: why did the buyers of the property need keys to get in the house when, obviously, the vandals who went in often to thrash the place didn't. And how come the graffiti artists scribbled on everything yet leave the photos on the walls untouched. Those would've been the first to have been painted on. Would it also kill the buyers to get rid of all the graffiti'd cloth hanging up everywhere? They left them in place for, like, ever. All the clichés were there - run to the basement armed with a flashlight when a noise is heard. Give a call to the priest who, of course, will deny he knows anything about ghosts, etc. etc. I gave the movie one star because some of the acting wasn't actually that bad considering the poor material they had to work with. This film could've been so much better.

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