Fear House (2008) Reviews

• the only thing you have to fear in this house is falling asleep

  movieman_kev2008-09-07

  After reclusive writer Samantha Ballard hasn't gotten in touch with her brother Anthony in months, he along with her publisher, his assistant, and the previous home-owners daughter all decide to go up to the secluded house that she had recently bought. But the house, as always is the case in these type of movies, is haunted and they, along with Sam's husband and his girl whom haven't been invited, appear to be in for one hell of a night. And the viewer is in for one hell of a night of...of utter boredom. I'm really sorry but this movie just didn't really do it for. Trust me, I've since worse low-budget horror films than this one. A lot worse...by far. But at the same time the story didn't snap or crackle for me (nor did it pop, by the way). The deaths were too quasi-laughable and didn't really fit into the tone the film was trying to have. And talking of the acting caliber, well that's like shooting fish in a barrel, so I'll digress. My Grade: D+ Eye Candy: Meredith Barnett gets topless briefly DVD Extras: Commentary with Director Micheal Morris, actress Alecee Jones & actor Matthew Stiller; just under 3 minutes of outtakes; Actor rehearsal; and the promo trailer for this film

• Fear House: Good, for the franchise

  Platypuschow2019-03-17

  Fear House is the 11th movie in the Paranormal Investigations franchise but alike all the rest shares absolutely nothing in common with them. The film manages to stand out from the others, it's not found footage, it's not a generic ghost film where you don't see anything and the production values are clearly considerably higher. It tells the story of a group of friends, relatives and business associates of a writer who moved into a castle for inspiration. 9 months later and nobody has heard from her so they go looking only to find more than they could have ever expected. Truth be told I was fairly impressed initially, it was well made and blew all the previous 10 films out of the water! Sadly the quality didn't stay consistent and the plot fell apart along with the rest of the movie. I'm quite saddened by this because I'd like to see something good come out of this absolutely dire franchise. Despite my rating this is still one of the best of the bunch and if you compare them it doesn't take much effort to see why. A passable little affair that with a bit of better writing could have been an enjoyable movie. At least with ratings like this Witchcraft will remain the worst horror franchise in history. The Good: Better than you'd expect deaths Far higher production quality than all the rest in the franchise The Bad: Falls apart a tad

• Probably One Of The Worst Films I've Seen. Period

  Jordy_K2008-12-04

  I viewed this film late at night, i wasn't tiered, i was wide awake but oh god i wish i was asleep. I love cheesy horror films, but there's a certain amount i can stand and then it just goes too far. The film starts off on a horrible note with a couple making love inside "Fear House". However the house has never been touched in 100's of years the place looks awfully modern. Enyway, back to the story. They are in the middle of doing it when a guy walks in and says the usual "Your trespassing". blah blah blah. The couple run out and die horrible cheesy deaths. Spoilers!!! Don't look! The guy slips on a wet floor (don't know why it was wet) and and then "suddenly" a coat rack falls on him and stabs him in the eye! His girlfriend run's out and trys to get the gate open but it won't (typically) then "suddenly" a hook come's down and stabs he beneath the jaw. now with these few deaths i assume you can tell how the film is going to continue on. A writer then rent's to the house to concentrate on her newest book. blah blah blah. nine months past. Group of new people enter the story. Writers brother. Random woman who has lost her father (for some reason they are all sharing the same car). Writers manager and his assistant. also the car behind there's has the writers ex-husband in it and also a trailer park trash Barbie. They go inside the house. am boring you aren't i? Well the look around find the weirdo sister. she tells them a not so spooky story about a "Little girl" and they all get freaked. Spoilers! The Barbie and ex get knocked off. She gets killed by a stupid dog that we never see and he get's electrocuted by a random hanging wire. The story continues with stupid and pointless dialogue and stupid scenes that make no sense. Now each character seem's to have a fear but if i could keep track of them all only two get killed by there fears and the really loosely I'm saying. Well there's one character that i didn't really mind-was the managers assistant who then blossom's a "suprising" relationship with the brother. All this drama could kill me or should kill me cus this film was terrible. Most cheesy horror films, have if not a good budget, good make up effects. But this was different. The characters were killed off randomly at points and had no relevance to the story. And the Ending! Normally they sum things up but i was left thinking wtf? I didn't get it. it was crap. The acting was rubbish. The scares were pathetic and didn't make sense. i would just rather take a bullet than watch this film. And the worst part is. I spent money on it!!!

• The Dreaded Fear House

  geminate72008-04-13

  Remember those horror movies back in the 70's that they would only show at midnight or later on the weekends? Remember how unbelievably bad they were? Well this is much much much worse, and makes horror of the 70's actually desired. The opening scene screams to your ears and eyes that this is going to be really really bad, but your mind hopes for the best...next time tell you mind to shut up, you know bad when you sense it. It is awesome just how bad it really gets, no one can just make this stuff up, it was intentionally horrible, a real effort was put forth to make this the worst movie that could ever be made. What was most disappointing is that there was no ending, and you are told that all the crap you were dragged through wasn't real and never happened - perfect if you want the worst ending to the worst movie ever made. If you want to see one of the worst horror movies ever made then I dare you to watch this and tell me that I was wrong.

• Is this the year 2008?

  gaddiel_v2008-04-22

  I have seen a lot of bad movies, but this must be the worst. The special effects (if you can call them special effects) are terrible. I can't believe this is a movie made in 2008. When you see it you'll think it is made in 1970 or so. How low budget can you go. To bad for the wasted time... Never the less, I watched the movie completely since I hadn't anything else to do. Some parts of this movie is even humoristic. Some actors can use some more acting lessons. The plot however isn't that bad and it does get a bit better towards the end of the movie. So, in conclusion, the story ain't that bad, but the effect are in the style of jaws 1, you know, when the shark breaks trough the glass, it goes in frames, same here...