Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.
Similar titles
Reviews
Highly erratic acting replaces any kind of tension or scares in this amateurish found footage effort. The whole premise is logically unsound and suffers from the same conceit as any of the found footage subgenre.
This movie had some good ideas to build off of. It seems like they only had about thirty minutes of footage, unfortunately. Footage is reused at different points of the movie and the interviews don't really add anything to the film. If it had a better ending it would have been worth the wait. Literally pointing out background scares to the audience is probably the least scary thing I've ever seen on film. Good effort though.
I'm not a fan of horror films and I'm always sceptical of the FF type. I had some time to kill (no pun intended) before going to bed and wanted something trashy that I could switch off early if it got too stupid. That's what I was expecting to get from a film titled "Hell House" with no-name actors and actresses. That's not what I got.Instead, I got a well thought out film with people who can actually act, a plot-line that didn't feel contrived, and enough unsettling scenes to keep me viewing.The most predictable part came right at the end with 2C - it was obvious what would happen and I'm sure the twist could have been made better. However, that's a minor blemish.The only mystery in this film that never gets explained is what was it that forced them to stay at the house. The found-footage cuts off just as it's about to be revealed during one of the conversations. Maybe I missed the explanation later on - or perhaps it was just left in as a joke on the audience by the film makers (they actually filmed the entire conversation and then in edit decided to cut it out deliberately).
I'm not a fan of found footage films, but I love horror, so after reading the reviews I thought I would give it a go...glad I did. The characters were likeable, the acting good, I liked the story and it really blimin scared me...I'm still scared now!! Good job!