TRASHHOUSE is an incredibly cheap looking and boring indie horror flick from Britain, it pains me to say. It's another film with a Big Brother-style plot in which a group of contestants are locked in a house and then constantly filmed, before being assailed by various supernatural entities. This kind of set-up was done much better in the likes of My Little Eye et al and it doesn't help that the execution is extremely amateurish here, laughably so in fact.

The special effects are horrible. I've seen better effects on the original Nintendo. The acting is eh. I wasn't expecting it to be great, so no disappointment there. It felt like the movie was made for superficial enjoyment. Don't try to overthink or peel back any layers. The movie starts out slow. You do not get to know the characters very well. I wish they had given us a background to add depth to the characters. I spent the first part of the movie trying to figure out why I was watching it. A little more than half way through, the surprise (main reason I watched the whole thing) is Lucy. Lucy blended in with the rest of the boring actors at first. Then she changed. I love Lucy. Don't avoid Trashhouse because of bad reviews. Watch it yourself and form your own opinion.

Trash House.. The new horror flick from Pat Higgins. I saw the DVD not long ago.. I must admit, it's not a bad movie.. Although, it's low budget.. Well, what can you do when you're shooting a film on a low budget scale..? The answer is anything really. So long you got a camera, a few crew members and your actors.. That's it! You're ready to roll!For Pat Higgins, he's done this film like Sam Raimi, Robert Rodriguez and Scott Phillips. All these directors shot their films at a low budget scale. ..And that's how they started their careers as directors.Trash House in a sense is well worth a watch.. It's about five people who take part in some kind of virtual reality experiment. Only to realize there's something more to it, than just virtual reality experience. The characters from the likes of Lucy Sweet (Amber Moelter), David (Tom Wortner), Charlotte (Hannah Speller), James (Richard Collins), and Della (Sam Burke).. They were OK! But I would've thought there would be something more..After all, the idea of the special effects. It was good. At least it comes to show that anything can be done at a shoestring budget. I think the director Pat Higgins has proved his point. Well, he did it, and he succeeded.I can't complain. This movie kept me glued right until the end. I reckon if Pat Higgins kept that up, he could soon be joining the ranks of directors such as Robert Rodriguez, Sam Raimi and Scott Phillips (who did the film THE STINK OF FLESH for $3000..)Anyway, it's not bad.. It's was well worth a watch. Great effort! 8 out of 10!

A nice attempt at the classic locked house storyline. Let down by CGI on a shoe string and rather neon pink blood but notable for its performances... including a strong turn by Amber Moelter as the defiant anti-scream queen and Tom Wontner as the sensitive love interest. Would have been better played more psychological than blood and gore, but the wish fulfillment machine is an interesting "MacGuffin" although bringing together the "most stable" individuals in the country and locking them in a house is bound to be a recipe for disaster. Go for loonies like Big Brother, much safer. Fun and a respectable "stab" at the horror genre.