Thursday, September 12, 2024

The Night House (review)


 Never judge a movie by its trailer. And looking at the trailer to this film, you'd think you've uncovered a hidden gem of a horror movie, only to watch it and see why no one is talking about it. It sucks. 

Woman's husband dies. She starts sleep walking (like her husband did when they first bought the home) and has vivd dreams that seem real. There's also another mysterious house in the woods that is similar to her's but built "backward".

Right there is the perfect hook for your story...now only if they knew which direction to take it. 

After this it reverts to a simplistic Hallmark story where there's nothing but her talking about the grief to her fellow workmates. Then goes to a more "CSI" TV episode where she discovers her husband was a serial killer who killed himself so he wouldn't hurt his wife and instead of a ghost she felt in the hosue, it was instead his "evil persona" who was haunting her, trying to get her to kill herself. (for absolutely no reason) 

Complete waste of time. 

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