Killer Game

Unlike some horror/thriller movies that have a slow build up to the first murder, this went for the jugular from the offset.

Sydney Park played her role well as one of the main characters.

You're not going to see anything that hasn't been done a hundred times, nothing unique and after 35 minutes I had an incline as to who the culprit was.

There are scenes that were unbelievable and not wouldn't, but couldn't have happened without the character waking up. Most notably when Sydney put a chair behind her door. Don't want to give anything away. The build up to the action was minimal and predictable. There wasn't any jump scares and I would class this to be more of a thriller than horror.

If you want to pass a bit of time away with a film that you can have on in the background and not miss anything, but still watchable, then I'd give it a go. It's not the worst film I've ever seen.

The latest entry in the long list of disposable films in Netflix canon, There's Someone Inside Your House is a run-of-the-mill slasher featuring characters one never grows to care about, motivations & purpose that have no footing, and killings that are delightfully grisly & gleeful. The film starts on a promising note but the interest in the premise fizzles out just as quick.

Directed by Patrick Brice (Creep & Creep 2), the script suffers from a myriad of issues, for its characters are poorly sketched, the drama involving them is bland throughout and dialogues are terrible. The narrative borrows elements from other classics of the genre(s) yet fails to do anything productive with that. The story just doesn't have the required emotional weight to it.

Not only is it apparent that Brice didn't write the film but it is also unlikely that he bothered to employ his cinematic skillset on this straightforward teen slasher offering. It hardly reeks of a foreboding atmosphere, the tension & suspense leaves the room just as soon as the build-up, the teen drama is never for once compelling, and the performances from its cast is also meh.

Overall, There's Someone Inside Your House not only fails to bring anything new or refreshing to the genre but is also lacking the goods to deliver a fun, thrilling & entertaining delight. All it has got going for it are a few graphic kills but that's simply not enough to steer the story past the finish line when there is no one to root for and the shortcomings are so glaring. All in all, a forgettable fare.

This is your standard horror movie with the standard ingredients: group of highschool students, blood, knife, unknown killer, small community.

Don't bother...

It's a decent High School horror, where someone is printing 3D masks of their victims and revealing their dark secrets through their death. But the title doesn't fit what happens...at all.

I really like the idea of this film as it's something I've not seen before; the killer wearing masks of his/her victims faces. I thought the opening was brilliant. I was intrigued, excited and tense watching it. The death/attack scenes throughout the film were good, although at times slightly far fetched. There were instances when the film fell a little flat and it was a little too obvious who the killer was, which was a shame as they didn't manage to build up enough of a suspect list. And so even with a great idea, it turned into every other low budget teen horror film. By the end, it had turned into one big cliche. I have not read the book and therefore I cannot make comparisons as to if the movie followed the book or which was better. I had high expectations for this but unfortunately I ended up quite disappointed. And when I think of some of the brilliant horror/thriller books I've read that should be turned into films or TV shows, it seems like such a waste. 4/10 simply for the idea and particular scenes.