Girl House

"Girl House" has been called a slasher film for the digital age. The theme was done to death before the turn of the Millennium, though here there is a new twist, a couple of dudes are watching the carnage live on-line but are unable to warn the victims as one by one they are done to death by a disgruntled weirdo who has been driven into a frenzy by a cruel joke. Actually, it wasn't that cruel, but stranger things have happened in real life. In March 2014, a woman was given a 12 year sentence at Snaresbrook Crown Court after throwing acid in the face of a former friend. Mary Konye went to incredible lengths, disguising herself as an Orthodox Moslem woman, totally veiled, tailed her victim from the Underground station, and then attacked her. The motive was a throwaway remark that most people would have forgotten within a day or two if not an hour or two. Here it is not a remark but a caption on a photograph that unhinges a guy who although clearly highly intelligent is not exactly good looking, and is somewhat lacking in social skills, not to mention short tempered.

Okay, this dude is not just mad, he's insane because there are better things to do with a houseful of nubile young things than murder them, but if this tale has a moral it is never be unkind to anyone, even by accident. Or alternatively, once you knock the bad guy down with a golf club or a hockey stick, hit him again, and again, and again, and again...

First of all, let me say the quote at the beginning by Ted Bundy was odd. Was the writer(s) blaming porn for some people killing others? Really? I'm not a defender of the porn industry, but blame Ted Bundy and others for their own actions. Blaming porn, music or Hollywood for what others do is such a cop out. Whoever allowed that Bundy quote should be ashamed, and he/she should try understanding what personal accountability is. Ugh! Moron. The movie lost a star just for that.

I like Ali Cobrin. I saw her in Lap Dance, and she did a good job in that role.

I thought it was kinda silly that they made it as though she would've gotten 100% of the viewers on that site. For what? Doing "junior high" stuff, as one of the guys said? I don't think so. The other girls were equally as hot, and they seemed to be doing much more of what a real webcam audience would want than Kylie did, but she got 100% of the viewers? Come on. At least make it somewhat realistic.

I don't watch movies for gratuitous nudity, but if they're making a movie about webcam girls, and they're having all these guys drooling over this new hot girl, I think they should probably show the movie audience why she's so hot. One of the girls said "Nice rack." How about showing us that "nice rack" or give us some idea why she's so sought after.

Other girls in the movie did nudity, why not the main star? It's not like Corbin hasn't done nudity before. I like the grittiness of reality when it's portrayed in movies. I thought it was odd they did basically an "R" rated movie with some of the other girls, but with Cobrin, they tried making it as if it was a PG-13 movie. Her arm covering her breasts? Really? This wasn't a movie about a strip-tease artist. She was portraying a nude webcam girl.

And did she use her real name on her webcam show? LOL. Um...No, not realistic at all.

They should've cast some other guy for her love interest. Nothing against his acting, but that guy looked like he was 16 or 17 years old.

They could've cut about 20 minutes out of this.

There is some nudity in this movie. They show boobs, butts, sex acts (which are fairly tame). You get to see a side view of Cobrin's (or body double's) butt. There was plenty of blood and gore.

I gave this movie a 4-star rating, based largely on Cobrin's acting. I would've given it 5 stars, but as I said, I deducted a star because of the Bundy quote. Don't blame porn or anything else for Bundy's actions. He was a sick piece of trash who murdered, simply because he was a sick piece of trash! But sure, go and blame someone else for his actions. Unbelievable.

Patience is a virtue not often found in slasher flicks. Usually it's rare to go ten minutes without someone meeting an unfortunate fate at the hands of a mass murdering psychopath. 'Girl House' breaks the mold in this instance. It has a rather unique structure to it where the story and characters are introduced to us for an extended period of time with little else happening. This might sound like a negative but it really wasn't. All the mayhem is saved for the final quarter of the film (barring the open scene - which was very well done) and it's a fun ride.

The characters, particularly the main one Kylie, are a lot more likable than you usually get in this type of film. The extra time given to the viewer to get to know them really pays off in this way. The sexuality of the film is always apparent but never overbearing and it certainly never becomes anything you could refer to as an "erotic-horror". The killer was intimidating enough to warrant a few decent scares and overall the movie is of a good quality. An impressive little entry into the genre that you will enjoy if this sort of thing is for you.

May not be the most exciting slasher flick in history but it may possibly have the highest production values.

Even the script is solid. Not mesmerizing. But solid.

Star Ali Cobrin has one of those odd faces -- she looks familiar to the viewer as if a composite of 4 or 5 well known female stars had been squeezed into one.

The biggest problem with the film ironically is how little sex, nudity or even slashing there actually is. In effect, this is a "cheat" in that viewer expectations are raised and there is no payoff.

But gosh-darn is this is a well made little film.

A young girl gets a job as a web cam performer at a house. When an unstable client is humiliated by them, he seeks his own sort of justice.

I can't say I had much hope for this film and it was only in desperation that I turned it on. However it proved to be a pleasant surprise. It's well filmed, gory, very tense and quite scary which I find is a relative rarity these days.

Although the script is pretty standard, where Girl House succeeds is that it makes you care for the central characters. Rather than some empty headed bimbo the lead character Kylie ( played well by Ali Cobrin) comes across as intelligent and likable as does her boyfriend Ben ( a good performance from Adam DiMarco) who is not the stereotypical jerk. You find out pretty early who the killer is and also why he does it. He is suitably scary and again it's another good performance, this time by Slaine.

I found this pretty entertaining modern day slasher. Although not in any way groundbreaking this is a decent addition to the genre and worth checking out.