House of the Witch

The acting, dialogue, and special effects are absolutely atrocious. The character, Taylor, might be about the most annoying character in any show, and her one-liners make me cringe. The story is dumb and makes no sense. I'm pretty sure the ending was nearly impossible. But for some strange reason I kinda liked it. It was one of those "so bad it's good" kind of films. I'd probably never watch it again, but it was kind of fun while it lasted. But don't go into this expecting any sort of quality.

The movie in general was pretty creepy, the effects worked fairly well, and I definitely jumped a few times. But all of this is greatly eclipsed by the complete and utter idiocy of these people. They split up on multiple occasions and are then confused as to why they can't find people, spend the whole movie wandering around the house with no clue what to do, ask people to makes phone calls after the tenth declaration that's there's no service, and in general are just stupid. The script is terrible. The storyline has no point and no flow. Just a bad movie all around.

I mean like what?? At least find a house to film in where there aren't windows, that aren't boarded up, above the front doors! Lazy scouting...

I'm generally not very critical of these types of horror movies. I'll forgive overacting and predictable plot-lines so long as its entertaining, but I kept spacing out while watching this one. The basic premise of the movie is kinda cool imo but the writing just kinda sucked, the dialogue was cheesy, and that last scene seemed to drag on forever.

I came into this movie with extremely low expectations. I initially turned it on just to have in the background while I watch YouTube. But the story quickly pulled me in and held my attention all the way to the credits.

First off, this movie is not great. The dialog is pretty poor (mostly in the first half) and some of the acting decisions felt a little awkward and took me out of the story. The computer generated effects were not good either.

However, there are a TON of positives I can give for this movie. First off, considering the budget was around four million dollars, the set design was exceptional. The abandoned estate felt real and each room had its own scary "personality" that helped increase the fear. Next, the makeup design for the gruesome death scenes was done spectacularly and looked absolutely disgusting. Finally, while the acting was not great for the first 20ish minutes, the performances in the second have caught my attention in a positive way. The actors portrayed the feeling of "no escape" to a more then believable degree, and their desperation near the end of the movie felt genuine.

Overall, for a low budget horror flick, the movie was very enjoyable to watch. While I wouldn't call this movie great, it's negatives are outdone by its positives. It is definitely worth a stream.