House of Good and Evil
April. 26,2013 PG-13After a family tragedy in the chaotic city, Chris and Maggie Conley, in a last-ditch effort to save their dying marriage, purchase an isolated home in the deepest woods, to which they quickly discover evil has a key.
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Thanks for the memories!
Pretty Good
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
This is actually a plot for a good book, not a movie. After the twist, I had to watch some parts of the movie again to look for some clues the director might have inserted to let the audience guess it. Well, the clues are very rare and sometimes they don't come where they should have been (e.g. Chris's reflection from the window pan at 00:23:15 should have been edited out at least).Some people might say it is not a horror movie. The horror actually comes after the audience realize what the main character had been through the whole time, from the lost of her eight-month child after an argument with her husband, to the death of the latter after she warned him not to drink (while they had just move in a new place to start over), to bathing the corpse and even have some kind of intercourse with him... is utterly horrible.This movie is definitely worth watching !
This is one of those films that makes you say "what?" to the television a lot, partly because it doesn't make a whole lot of sense at times and partly because the sound levels are sometimes inconsistent. You might have to keep fiddling with the volume to follow some of the mumble shots without getting overwhelmed by the background music used to let you know that something suspenseful must have happened. I was often left guessing about that. There's one particular scene in which the trees apparently make rumbling noises of some sort, and the music lets you know that that's very, very scary, whatever it is.My fiancée fell asleep about 10 minutes into it, which tells you something about the degree to which it merits being included in the "thriller" category. I can sit through almost anything, but I did look it up on IMDb for a bit since there wasn't much going on on the screen. This one would be a hard one to get through in a theater.It picks up a little bit in the middle, but I can't say there's much reason to stick it out. I suspect that whatever festival buzz it got is because it's sort of about wife abuse, though it's not totally clear what it's trying to say about it, other than that it's bad. Some of the acting is OK.
I've just watched this movie over maxdome (kinda German netflix). The summary got me curious and I was really ready for some shocking scenes.The movie drags out so long.. storytelling in good night tales style.. hard to stay focused and keep watching. I was really hoping that something dramatic and gory would happen; at least at the end....After the credits ran thru I couldn't help myself asking: What the hell did I just see.. Honestly I'm no dumb person... but I don't get the ending.. what is this movie telling the viewers.I gave it 6 of 10 cause it kept me entertaining, but only 6 cause of the lack of a real ending.. this left me knowing as much as I knew before I watched it. If you have the chance to see it somewhere for free.. and if you haven't got anything better to do with your time.. watch it.. just don't expect suspense, tension, gore or a great finale..
I rated this movie 4/10 because it is well shot and decently cut. One major issue with this film is that I never believed the couple's relationship. Their affection flips-flops more than a fish out of water and while I acknowledge that we spend most of the film seeing the world through Maggie's psychotic eyes, it left this viewer jaded. If anything I felt disdain for the female lead from beginning to end. Maybe it is the director intention for me to be disassociated from the protagonist.My biggest question (and that of many of the reviews already posted) is why would anyone believe a couple, trying for a fresh start after a life altering dramatic event, would ever agree to move to a decrepit old house in the middle of nowhere with no phone and a generator for electricity. Where the husband would leave his obviously mentally disturbed wife alone for long periods of time... oh that's right, it's all in her head because the husband dies the first night, chocking on his own vomit while drunkenly sleeping... seem a little lazy story wise.Lastly, why give the real estate man a nasty, nose dripping cold? Is it to help sell the sickness of the house? The moment the papers are signed the cold seems to dissipate anyway, minus one last nose wipe as he stares back at the house. The cold held my attention during that whole scene, but it had no true purpose besides making the realtor slightly more interesting. If you are going to develop characters, you should probably concentrate on the main ones.The rhythm of the last 10 minutes helps slightly salvage the movie but as previously stated the reveal left to be desired. Props must be given to Marietta Marich and Jordan Rhodes for elevating the scenes they were in.All in all a well produced film that needed a boost as far as pacing and more work on the story itself.