House At The End Of The Street Review

House at the End of the Street Review, mother and daughter move into a new house near where a family killing occurred.

Release date 21st September 2012

 
Director Mark Tonderai

Writer David Loucka

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence - Elissa
Elisabeth Shue - Sarah
Max Thieriot - Ryan
Nolan Gerard Funk - Tyler Reynolds
Gil Bellows - Weaver
Krista Bridges - Mary Jacobson
Allie MacDonald - Jillian
Relativity Media - Running time 101 minutes

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A mother and her daughter move to another city, while there they discover themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. The daughter soon ends up befriending the one remaining son, it becomes clear what ever happened there is not over.

I have finally got round to watching House at the End of the Street. After seeing mixed reviews online, most of which were not great which led me to having fairly low expectations.

I actually found the first half of this movie immersive and enjoyable, Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) and Ryan (Max Thieriot) are interesting and likeable characters especially Elissa, all of the other characters are underdeveloped with little depth to the characters.

There are a few nice shock scare tactics used which are effective, however they're mostly predictable, much of the movie is in fact predictable. As the movie progresses it just becomes more and more predictable, the characters also make stupid and predictable decisions that makes you want to shout at them. We have just seen this kind of movie so many times now, the writers just haven't made much effort to give us something original.

There is some good tension building going on, the music and sound effects are effective and it does have a fairly good atmosphere throughout the movie, however this becomes less effective because of the predictable plot.

House at the End of the Street is worth watching if you enjoy horror/thriller movies, just don't expect anything great or original.

6 out of 10

10 Greatest Horror Villains

What are the 10 Greatest Horror Villains?, including the most well known and memorable monsters in movie history

There are plenty of great horror villains and we all have our favorites, the best villains are not necessarily the scariest villains. The below list includes many of my favorites, some scary and others not so scary. I would also like to hear from you, you can submit your own Greatest Horror Villains at the bottom of this page.

10 Greatest Horror Villains

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1. Freddy Krueger

Movie - A Nightmare on Elm Street

Freddy is a disturbed spirit who attacks his victims while they sleep, he is well known for his disfigured burnt face, red stripy jumper and this razor blade finger glove.

Freddy lived in Springwood and he was known for being a child killer, the victims parents decided to take matters into their own hands, they tracked him down and set him on fire, burning him alive. While Freddy was in hell he was given power by demons which allows him to invade and kill people in their dreams.

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2. Xenomorph

Movie - Alien

The Xenomorph is the perfect killing machine, also referred to as the perfect organism, the xenomorph has many weapons, it has two sets of teeth, four sets of claws, a lethal tail and acid for blood. It's believed the xenomorph was engineered by an alien race known only as the engineers, one of these engineers can be seen in the first Alien movie, it's commonly referred to as the space jockey.

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3. Jason Vorhees

Movie - Friday the 13th

As a child Jason Vorhees was taken to camp crystal lake where he was tormented because of this disfigurement, he ran off to avoid the torment but accidentally fell into the lake, unable to swim he disappeared into the water and his body was never found.

Jasons mother went on a killing spree, killing those she considered responsible for her sons death, eventually Mrs. Voorhees was killed herself. Shortly after her death the towns folk realize Jason is back and out for revenge.

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4. The Thing

Movie - The Thing

The Thing is an Alien which is capable of shape shifting, it tends to take the form of the last thing it killed. The Thing is vulnerable to fire.

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5. Pinhead

Movie - Hellraiser

Pinhead was once human and lost his faith in humanity after witnessing horrific events. He is now one of many extradimensional creatures known as the Cenobites, they seek to harvest souls.

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6. Leather face

Movie - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Leather face suffered from a terrible skin disease which is the result from being inbred, as a child he was tormented and bullied for his appearance.

As an adult he is very disturbed and he has an obsession with mutilation and he wears a mask made out of human skin.

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7. Hannibal Lector

Movie - Silence of the lambs

Hannibal Lector's sister was eaten by starving Nazi's which sparked his own cannibalistic obsession. He's intelligent and articulate but deeply disturbed because of his sisters death.

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8. Michael Myers

Movie - Halloween

Michael Myers murdered his own sister and was committed to a metal hospital. He manages to escape after 15 years and immediately goes on a killing spree.

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9. Jaws

Movie - Jaws

Jaws is simply just a very aggressive larger than normal great white shark with a taste for people. Jaws terrorizes the waters of Amity Island.

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10. Jigsaw

Movie - Saw

Jigsaw (John Kramer) suffers from a terminal illness. One night Johns wife and unborn child were killed by a man breaking into a clinic.

After this, John decides that people who don't value their own lives and the lives of others need to be taught a lesson,which is usually a gruesome lesson.