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· Year: 1986
· Director: Steve Miner
· Writers: Ethan Wiley, Fred Dekker
· Cast: William Katt, George Wendt
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Part of the House series.
· The main character in House returned in House IV.
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A troubled writer moves into his late aunt's house and discovers not only that the place is haunted but that the haunting is tied into his own past.
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RATING
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73
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| COLD ANALYSIS |
| 3.25 -ATMOSPHERE |
| 2.0 -GORE |
| 2.75 -HUMOR |
| 2.0 -SCARES |
| 2.75 -TENSION |
House is a film that walks the fine line between comedy and horror. It starts out with the genre's standbys--a troubled character with a mysterious past movies into a creepy old mansion that has long been the site of a haunting. And for a while, House is a good example of its kind--it maintains a tense vibe, establishing the house as a powerful and unpredictable gateway between this dimension and another one. Then things start to get weird. The humor increases as the film progresses, suckering audience members expecting a straightforward horror film into something that's either more or less, depending on an individual point of view. I support the former view--House may change tones, but it doesn't mix them; when House wants to be scary, it is, and when it tries its hand at humor, it succeeds pretty well. A strange, but good, experience made better by the performances of William Katt and George Wendt.
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