House Reviews

Slightly cheesy 80's horror at its best!

Roger Cobb is a Vietnam veteran whose career as an author and marriage are left in tatters when his son Jimmy mysteriously disappears while visiting his aunt's house. The sudden death of his aunt brings Roger back to the house where his nightmares began as he leanrs that he has inherited the house.

Hoping that a change of environment will stop his writers block, he moves in tring to pen his latest novel. The house has other plans for him however, and starts to mentally and physically break him down. At the same time, he has recurring flashbacks to his experiences in 'Nam. Could the two things be somehow related?

House is one of the greatest horror films of the eighties, and spawned a decent series of sequels. The original however is by far the best as it retains all of the horror elements whilst spreading into humourous areas and all the while with a unintential layer of cheese that makes it even funnier to watch.

This film for the most part, tries to stay on the serious side, however with the pure amount of aforementioned cheese spread so think over the film, it is hard to take anything in this film semi-seriously. Throw in George Wendt as the annoying but well meaning neighbour, and you have all the makings for greatness.

The Vietnam subplot is crafted well into the story and fits in with the overall plot very well by the end. William Katt does an excellent acting job as a man who is suffering at the loss of his son and persecution by the house.

Overall the film is quite enjoyable, even if the effects look really dated by today's standards. With some over the top looking bad guys and plenty more to boot, House is a must see for any horror aficionados out there.

Hmmmm...

So so, if you want 80s horror/comedy, Beetlejuice is far superior.

Getting on a bit!!

Watched this film during daylight hours, before lunch, so probably not the ideal Ambience. However, it is an enjoyable little horror with a good story line, if a little dated now.

GOOD RETRO FUN

If you remember The Greatest American Hero and watched Night Court during the 80's, you'll remember two of the main characters in this horror/comedy.

Although I gave this 3 stars it probably deserves a little more - a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously and is fun to watch.

hoooooooouse!

Ok so it's a little cheesy, but come on it was made in the 80s!

I thought House was brilliant, good concept. Methinks the idea for Candyman was stolen from here...!!

Its full of funny moments as well as the odd scary bit.

If you're looking for a scare don't bother, If you're a fan of horror classics then do it, do it now! Not scary in todays standards but well worth watching!

Aaagghh!!! rubbish!!!

So bad it was actually quite funny! Some dumb guy decides to stay in this haunted house, spends lots of time wandering round and getting attacked by plastic monsters while trying to score with the blonde next door. Can't really recommend it... they made three more of these???

GREAT

Very funny and scarey at the same time.

Dull and poor

I love low budget horror films but this is not a good film. For horror comedies I would go: Level 1 - Evil Dead, Braindead, Bad Taste, Re-animator. Level 2 - Return of the Living Dead, Evil Aliens. Level 3 - Frankenhooker, Vampire Motorcycle, Billy the Kidd. Level 4 - Basket Case and this. Not very funny, not very horror. The only noteworthy thing is the flying kitchen utensils which I assume Darkplace references from here.

Great stuff

One of the best Horror /Comedies. Always hard to get the combination correct but HOUSE pulls it off. Also great to see George Wendt here in not too disimilar charcter to his Norm Peterson of CHEERS fame.

[Highly rated reviewer]

House

I didnt realise that i had seen this film before. I thought this film was ok but not to watch again.