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A family moves into a mansion to act as caretakers, but when a malevolent force abducts their daughter they discover why the house deserves its reputation as one of the most haunted places in America.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I'm fifteen minutes in to this film and have to agree with most of the negative reviews, it's terrible and the cover's very deceptive. The starting credits are through within a few seconds like a TV drama and then it tries to scare you within a few minutes... plays like a budget adult movie with a badly acted plot.
There's some pretty cool creepy parts further in and I get what the film was trying to recreate, something like the old scary films from the 70's and 80's like Amityville but it just doesn't do it. The idea is great but skimming through the other comments it looks like this movie can't take credit for that because it's originally from a book. So scary bits with a badly recreated story, which leaves you feeling this could've been soo much better and it really could've.
I love spine chillers and ghost stories but nothing in recent years has been "great" so I always leave myself wide open to what's suggested as "the scariest movie of the year"... that it never comes even close to being and once again I'm dissapointed. Please don't waste your money, I know you're curious and we're all searching for that one scary film...this is no where near it, the cover may be but the contents isn't!
One good thing has come of watching this film, it's made me write my first review... it deserves credit for that.
There's some pretty cool creepy parts further in and I get what the film was trying to recreate, something like the old scary films from the 70's and 80's like Amityville but it just doesn't do it. The idea is great but skimming through the other comments it looks like this movie can't take credit for that because it's originally from a book. So scary bits with a badly recreated story, which leaves you feeling this could've been soo much better and it really could've.
I love spine chillers and ghost stories but nothing in recent years has been "great" so I always leave myself wide open to what's suggested as "the scariest movie of the year"... that it never comes even close to being and once again I'm dissapointed. Please don't waste your money, I know you're curious and we're all searching for that one scary film...this is no where near it, the cover may be but the contents isn't!
One good thing has come of watching this film, it's made me write my first review... it deserves credit for that.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Despite having never heard of it before, I bought this cheap at Sainsburys to watch at Halloween, based on the review on the DVD cover. Unfortunately, the cover is the most impressive thing about this lame duck!
Mark Atkins, the writer and director of this appalling film, is clearly a big fan of the horror genre, as he has taken all of the 'best bits' of his favourite scary movies and used them repeatedly throughout, thus rendering them all highly formulaic and predictable. There is nothing original in it at all. He obviously thought that using everybody else's good ideas would cover up the stereotypical and frankly dull plot, the shockingly bad acting and the sub-standard special effects. He was wrong.
To cover up its shortcomings, most of the film takes place in such darkness that it's hard to see what's going on - my wife actually missed the fact that one of the characters dies about two-thirds of the way through! It feels like half of the viewing time is spent looking at a black screen. Also, the 3D is poorly done and is clearly just trying to cash in on the latest craze.
I couldn't recommend this film any less. Just terrible.
Mark Atkins, the writer and director of this appalling film, is clearly a big fan of the horror genre, as he has taken all of the 'best bits' of his favourite scary movies and used them repeatedly throughout, thus rendering them all highly formulaic and predictable. There is nothing original in it at all. He obviously thought that using everybody else's good ideas would cover up the stereotypical and frankly dull plot, the shockingly bad acting and the sub-standard special effects. He was wrong.
To cover up its shortcomings, most of the film takes place in such darkness that it's hard to see what's going on - my wife actually missed the fact that one of the characters dies about two-thirds of the way through! It feels like half of the viewing time is spent looking at a black screen. Also, the 3D is poorly done and is clearly just trying to cash in on the latest craze.
I couldn't recommend this film any less. Just terrible.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I have seen many bad films in my life. This must rank as probably one of the worst. It fails on so many levels it is quite hard to know where to start. I suppose one should start with the concept of `horror' and being scared. One could then talk about plot, or - as someone else has rightly said here - the concept of `acting'. This film is less scary than driving through Bristol during rush hour or seeing myself first thing in the morning. None of the actors seemed competent or even interested in their lines - in fact they seemed desperate to get off the set as quickly as possible. The mother seemed to have perfected a type of ating which required no visible movement or audible noise whatsoever. Most of the dialogue was nonsensical and/or inaudible. The actor playing the father clearly - and rather trageically - seems to have suffered a stroke during filming. The cool black dude looked as if he would burst into derisory laughter at any stage. Bizarrely of all - and this had to be some sort of elaborate in joke - the house was scaled incorrectly and stuck in a field so that on wide shot it was obviously a scaled version with a big tree over it. Do not buy this DVD unless you wish to study the art of how not to make a movie. I deeply resented spending dosh on this although frankly experience warned me - tapping away in the back of the Hewitt brain - that the cover looked deeply, deeply suspect.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Scary? Ha Ha
I was lucky, I didn't buy it and judging by the reviews here I certainly AM lucky. I've just watched it on the Sky Horror channel and the first thing I thought was that if things... Read more
Published 16 days ago by Mr. Jeffrey J. D. Norman
Speechless
Sorry I didn't look at reviews before I bought as I usually do. Acting, images, 3d quality, colour, (as most of film in darkness), scary content - utter rubbish!!! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dorothy Anne Denniss
A movie with a twist
A good film with a twist at the end. watched in 3D as well as 2D and a few scary make you jump moments as well.
Published 4 months ago by Leesreds
Dissapointed
Advertised as one of the scariest Haunted House horror films this decade. I was extremely disappointed, very poor special effects, weak story line and embarrassing acting. Read more
Published 4 months ago by UJ READIOFF
Haunting of Winchester House
Having purchased this DVD I want to say that the HD version was ok but the 3D was a waste of time.
Published 4 months ago by Mandy
The Haunting of watching this
I have seen better acting at my boys school drama's !!! Must be the worst movie l have ever watched, bad acting poor visual effects on 3D and 2D and poor picture quality, the Adams... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Northern Lass
BAAAAAAAAAD!
If you have any knowledge of the Winchester House, avoid this movie like the plague as it will do your head in. Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. Randell
DONT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY!!!!
The film starts as a birds eye view of the surrounding area and even the house doesnt look real. The actors are so bad and the scaryness is a figure walking past the camera... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Clairabelle
Good ideas, poorly executed
I love good ghost stories. There are some good ideas in this ghost stories - but they are rushed through so quickly they seem silly and yawnsome. Read more
Published 14 months ago by P. Benton
haunting of winchester 3d
recieved this item no problems with no delay, happy with quality of the video and enjoyed the film no complaints
Published 15 months ago by chas
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