House
By
Director:
Robby Henson
Stars: Reynaldo Rosales, Heidi Dippold, Michael Madsen
Studio: Roadside Attractions
The Plot: A freak accident strands a couple on a deserted back road in Alabama. Happening upon the Wayside Inn, they meet another couple — victims of a similar accident — and thus begins a game enacted by a killer known as the Tin Man. Can the couples survive the night, knowing the only “safe” way out of the inn is to kill one of the four of them?
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THE BUZZ: This adaptation of the best-selling novel from Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti finally locked in a post-Halloween release after a year of come-and-go dates. Seeming to combine elements of the Saw legacy, Vacancy, and even Se7en, the material here focuses on the struggle between Good and Evil; that fact, combined with the faith of the writers, is causing a lot of people to brand House as a “Christian cult film.” Be that as it may, the trailer reveals a potentially controversial phrase (the villain apparently “killed God” after he let Him into his house) — a brazen statement that to me makes Jigsaw (who is so tired after Saw V) and his ilk feel somewhat tame in comparison. Director Robby Henson has worked from novels by Dekker (Thr3e) and Peretti (The Visitation) before, and something tells me this triad will find their greatest success working together. Fans of the hardworking Michael Madsen will not be disappointed here, either.
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