A fun cliché ridden horror film, director Steve Miner's House blends horror and comedy albeit not effectively well. Still, the film is entertaining and fun. Blending haunted house elements with monster film elements, director Steve Miner crafts a unique comedy horror film that delivers a good time. The film could have
been made better, and there are things that could have been changed, but for the most part, house (Ding Dong, You're Dead) is a thrilling horror flick that uses its clichés in a creative manner and makes this film a fun, entertaining experience. House is a silly film that is more fun than terrifying. The acting is quite over the top, but like I said, it's all in good fun. House is unsure of what it wants to be, a straight forward horror film, or a comedy horror film. At times, the film is pretty creepy, and it does have potential in being an effective, scary horror film. Unfortunately, the film is a bit too silly at times, and potential for this film in being a memorable horror film that could have been an effective haunted house / supernatural film is stripped away. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this film, but I just think the producers went way too overboard on the comic relief and tried to do too many things at once with this film. The films biggest problem and its biggest weakness is that it tried to pack too much material in a short running time. Thus, the film seems to be all over the place, it's a haunted house film one minute, the next minute it's a monster film and the next minute it's a comedy horror film. House is an entertaining film that is lots of fun to watch. However the film does leave a lot of improvement to be desired. Even with its faults, this is still an entertaining little film worth watching.
August 15, 2011
