House at the End of the Street (2012)
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 50
Poorly conceived, clumsily executed, and almost completely bereft of scares, House at the End of the Street strands its talented star in a film as bland as its title.
Average Rating: 2.9/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 11
Poorly conceived, clumsily executed, and almost completely bereft of scares, House at the End of the Street strands its talented star in a film as bland as its title.
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Seeking a fresh start, newly divorced Sarah (Elisabeth Shue) and her daughter Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) find the house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a chilling secret. Years earlier, in the house next door, a daughter killed her parents in their beds, and disappeared - leaving only a brother, Ryan (Max Thieriot), as the sole survivor. Against Sarah's wishes,
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Cast
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Jennifer Lawrence
Elissa -
Elisabeth Shue
Sarah -
Max Thieriot
Ryan -
Gil Bellows
Weaver -
Eva Link
Carrie Anne -
Nolan Gerard Funk
Tyler, Tyler Reynolds -
Allie MacDonald
Gillian -
Jordan Hayes
Penn State Carrie Anne -
Krista Bridges
Mary Jacobson -
James Thomas
Ben Reynolds -
Hailee Sisera
Caitlin -
Craig Eldridge
Dan Gifford -
Jonathan Higgins
Dr. Kohler -
Oliver Soul
Jake -
Lori Anne Alter
Jenny Gifford -
Joy Tanner
Bonnie Reynolds -
Bobby Osborne
Young Ryan -
Gracie Tucker
Young Carrie Anne -
Will Seatle Bowes
Robbie -
Jon McLaren
Zak -
John Healy
John Jacobson -
Jasmine Chan
Alice -
Jonathan Malen
Ray -
Claudia Jurt
Dr. Marianna Harrison
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All Critics (56) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (51) | DVD (1)
Shockingly uneventful, this horror film marks time until dropping its big, dumb reveal.
Top CriticA choppily edited, poorly timed mess with little continuity, overloaded with aural shocks in a desperate attempt to compensate for its minimal suspense.
Tonderai steers the story cleanly around its queasy hairpin turns, perversely toying with one of pop cinema's most cherished clichés: the audience's inculcated desire to side with the underdog.
There are one or two clever plot twists that are subsequently followed up by a cavalcade of ridiculous, credibility-stretching ones.
What could be so bad about a new Jennifer Lawrence movie that its distributor opts to keep it away from critics and release it with minimal ad support? Please, allow "House at the End of the Street" to answer that question.
This is the rare horror film so bad you almost wish it had turned into a good old connect-the-gory-dots slasher movie. The only mystery at work is how Lawrence's agent ever let her sign on.
A clunky, run-of-the-mill horror flick written by the same guy who penned last year's similarly themed disappointment, Dream House.
It isn't very scary, but it does pile a bunch of really tasteless twists on towards the end that make no sense and it almost becomes a comedy. On one hand, is a failure as a horror film, but as an exercise in desperation, it's kind of a hoot
exactly what you'd expect from a PG-13 horror movie dropped in September. There's really nothing particularly scary about it, and the story ranges from shaky to thin
House at the End of the Street is nothing more than a lazily-written horror film that falls back on every cliche possible while failing to provide any scares in the process.
House at the End of the Street reveals itself to be merely another forgettable PG-13 thriller banking on the brain-dead mall crowd to tweet their unending love for a crummy feast such as this.
The screenplay has a nice twist that could have supported a stylish giallo-style thriller; unfortunately, director Mark Tonderai delivers a mess -- an almost random tangle of choppy edits, handheld camera, 'shock' sound effects and other horror cliches.
Formulaic, unoriginal suspense thriller aided by a plot twist and good leads, that might delight the less-gore-is-more teenage audience.
A routine 'Don't go down to the basement' thriller, but watching Jennifer Lawrence go through her paces makes it enjoyable.
The filmmakers elect to emphasize every plot point and telegraph every plot twist with the delicacy of a train blaring its horn as it approaches a crossing -- and yet that isn't even their greatest sin.
Borrows so liberally from other movies that it could have been fascinating, but due to confused direction and a mishmash of acting, it's ultimately bland and forgettable.
Lawrence is fine as the solo-parented teen and Thieriot does a mean Tony Perkins (circa Pretty Poison, but on downers), but the sheer tedium of the storyline means you never really care about any of them.
[T]he scariest thing about [this] is that this sort of junk is considered a good career move for a young actress who's just come off a small film from a respected indie director...
Saying that House at the End of the Street is contrived is an insult to contrivances.
... Typical of modern horror movies, jump-scares (which are startling, not scary--there is a difference) sprinkled throughout deflate the suspense before it builds much.
Clearly designed as a downbeat, character-driven psychological thriller, not a shock machine...but it never really pays off, in part because it relies too often on the very clichés it aspires to avoid.
Don't be tempted to put in an offer; this house is built on flimsy foundations.
You've seen every twist and turn before and it's all played completely straight. A Scream-esque knowing wink would make it all far more palatable.
Its talented lead is reduced to being just another scantily clad babe getting stalked by a psycho.
A "sleepover night" horror movie made for young people who haven't seen many good horror movies.
Audience Reviews for House at the End of the Street
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- Elissa: [whispering] What are you?
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- Elissa: I like the way you see things... I like the way you see me.
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