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2008 · horror · supernatural

House

Directed by Robby Henson1h 41m2008
ElsewhereIMDb4.56kRT0%Metacritic24
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • intense
  • intimate
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Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / supernatural, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Trying to recover from the nearly marriage-breaking stress following the death of their child, Jack and Stephanie spontaneously take off on a road trip. But when their car breaks down in a remote area, they find themselves in a horrific nightmare. Seeking shelter in a house, they soon realize that more danger lurks inside than outside in this spine-chiller based on Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti's best-seller.

Our read · House (2008) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want Christian allegory horror about guilt and marriage repair.

ends warmit stays with youbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 18attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencechild periljump scares

Skip it tonightYou hate faith-based horror or need scares that actually land.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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