2 1/2 stars: boring and uneventfulI watched this movie for two reasons: We love True Blood and never miss an episode, and since Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are featured on the cover, I was interested to see more of their acting. Secondly, because I work in Real Estate and thought the open house premise would be fun. Like an open house that doesn't just go bad, it goes slasher bad, awesome!
Sadly, it was a boring, run of the mill home invasion slasher/thriller. Anna Paquin was in the movie for 30 seconds, Stephen Moyer for about 5 minutes tops. After checking out the back and seeing Open House was directed by Andrew Paquin, both of those cameos now make sense. What better way to draw in all those True Blood fans then to have these two on the cover?
The movie just slowly progressed, the acting was fine but not impressive. The directing was typical, nothing wrong with it. The story has already been done time and again, and they missed the opportunity to explore some unique aspects of the...
For Sale - 3 Bedroom, 1 Basement Prison CubicleThis doesn't have quite the plot that the DVD jacket suggests. Just skimming the jacket blurb, you might think this movie will be about a maniac or two taking up residence in the basement of a house for sale, then creeping out at night after new occupants have taken up residence there. That sounded like a promising premise that plays into a glancing fear many of us might have when we consider buying a house. Did the realtor conscientiously check all the basement cubbyholes, all the closets before locking up after every Open House?
But no, that isn't quite what this movie is about. If anything, it's a reversal of that more predictable theme. In this case, the sociopaths blatantly occupy the body of the house, while the rightful owner gets imprisoned in the basement, left to haunt and perhaps ultimately challenge the intruders.
This is a movie of few words, at least on the part of the male sociopath. There is no burden of back-story here, no Psycho-like epilogue...
HORROR, GORE, AND MINUS A PLOT....When I chose to watch this movie, I thought it would be something I would enjoy. Not so much....
The story follows the journey of a divorced woman as she tries to sell her upscale home. We see numerous couples visiting the
Open House held by the realtor.
Then one day, we are aware that a mysterious person is going down the basement stairs, and the realtor leaves without realizing it.
Next, a mysterious couple seemingly takes over the house, after first killing a couple of guests and tying up the woman who resides there.
From there, we catch a glimpse of one horrible scene after another, until finally, the carnage is over.
Or is it?
First, I thought that Anna Paquin would have a bigger role in this film but her scenes were brief. The other actors were unknown to me, and if I'd realized that "Rachel Blanchard" was NOT "Tammy Blanchard," whose work...
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