The New York Times says, "Here is the house as vampire—alluring, renewing itself on injury, violence and death; capable of menance, vengeance, outrage and murder." Moria says, "The film’s one novelty is the concept of the house itself.... Unfortunately, this remains a good idea, nothing more." 1000 Misspent Hours calls it "an uneven, underdeveloped film."
Roger Ebert gives it 1 1/2 stars and says, "What's mysterious is that the filmmakers were able to sell such a weary collection of ancient cliches for cold hard cash." Rotten Tomatoes has a 33% critics score.
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I seem to vaguely remember this once you mentioned the story line. What a cast. I don't think I appreciated it when I saw this eons ago. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteYes, the cast is the big draw here, but I just kept finding myself drifting away during it.
DeleteI also vaguely remember this one. I watched anything with Bette Davis in it and some of them were pretty bad at times. ;)
ReplyDeleteNot bad so much as just not much there. I've seen so many horror house films that the idea wasn't new to me and there wasn't much else.
DeleteI've never heard of it, but if YOU can't stick with it, then neither could I.
ReplyDeleteIt might be different for you. It's just that I've seen so many movies that illustrate this idea better.
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