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4.5/10
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Two years after a tragic accident, six college girls are invited to a party inside an elaborate Halloween fun house. Once inside, the girls realize their hosts' intentions are not all fun an... Read allTwo years after a tragic accident, six college girls are invited to a party inside an elaborate Halloween fun house. Once inside, the girls realize their hosts' intentions are not all fun and games.Two years after a tragic accident, six college girls are invited to a party inside an elaborate Halloween fun house. Once inside, the girls realize their hosts' intentions are not all fun and games.
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations
Ivana Kingston
- Kaitlin Bowden
- (as Ivana Stojanovic)
Shaun Mazzocca
- Man in Bathroom Stall
- (as Shaun Mazoka)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Scarehouse was shot inside an actual working funhouse called "Scarehouse Windsor" in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The haunted attraction is operated by Shawn Lippert, who became the film's production designer, lending his funhouse expertise to the film.
- GoofsWhen the girls have Kat tied to a board, they both blow party favors at her. Then Corey takes it out of her mouth, but in the next shot it's back in, and she takes it out again.
- Quotes
Elaina Forrester: Sluts and liars they are but tardy they are not.
- ConnectionsReferences Frankenstein (1931)
- SoundtracksMerry Go Round
Written by Bleu
Performed by Bleu
Courtesy of The Major Label
Featured review
Solid Halloween-based revenge torture
Honestly at a loss to all the 1 star reviews, to say the least. I prefer to start any movie with default/neutral 5 and go from there, and have never dropped below 3 (for House of Fears, an utterly lifeless Halloween flick that somehow rates higher than this...)
I've seen plenty of Halloween-based flicks and this is definitely on the upper range, with most being passable 5s or slightly positive 6. I'd rate this 8 along with Rob Zombies Halloween (Carpenter original getting 10).
It is essentially torture porn as two girls enact a plan of torture kill revenge. Some of the scenes become quite uncomfortable, but I can't see this being any worse than Saw, which has a much higher rating? Granted their justification for such, revealed slowly throughout, is arguably weak compared to what is likely an overkill of revenge. In any event, it's just a movie, they were wronged but by varying degrees amongst their victims, and 2 years in jail didn't seem to help their state of mind.
The film is what it is, and it does what it does with a certain stylish quality. The performances were solid all around, there are some nice Halloween-styled visuals, and the quality of film and music were above average for most Halloween films (granted the more modern ones have all seemingly reached a rather consistent tone here).
If the trailer strikes your fancy, you'll probably enjoy it. Another review very apt in "Mean Girls meets Saw." Reminded me of a behind the scenes/inverted take on Scream or Scream 2 in which we follow instead the killers point of view of events. Strangely enough it also felt at times like an alternative "Ginger Snaps" sequel in which the two sisters have averted lycan encounters and matured their outcast duet into a Halloween murder house (the one looks very much like the dark haired sis, and the other is even Ginger-esque and more often is the one pushing their plans moral boundaries).
I've seen plenty of Halloween-based flicks and this is definitely on the upper range, with most being passable 5s or slightly positive 6. I'd rate this 8 along with Rob Zombies Halloween (Carpenter original getting 10).
It is essentially torture porn as two girls enact a plan of torture kill revenge. Some of the scenes become quite uncomfortable, but I can't see this being any worse than Saw, which has a much higher rating? Granted their justification for such, revealed slowly throughout, is arguably weak compared to what is likely an overkill of revenge. In any event, it's just a movie, they were wronged but by varying degrees amongst their victims, and 2 years in jail didn't seem to help their state of mind.
The film is what it is, and it does what it does with a certain stylish quality. The performances were solid all around, there are some nice Halloween-styled visuals, and the quality of film and music were above average for most Halloween films (granted the more modern ones have all seemingly reached a rather consistent tone here).
If the trailer strikes your fancy, you'll probably enjoy it. Another review very apt in "Mean Girls meets Saw." Reminded me of a behind the scenes/inverted take on Scream or Scream 2 in which we follow instead the killers point of view of events. Strangely enough it also felt at times like an alternative "Ginger Snaps" sequel in which the two sisters have averted lycan encounters and matured their outcast duet into a Halloween murder house (the one looks very much like the dark haired sis, and the other is even Ginger-esque and more often is the one pushing their plans moral boundaries).
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- gressman07
- Oct 17, 2019
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- Budget
- CA$200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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