The House (2005)
When her husband's drug addiction destroys her perfect life, Jane is forced to support herself and her young daughter, Ling, by taking a job as a security guard. One night Ling sees a soaking wet child doing homework at her desk. Eventually, Jane also felt that something unnatural was in the house; strange noises occur with frequency and she feels that an unseen presence is spying on her. Jane soon finds out that the house is haunted.
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Why so much hype?
Such a frustrating disappointment
Strictly average movie
it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
This was a random little horror movie I stumbled across and no wonder it stayed little. What a snooze. It stars Maggie Siu (whose most memorable role for me is "Siu Chiu" in the 80's TVB Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre) as a bad mother. The problem is that's not what the role's meant to be, just that she's depressed or something and the director has her painted in a totally unsympathetic light. That keeps the audience at a further distance from what's already a cold movie, in which there's not a lot of score, action, or even dialogue. The story is reminiscent of The Sixth Sense, in that the daughter sees ghosts at home and the mother doesn't believe her. Sadly, there's where the similarity ends as it progresses into a boring tale of how the mother and daughter's lives parallel the ones of the ghosts. It wouldn't be so bad if there were scares and tension but nope, the movie's pretty lame.