StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Mr_Ectoplasma "Christina's House" focuses on the titular teenage girl (Allison Lange) who has begun experiencing bizarre occurrences in her new home in the Pacific Northwest. Tensions between her overbearing father (Fred Savage) and boyfriend (Brendan Fehr) exacerbate the situation, and the arrival of an offbeat handyman (Brad Rowe) creates further rifts—but something deeper and far more disturbing lay in the depths of Christina's home.I saw this film over ten years ago and my memories of it were foggy; I recalled the opening scene well, but the rest of the film escaped me. I recently re-watched it, and was mildly surprised by it. It is a B-horror movie through and through, but retains a respectable amount of class that protects it from falling into the "utter sleaze" or "so-bad-you-can't-watch-it" category. The cinematography is nice and the writing is surprisingly attentive and compelling. It had me personally guessing until the last act, and though it is marred by some uneven pacing, the film kept my attention.The main downfall to the entire thing comes down to the performances, which range from decent to a mixture of decent and downright campy. Allison Lange has a good screen presence, but her acting in the film is hit-and-miss. Fred Savage's turn as the overbearing, perverted father is bizarre and often over-the-top, while Brendan Fehr and Brad Rowe turn in average performances. Aside from some offbeat performances, the bones of the film (no pun intended) are relatively solid. The script seems to be riffing on elements of Bob Clark's seminal Canadian thriller "Black Christmas," and the premise of the film works. Its final scene kicks it up another notch in my opinion, adding an ambiguous layer of intrigue that leaves the audience with a thorn in their side that they'll have to pull out on their own.Overall, "Christina's House" is a decent low-budget horror flick that transcends its limitations for the most part. It is not a profound film, but it is clever and at times somewhat creepy. It's a case where I definitely feel that, had the filmmakers had a bit more money (and a bit higher caliber of talent), they could have pulled off something mildly extraordinary. At the end of the day, the film is an entertaining and noble effort. 6/10.

lost-in-limbo Christina and her father and brother have just moved into an old rundown house where things go bump in the night, especially in the attic. Strange occurrences start happening like her diary disappearing, objects and furniture being moved around the house with messages of warnings, a dead body turning up and shady characters, but no one else seems to notice and she thinks that she is losing her mind. What makes matters worse was that her mum is in a mental asylum as she has basically lost her mind, so is Christina following in the same footsteps of her mum or is there more to it than some people are letting on? Not bad for a straight to video you ask? Ah, actually hold on. No really this is a below par film which borrows elements from every other horror film especially in the wake of "Scream", but it amazedly held my attention. I don't why but maybe it was the beautiful presence of Allison Lange as Christina… yep that was it was. Oh, surprisingly glossy production valves with some inventive camera angles and well-designed sets can't surpass a shamble of a story and script. The rag of a script is the usual dribble. While, the context of the film probably would've been better suited as an X-files episode. Anyhow, over-strained melodrama with horror elements (or clichés) comes to mind. Throw in red herrings, the usual teen antics, suspicious characters, investigating unusual happenings and a (laughable) twist and there you go. Even irrelevant sequences pop up that it could've done without and pacing was rather stodgy in parts. Oops I almost forgot, logic is pretty much thrown out the window, especially when it falls badly at the finale hurdle… the ludicrous revelation that turns into a trashy showdown that went on for too long. During this stage there was an overload of extremely bad puns and an unbelievably pitiful performance. Was there tension provided, no it's basically cheap thrills and cop-outs with a non-existed atmosphere, but a pulsating score was fair if sometimes out of place in certain scenes. Where's the splatter and fun you say, well you'll be disappointed as the deaths are too mundane and have little blood. Performances from John Savage, Brendan Fehr and Allison Lange were actually fair, well they didn't blow me away but for a film like this they were mostly reasonable with exception of one or two. These characters were the standard mould with the girl who's not ready to go all the way with her boyfriend and maybe going crazy, annoying brother, controlling father who seems to want his daughter for himself, snooping sheriff, sex-crazed boyfriend and quiet handyman. When it came to the ending, well not just some ordinary finale but a supposedly deeper ending it just didn't go down too well with me as it felt rather tact on.For what its worth it's a dud of a knockoff, but one that had enough elements to keep me entertained. But the ending or finale climax is where it went totally downhill and I couldn't give it more than a 3.

JohnZoidberg This wasn't really a bad movie, but it wasn't really a good one either. I think what concerned me more was that the father's behaviour was sort of ignored once we realised there was a killer in the house. He was still a bit of a suss individual!Anyway, I digress.I thought Christina did quite a good job, and Howie was good until he seemed to turn into an extra from House of the Dead at the end. The guy who played the Policeman seemed a bit too angry too easily and I'm not sure I'd want him on my local force. I'd like to see one of these movies where the bad guy doesn't appear to have super strength and 9 lives. The one good bit was when we realised why the windows were being weather-proofed, I think I even let out an "ahhh"....so points for that.I must start writing these reviews without spoilers...yeah, starting from the next one I'll do that :)

BloodTheTelepathicDog I wanted a haunted house movie, but instead got a deranged lunatic flick.Allison Lange, as Christina, is obviously the main draw here. Her stunning beauty kept me going, even when it became obvious that this wasn't going to appeal to me.After placing their mother in a looney bin, Christina, her brother and father move into a new house. Everyone seems comfortable in their new setting except for Christina. She can't take a bath in peace, finds cookie crumbs all over her room and is pressured by her father to be a pseudo mother figure to her little brother. All of this piles up on her, and she finds herself following in her crazy mother's footsteps.The cast isn't very likable. Lange does an adequate job but John Savage as her father is better, as well as Jerry Wasserman portraying a tough guy cop. Christina's brother and best friend were not appealing actors at all, and Brendan Fehr has come a long way since this.Only redeemable quality is Allison Lange taking a bath. That's it.