Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Leofwine_draca This sounded promising: an adaptation of a rarely-adapted Lovecraft story, part of the MASTERS OF HORROR series of television-made horror films, directed by Stuart Gordon, who made the excellent RE-ANIMATOR amongst other good flicks. Sadly, I was disappointed, as this had nowhere near the power of another episode I saw that was directed by John Carpenter. DREAMS IN THE WITCH-HOUSE is a cheesy, low budget horror flick about a guy haunted by a witch and a rat living in his room's wall, and that's that! I remember the original story as being very spooky, atmospheric and creepy. Gordon achieves that effect in places, but in other elements the film falls down. There's a sense of sluggish lethargy about the production, despite the short running time and relatively fast pacing; even in the midst of action I felt disconnected, somehow bored by what was going on. It's difficult to pinpoint the exact problem. Ezra Godden (DAGON) works hard as the hero, putting in a good turn, and Chelah Horsdal supports him well. There's plenty of blood-splashing gore on offer, with some truly grisly moments, and a scene of sexy nudity. A downbeat ending seems to be typical of modern horror productions and the music's fine, too.It's just that there's something missing. Although the scriptwriter sticks fairly closely to Lovecraft's story, missing is the author's sense of cosmic horror and doom. I did enjoy this movie on a visual level, and there's no denying that Gordon's enthusiasm for the project makes it a success – albeit a minor one.

cgyford "Re-Animator" and "From Beyond" director Stuart Gordon seizes the opportunity, as perhaps could have been expected, to update a 1930s "Weird Tales" short story from the genre legend H.P. Lovecraft, whom he seems so greatly to admire, as his entry in the show's first season.Ezra Godden display some schoolboy charm as the physics grad student with a dimensional doorway in the corner of his digs and Chelah Horsdal reciprocates in kind with a distinctly distressed desirability whilst Jay Brazeau heads a succinct supporting cast that includes Campbell Lane and Susan Bain.The master does his best to bring the classic yarn bang up to date but the supernatural elements of the Lovecraftian Cthulhu Mythos start to look decidedly hokey when brought into the modern world on a limited subscription channel budget and the whole thing subsequently falls a little flat.That's what happens when you travel through space and time.

shawshank86 this was a fairly well executed movie. genuinely creepy. there was a tragic flaw, which is a line that i consider to be atrocious. i added it to my list of incredibly dumb things people say. the main character is a grad student working towards his physics degree specializing in time/dimension travel. he explains how the witch is able to stay alive all these years by stating: "witches were astrologers; they knew a lot about science". horrible explanation, sir. astrology is a pseudoscience, meaning there is no scientific basis. also, knowledge of star alignment does not imply knowledge of relativity.otherwise, fantastic movie with an ending that is not normative. one of those movies that leaves you with a feeling of "oh wow, i can't believe that just happened". an absolute must for fans of this series or horror in general.

Witchfinder General 666 Director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) delivers a great, brutal and weird second episode to the "Masters Of Horror" series with "H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in The Witchhouse". Gordon, whose earlier work, such as "Re-Animator" or "From Beyond" has been based on the writings of the ingenious H.P. Lovecraft, manages to put Lovecraft's typical supernatural and extrasensory atmosphere to screen in a very good, eerie way.University student Walter (Ezra Godden) moves into a 300 year old house, where he expects a low rent and the appropriate quietness he needs to study. The house is inhabited by its disgusting, greasy and heartless landlord (Jay Barzeau), a supposedly crazy old man (Campbell Lane) and a pretty young mother named Frances (Chelah Horsdal) and her baby son. While Walter and Frances start to befriend, strange things start happening when Walter is on his own. He hears strange noises, and has some very weird dreams...This second episode, which is not afraid to break taboos, is one of the very good ones from the first season. It is gruesome and eerie as Horror should be, the performances are entirely good and convincing, and the whole episode is highly atmospheric, and very suspenseful throughout its 55 minutes. My praise goes to Stuart Gordon for this eerie and breathtaking second entry to the great MoH series. If you like the show, you certainly shouldn't miss "Dreams In The Witch House"!