NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

mikedegroot 'Our House' is not the worst movie I've seen but it certainly isn't the most exciting. The first half feels like nothing more than a sad family story. The second half throws in a few scares, but really not much else. Pretty much all of the horror aspects of the film could be condensed into a two minute short. Kinda slow, nothing revolutionary, and very average. It's not that's it's bad, it's just not good either.

screechy_jim The synopsis of this film reads 'A young genius accidently invents a machine...' Well, genius this guy isn't. He's just a about as regular as you can get, displays no sign of any aptitude above normal, and all his behaviour suggest he is distinctly average.Anyhoo, the first half an hour of the film is pretty slow and nothing much occurs. Whilst it does establish the tone of the film fairly well, I did find my attention wandering as I waited for events to unfold.Anyway, after a few more scenes of sketchy pseudo science and 'off the shelf' paranormal events we get to the meat of the story - that the machine, which the young guy barely seems to understand even though he's supposedly built it, still doesn't work... aside from inducing paranormal activity in the house and there abouts. Realistically the science (or lack of) in this film is just an awkward element it could have done without. As a focal point for attention and development it just seems to cloud the proceedings. Some other object like a doll, a grandmothers amulet, or a pair of some priests old Nikes would have been better suited.The film employs all the normal cheesy methods to heighten tension, induce suspense and produce those jump moments, you know the slow throbbing sound followed by a loud sharp bust of a flat note from a stringed instrument, its all text book spooky stuff.There is a lot of clichéd stuff here and this causes it to end up feeling much like many similar films before it instead of something different, which is how it initially starts out.Its a pretty slow burner with low key paranormal stuff in the periphery that ramps up a little towards the end. The story is ok but nothing scintillating enough to really peak your interest. Most other aspects of the film are on a similar standing and even though the performances of the cast are very strong, there isn't enough going here to give more than an average rating.There are some truly terrible horror films out there at the moment, and in fact the general standard of the horror/thriller genre isn't what it once was. This film definitely does not belong in that category as it is a decent excursion into familiar paranormal territory, but I still can't say that I would necessarily recommend it, but it's OK.

Mark Thomas REVIEW - OUR HOUSEHope can be a wonderful thing but after loosing someone dear to us the hope of seeing them again after they have passed away can lead to trouble.As with many other horror films previously this film also uses this premise but in a rather original way, one of which I'd not seen before and because of this and the slowly building suspense this what could have been a very dull horror film did become interesting and enjoyable.Everything emirs an energy, magnetic, radioactive, kinetic and many more I've never heard of so image what could happen if a machine picked up and enhanced the energy of a spirit.For me the highlight of this film was the father's tool box (no spoilers).Rating 6 out of 10

Laiath This is more a story about loss and coping, so the drama component is stronger than horror. It's really not bad for its kind and deserves credit for avoiding jump scares. Could be watched if you aren't expecting something truly scary.