From a House on Willow Street (2017)

Have you ever seen a film that was so bad it made you angry? Dumbest, worst film ever. I'm angry that I wasted my time trying to watch it.

The first thing I thought of, after the kidnappers drove to their hideout, was "why does an abandoned 'whatever' have electricity?" Not just the area where they were holed up, but the entire complex. And why does a creature that can wreak on the world need a dip criminal to help capture two more soles? I haven't finished the movie, yet and I will, but then it's Friday night, my wife is out of town and I need something to put me to sleep. I found it. Jump scares don't bother me, stupid plots and dialog do. Look for it on Netflix, don't throw good money after bad.How many lines is 5 lines?

Katherine Hudson (Carlyn Burchell) has bad dreams. Her family has money, daddy has diamonds. We see some cult symbols on a wall, similar to the ones in the Necronomicon that create portals to other worlds that like a bad pen, only works half the time. That is all the character build up. We don't find out more until about 45 minutes into the film. If you read the production by-line, you know this is going to be something like "Ransom of Red Chief" as written by H.P. Lovecraft.Katherine Hudson is "Carrie" creepy. I loved how the film started out and then the discovery phase was also great. The end left something to be desired as an undeveloped character suddenly appeared. Now I have a pretty good idea who that was supposed to be (Nicolas Cage is my second guess) by why? The neck crick (or is it creek?) should only be used once in a film. After that it is silly. Sometimes less is more. Thank you for not using a voice distorter. I really liked the long tongues that looked inspired by items in an Adult Book Store. Too bad most were shot at that awkward side angle, you know the one we used as kids when we were pretend sword swallowers..."Daddy look at this?" What I don't understand is how someone with uber-human strength and telekinetic powers can get chained up so often and why the would stay chained. Is 304L Austenitic Stainless Steel the new kryptonite for demons? The picture scene, while predictable, was classic horror.BTW, the global point opposite the Vatican is in the South Pacific Ocean.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

The movie could have been much better if they had fleshed out the characters more. While i am not too unhappy with the acting as such (it is OK-ish) ... the characters themselves are mere stereotypes and never evolve from there on.Most of the "scariness" comes from very predictable jump scares or very common horror tropes. (hence, not scary, nor suspenseful) - i mean - of course i flinch when confronted by a jump scare - but it has no lasting effect but rather leaves me with a feeling of annoyance.The story itself is standard - and predicted by one of the protagonists early on "expect the unexpected" which - unfortunately ... for that kind of scary movie ... is exactly "the expected".Was it a waste of time to watch it? - no, not really... but it is nothing i will remember after watching it. Neither cinematography, images or story design is even above average.