At Granny's House (2015)

Got a chance to see this and thought pretty decent thriller is worth checking out! It is about an elderly lady named Marion (although I really believed they should have called her granny like come on man it's in the title) and her psychotic BFF caretaker. I like talking chances on movies like this as generally the filmmaker is willing to take more chances and this title did not disappoint. The scares and chills were in the right place and had fun taking a chance on it. Also if you are not sure to check it out yourself it has the title Granny in it s so it has to be an awesome horror movie (such as the classic masterpiece "Rabid Grannies"!)

The reason I am confused is that I can't see how this film got finance or distribution.First off, the production is full of technical gaffs - not least in editing. In several places the film has been edited so that the dialogue does not match (or flow in any way) from one shot to another.There are a few shots where it is obvious 'action' has been called as the actors suddenly go from their start positions into whatever interaction the shot calls for.In some shots the actor(s) is left in one position and in the next shot the actor is in a different position or pose, even though it is supposed to flow as one.The acting is strained at the beginning of the film - especially the actor who plays the son - although it does get slightly better as the film progresses - or perhaps I just didn't notice it anymore with so many technical issues and trying to figure out how the edits could possibly have been considered passable.The whole film is like one big slapped together rush.The only saving grace is Rachel Alig - who does quite a reasonable job of acting (against the odds I suspect) - and has several half naked scenes (although this seems to be something of a trademark of hers) - which in the end do nothing to alleviate the strain of watching this hacked together set of images.At first I thought this was some king of home made video, or an experiment by first year film students, but apparently I was wrong. This was supposed to be a proper film.Never mind. Whatever went wrong in this may be addressed by all those involved when they work on other productions. Hopefully they will see it as a learning curve - never to be repeated.As for the story - well - it's just not worth going into.

Rebecca is hired to keep Marion company by her son. Marion resists the idea that she needs help. Rebecca is charming & breaks through her resolve.She convinces Marion to post on a site that offers free rooms to traveling strangers. Meeting people is fun. Rebecca loves 'collecting' new friends.Don't be fooled by the acting. The compelling plot & slow onset of dread overcomes all. A twisted dark story. These sweet ladies can't be trusted.I am not a friend or family member. I gain nothing by this review. I just hate seeing worthy independent cinema slammed.

This was a great movie! There were so many twists and turns, you just never knew what was going to happen next. The movie had a great Hitchcockian feel, updated to the 21st century.The movie looked great, and had great music too.I was very impressed with the direction, and the acting was very strong too--especially Rachel Alig as Rebecca, Glenda Morgan Brown as Granny, Les Mahoney as Ted and Bill Oberst, Jr as Boarstag.I don't want to give anything away, but suffice it to say that this one will keep you on your toes until the last scene! Check it out when you can.