**HOOPTOBER 11 #15**

dare i say my favourite of the franchise so far? i know it’s just an Elm Street ripoff but i don’t care, this ticked more boxes for me than i expected, Lance Henriksen gives quite a good performance for such a weird throwaway movie. totally see why they released this as unrelated to the House series in the US, this one is even further unrelated than the last

**HOOPTOBER 11 #15**

dare i say my favourite of the franchise so far? i know it’s just an Elm Street ripoff but i don’t care, this ticked more boxes for me than i expected, Lance Henriksen gives quite a good performance for such a weird throwaway movie. totally see why they released this as unrelated to the House series in the US, this one is even further unrelated than the last

Hooptober XI #7
Franchise with 4+ Entries

What a departure from the first two! I feel like it was trying to take a Halloween III approach to the franchise, choosing to look at the whole as an anthological series rather than a coherent story (something the fourth would try to return to).

This feels like an extended monster-of-the-week X-Files episode (or should that be an episode of Millennium?) with only a tangential link to the franchise as a whole, but you know what? I really dug it.

It had a vibe and it stuck to it, plus I love getting to see Lance Henrickson sink his teeth into a part like this, even if he can't quite hit the really strong emotional bits like I thought he could (is that heresy?). Brion James eats the scenery as 'Meat Cleaver Max', and he plays the vile psycho so well here.

Strong TV Movie feeling throughout, but a great late 80s/early 90's supernatural slasher, akin to Nightmare on Elm Street.

Hooptober XI #7
Franchise with 4+ Entries

What a departure from the first two! I feel like it was trying to take a Halloween III approach to the franchise, choosing to look at the whole as an anthological series rather than a coherent story (something the fourth would try to return to).

This feels like an extended monster-of-the-week X-Files episode (or should that be an episode of Millennium?) with only a tangential link to the franchise as a whole, but you know what? I really dug it.

It had a vibe and it stuck to it, plus I love getting to see Lance Henrickson sink his teeth into a part like this, even if he can't quite hit the really strong emotional bits like I thought he could (is that heresy?). Brion James eats the scenery as 'Meat Cleaver Max', and he plays the vile psycho so well here.

Strong TV Movie feeling throughout, but a great late 80s/early 90's supernatural slasher, akin to Nightmare on Elm Street.

nearly fell asleep while watching it

nearly fell asleep while watching it

It’s certainly more competent than the first House, but severely lacking in the creature designs that make the first two so much fun. This honestly feels more like a Tales From the Crypt episode than a movie. That said, it is still fun in its own schlocky way.

Very funny that it’s technically House III and has nothing to do with either premise except for the idea that a ghost is in a house at some point.

It’s certainly more competent than the first House, but severely lacking in the creature designs that make the first two so much fun. This honestly feels more like a Tales From the Crypt episode than a movie. That said, it is still fun in its own schlocky way.

Very funny that it’s technically House III and has nothing to do with either premise except for the idea that a ghost is in a house at some point.

Pretty underrated and featuring a great performance from Lance Henrickson. Some cool gore effects in the unrated (but not fully uncut) European version that Arrow just released in the box set. Worth a watch, it holds up pretty well.

Pretty underrated and featuring a great performance from Lance Henrickson. Some cool gore effects in the unrated (but not fully uncut) European version that Arrow just released in the box set. Worth a watch, it holds up pretty well.