Rating: 2.5/5
Cult Movie Challenge 2016 | 52/52 | TCM Underground
A guy hears noises in a house that definitely isn’t haunted. He goes into the basement to inspect a noise. He looks in the furnace, and it lights him on fire.
CJ and Caroline bought the house to renovate it and turn it into a rehab center. Caroline senses a presence in the house. The bust turns and looks at her. A white spectral image appears only to her. She’s convinced the spirit wants to tell her something.
CJ messes around in the basement and finds a cross holding a door closed. He takes the cross and opens the door. The house shakes. The doors and windows seal close. They’re trapped.
— The windows won't break, the doors won't open. — Well, you know static electricity does incredibly weird things sometimes!
It’s a hell house. They have to appease a spirit or something.
The movie has interpersonal conflicts, but they’re paper thin and only there to pad time.
Haven't you noticed since the doors shut down, the whole place smells like sulfur?
The ghost looks cool once he materializes — all white, including his all-white pupils.
Besides that, a couple of dudes catch fire, and that’s about it for the effects. I guess the wind blows a woman’s clothes off and a guy sinks into a bog.
It’s just so boring. I genuinely don’t understand how this made it on the Video Nasties list.