harleyspeerce
There are no good parts to this movie. The acting is awful, the story is awful, the sound and music is awful and you can hardly hear anything being said. There seems to be a build up but the story never actually goes anywhere. The relationship is strange and back and forth, and also very toxic. You never really see any explanation for a lot of things that happen. The way the story is written makes absolutely no sense and is just terrible. The directing of the actors is terrible as well. The sound was all over the place and you couldn't hear what was being said 90% of the time because of the sound editing. Plus the music didn't match what was happening. I've never felt the need to review a bad movie until this one because I never want another person to waste their time watching this.
Claudio Carvalho
The firefighter Chris Conley (Christian Oliver) buys an isolated old house in the middle of nowhere with neither telephone nor electricity and moves with his estranged wife Maggie (Rachel Marie Lewis) expecting to save their marriage and restart a new life. A few months ago, Maggie was pregnant and lost her baby of eight months when Chris pushed her during an argument. The real estate agent Rob Bradley (Rob Neukirch) explains that the house is split in two and Maggie and Chris will need to share the space with the tenants Mr. and Mrs. Anderson (Jordan Rhodes and Marietta Marich) for at least one more month when the old couple will leave the house. Chris finds a job in the nearest town and leaves the unstable Maggie alone to unpack and decorate the house. Maggie overhears a telephone and weird noises in the house and soon she meets Mrs. Anderson and learns that Mr. Anderson is an abusive husband like she believes Chris is."House of Good and Evil" is a low-budget movie showing the process of madness developed in slow pace and a predictable conclusion. The development of the relationship between Maggie and Chris in the beginning is weak and the madness process of Maggie is obvious. The story takes place in the present days and it is weird that an urban couple moves to a decrepit house without the modern facilities – electric power, telephone, Internet and gas - to begin a new life with the husband needing to travel and leave his wife alone. Last but not the least, I had great expectations with this movie since it has been recommended by a friend of mine and probably it increased my deception. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): Not Available
petarmatic
For a low budget this film came out, well OK.I would love to write about the plot and all of that but I do not have the strength, I saw it so many times before.When movies were made so many times already, how can we write anything about a film we saw so many times before just in a little different package.Since I have to fill my 10 lines I will say that I liked the actress which carried the main role. She really tried hard the poor thing.I do not know what else to add about this film.If you have nothing better to do you can watch this film.If you have something better to do do not watch this film.
Roberto Vargas (vargas42)
I rated this movie 4/10 because it is well shot and decently cut. One major issue with this film is that I never believed the couple's relationship. Their affection flips-flops more than a fish out of water and while I acknowledge that we spend most of the film seeing the world through Maggie's psychotic eyes, it left this viewer jaded. If anything I felt disdain for the female lead from beginning to end. Maybe it is the director intention for me to be disassociated from the protagonist.My biggest question (and that of many of the reviews already posted) is why would anyone believe a couple, trying for a fresh start after a life altering dramatic event, would ever agree to move to a decrepit old house in the middle of nowhere with no phone and a generator for electricity. Where the husband would leave his obviously mentally disturbed wife alone for long periods of time... oh that's right, it's all in her head because the husband dies the first night, chocking on his own vomit while drunkenly sleeping... seem a little lazy story wise.Lastly, why give the real estate man a nasty, nose dripping cold? Is it to help sell the sickness of the house? The moment the papers are signed the cold seems to dissipate anyway, minus one last nose wipe as he stares back at the house. The cold held my attention during that whole scene, but it had no true purpose besides making the realtor slightly more interesting. If you are going to develop characters, you should probably concentrate on the main ones.The rhythm of the last 10 minutes helps slightly salvage the movie but as previously stated the reveal left to be desired. Props must be given to Marietta Marich and Jordan Rhodes for elevating the scenes they were in.All in all a well produced film that needed a boost as far as pacing and more work on the story itself.
AD
