{"id":751,"date":"2022-09-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"MOVIE REVIEW\nHouse of Darkness<\/strong>\n \u2013 \"star\"\n
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MOVIE REVIEW
\nHouse of Darkness<\/strong>
\n \u2013 \"star\"    <\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Comedy, Horror, Mystery
\nYear Released:<\/strong> 2022
\nRuntime:<\/strong> 1h 29m
\nDirector(s):<\/strong> Neil LaBute
\nWriter(s):<\/strong> Neil LaBute
\nCast:<\/strong> Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, Gia Crovatin, Lucy Walters
\nWhere To Watch:<\/strong> In select theaters, September 9 on demand and digital 13, 2022<\/p>\n

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What do you get when you combine Justin Long (ACCEPTED, GALAXY QUEST) and the horror genre? I\u2019m not sure; the film ended up being just under an hour and a half but felt far longer. Justin Long has been in horror before, including JEEPERS CREEPERS, but something about the slow burn here didn\u2019t suit his style. There were some comedic elements to the film, but generally, those felt more subdued than expected. The film sometimes battled as somewhat of gothic horror or a horror comedy.<\/p>\n

In asking the director why they\u2019d make a film like this and why they\u2019d make it now. The simple response was, \u201cfairy tales are always useful; they are always \u2018in\u2019 and, since childhood, have taught most of us some of the biggest lessons that we\u2019ve learned in life.\u201d I was stunned when I read the director’s notes because I knew parts of it felt familiar while watching the film, but I couldn\u2019t place exactly why. Parts of the film were loosely based on Bram Stoker\u2019s DRACULA, resulting in a familiar yet very different experience.<\/p>\n

While I enjoyed certain aspects of the film, it didn\u2019t have the cohesive element I was hoping for. I believe that could\u2019ve made for a much more intriguing story had the focus been on one of the many offshoots that the movie kept going on. Gothic horror seems to be making a resurgence as of late, and I\u2019m super excited for it, especially with examples like this and THE INVITATION. Unfortunately, neither nailed the genre and instead managed to skirt around them.<\/p>\n

I enjoy Justin Long as a comedian, but I don\u2019t think serious roles are his cup of tea. If anything, I found his straight-faced acting to be somewhat distracting. A horror comedy would\u2019ve suited him far better. That being said, the rest of the cast had stellar performances and nailed their roles. It just shows that it\u2019s not always the actor you know that will give you the best experience.<\/p>\n

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MOVIE REVIEW House of Darkness  \u2013      Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery Year Released: 2022 Runtime: 1h 29m Director(s): Neil LaBute Writer(s): Neil LaBute Cast: Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, Gia Crovatin, Lucy Walters Where To Watch: In select theaters, September 9 on demand and digital 13, 2022 What do you get when you combine Justin Long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-theaters-digital"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}