Overrated

Crappy film

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Bob Carter (John Ritter), a suburban real estate agent, tries to get a kindly couple, Allen and Mary Ann Doyle, to buy a house only to give them horrifying stories about the pasts of three of them.What really sells this film is the "before they were stars" appeal of it. The "Nightmare" segment features Wade Williams years before his big break on "Prison Break".The "Bobo" segment features Bryan Cranston, just as he was hitting it big with "Malcolm in the Middle" and years before "Breaking Bad" made him an A-list star.And the "Come to Granny" segment has Brenda Strong, who was already quite successful, but this was again years before her biggest role: on "Desperate Housewives".Beyond that, it is a slightly above average horror film. Nothing like a "lost treasure", but definitely worth checking out.

Bob Carter (the late great John Ritter) is a real estate agent who introduces three houses each with a peculiar back story to a couple in this Entertaining little horror-comedy. The first story revolves around a cheating spouse, her lover and her cuckolded husband whom proves to be quite the thorn in their side. Predictable, but entertaining thanks in part to Prison Break's Wade Williams in a bit part and the cuteness of Rachel York,The second tale is pretty much A father (Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the Middle) versus an evil monkey. Not much more to it than that, but it's all you need really. It's amusing if slight.The third tale about the "Granny Killer" is simply OK but it's also got the worst most annoying serial killer in decades. That's a huge detriment and in my opinion made this the worst of the bunch. Th wraparound story is suitably over-the-top, I quiet enjoyed that.Eye Candy: Shonda Farr is briefly topless underwater My Grade: C

John Ritter plays a real estate agent who takes his job very seriously. He discloses all the gory details of three houses to the interested party. A cheating wife killed by the husband she thought was dead. A pet monkey that kills an entire family. A serial killer who dresses as a granny, but ain't no senior citizen. But the movie is surprisingly dull considering that a killer monkey and buckets of blood are involved. The end is the real treat. The couple decide that they don't want to live there, but John Ritter's boss(Satan?) wants new tenants. He tries to convince them by stabbing the husband with a pen. They run out side to see the pristine houses they passed on their way in are now the scenes of vicious killings and massive explosions. The three stories may be old and kinda dull, but the ending is worth the wait.

A real estate agent is showing houses that has histories of horror. They are three house of horrors. The first story is very typical. A husband catches his wife nailing some tank-top wearing dude…long story short, they kill the bitter hubby, dump his body but his soul doesn't seem to be at rest. The wife keeps on dreaming about her vengeful husband and the police seem to be catching on. This story does feel very déjà vu but it's still a good watch. I did have trouble with the fact that all the wife does after the bloody murder is got to bed to catch some shut eye. How can the broad sleep after seeing her husband die? Personally I'd be up for days if I would kill my ex-girlfriend or see her get killed by my mistress (trust me I know…that was a hard time in my life). The story isn't really scary but its biggest flaw is predictability. I guessed the turn of events every step of the way…no problemo. But overall, the story is always interesting, very moody and gets my `decent times' stamp of approval. The second story is my favorite. It involves a loving father whose daughter finds a red suit-wearing monkey (Bobo's the name). The monkey gets attached to the little girl and the dad gets kinda jealous. But he has good reason because the monkey is one evil little critter. And before you know it, people are dying and the monkey turns out to be deadlier than we thought. This is the most complete of the three stories. I was fully involved the whole time (Bryan Cranston's kickarse performance helped), rooting for that damn monkey to die already! What a stressful ride! To top it off, the ending kicked my arse all over the place. It's rare that I'm on the good guy's side. This one gets my `SUPER' fun times stamp. The third story is also groovy but it has a hard act to follow. It involves a kid who visits a shrink and tells her that he has a psychic link to this serial killer (who wears a granny mask). Is the kid the killer or is there really a nut out there? That is the question. Unfortunately, any hardcore genre fan will figure this answer out early on. Much like the first story, this one is somewhat predictable (less than the first one though) but that doesn't mean that it's not an interesting, enjoyable watch. It has a great build-up, the Granny killer cracked me up (here's Granny!) and Will Estes (Sean) gives a solid show. I just wish that the punch of the story could've gone on for longer. When it was all over, I was craving for more. This one gets my `fun times but I wanted more' stamp of approval. I rate this movie 2/5. It's a non-Hollywood movie but worth to watch if you are bored.