The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

'The Scarehouse' drew me into seeing it, with a cool poster/cover, an slightly intriguing but very derivative premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive. It is sadly however yet another film seen recently, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws those films are present here, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. 'The Scarehouse' is terrible, with a plethora of problems (huge ones too) and doesn't do enough with its potential, which was hardly small. There is next to nothing to recommend and it is a complete un-scary experience.Lets start with the sole positive. The scenery is atmospheric and spooky.Unfortunately, it is not done justice by the rather direct to video schlocky way it's shot and edited, it was very clear that the film was made in a rush with no care or enthusiasm. Going on further to the negatives, the story does feel paper thin, disjointed and over-stretched and some of it feels vague, under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their annoying and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrates.Making the film feel bland and forgettable with not enough heart put into it. The effects are ropy at best, the sound quality is obvious and utilised cheaply (being too loud in the build ups and people's reactions) and it's best not mentioning the uniformly lumbering and histrionic acting.Dialogue can be stilted and rambling, with lots of clichés and no depth whatsoever, while the pace goes to a standstill very quickly and drags on forever with very little going on worth caring about, never recovering. Found too many the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the supposedly creepy atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness, a lot of dumb and vague moments and explanations and the lack of tension and suspense. Would not have minded the lack of originality (the film is extremely derivative and in a dumbed and watered down way) if the story and atmosphere were at least alright in execution, in reality they were both dreadfully done. Not to mention a whole novel's worth of inconsistencies and continuity errors.A lot of 'The Scarehouse' has underdeveloped plot elements and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you jump or shocked are far from creative or scary and are pretty tame. The ending makes the film finish on an incomplete and confused whimper.There is not enough threat here and what there is of it tends to be used poorly, it is completely unimaginative, very repetitive and more odd than creepy, completely failing to show any sense of horror and resorting to cheap typical horror tropes. Some badly sagging momentum too. The direction is leaden, inexperience seems to be all over the film, and the music doesn't really fit.Concluding, near-irredeemably awful. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Based on the synopsis I would have watched it if I couldn't find anything else. However, a friend who also likes these types of motion pictures enjoyed it, so I watched. The acting was pretty decent. Some chewing up the set, but I went in knowing that was to be expected. I loved how the chronology was shot and that you don't really know the details of catalyst until the end. I couldn't predict it in its entirety until the final moments (and I'm pretty good at that).The gore, pain & mutilatuons were unrealistic but that didn't stop me from loving it! I'd for sure watch more from these folks!

Invited to a Halloween fun-house, a group of sorority sisters finds that the whole affair was orchestrated by recently-released former associates looking to seeking retribution against them for being placed in jail and must find a way to stop their crazed plans.This one wasn't that bad of an effort. One of the more enjoyable efforts here is the fact that this one manages to work in its rather intriguing premise to full effect. While not all that original, this one works best with the concept of bringing the girls together one at a time rather than having them all get taken as a group, which gives this a special touch. That allows this one to go through the group one-by-one in a much more unique and creative manner yet still allows for all the great torture and bloodshed to emerge here. The great opening, where the victim is strapped into a corset with mechanical rigging to tighten it beyond human power that keeps tightening until they lose bodily fluids you wouldn't expect, starts this off until things start getting even worse with the tormenting done on the others. Those are rather fun, with the ones tied up to the board and having their nails, fake eyelashes and implants removed for lying to the later one being taped to the table and left there to witness everything happening around them and the scenes of the two left in the room together and forced to beat each other with acid-filled pillows give this one a series of strong, grisly and somewhat brutal sequences that are highly enjoyable as well as giving this one quite the strong overall pace. Given that these utilize the exceptionally strong and chilling locations of the fun-house where they're being tormented, it gives this one a creepy atmosphere to go along with the brutal antics, and even alongside that is the really chilling scenes of them wandering through the hallways looking to collect them and abduct them as they're still under the false pretenses of their arrival. As well, the action in the final half is exceptionally enjoyable where it features the true revelation of their intentions, the strong final girl who fights back against them in some really enjoyable brawls that show off her great self-defense skills where the main threat is actually outmatched and must resort to other tactics to gain the upper hand. These really hold this one up over its few minor flaws. The biggest issue here is the fact that the main girls have absolutely no need to go on the rampage as the whole concept of their revenge is completely misguided and built on lame reasoning. Why they're targeting the group is rather pointless and makes no sense, and there's nothing that makes us sympathize with anyone involved here for their lame reasoning. Likewise, there's also the fact that the girl is so obviously more skilled than they are means that keeping her around makes them look foolish for not ensuring that everything goes to plan and constantly bringing more chances for it to go wrong. These are what hold it down.Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity and plenty of alcohol consumption.

I go from watching 3 very good films... All About Eve, Sunset Bvd, and The Babadook... to the worst horror film perhaps I've ever seen... turned it off after maybe 15 minutes.Scarehouse (2014)The only people rating this a 9 or 10 are shills and idiots, no one who knows film rates this up there with the best movies of all time. All the stupid party/music video scenes are made to appeal to dumb teens, I know how it works... but it's bad movie making, any time you lower your film to the lowest common denominator you are no longer an artist, you are a tool. But this movie is so bad it's nearly unwatchable, it's formulaic crap... basic torture porn with female antagonists.AVOID THIS MOVIE1/10