![]() ![]() Even worse, a local psychic, the last in a long lineage of sages, understands the evil that's possessed the place. But the spirits inside Shively House won't let them rest. All Paul, Dani, Steve, and Sasha want to do is hang out, party, and play ghost hunter. Seems that every family that's lived there, or come into contact with the place, has died a miserable, mysterious death. ![]() Thus, the aforementioned question - is it better to be awful while polished and professional, or interesting within a thoroughly incomprehensible motion picture mess? Decisions, decisions.Ī group of young people decide to head over to the famous Shively House to see what all the supernatural hubbub is about. Indeed, Hell House is so problematic and piecemeal that it's almost impossible to understand what's going on - and when, toward the end, the movie tries to make sense of itself, it turns from lamentable to laughable. But that doesn't make up for a complete lack of filmmaking competence. They've got their spook show requirements and references down pat, and when they borrow, they tend to borrow from the best. Morris to screenwriters William Martin and Jennifer Brugman know their horror. It's clear that everyone involved - from director Jason D. ![]() Put another way, does imagination trump terrible acting, amateurish direction, bad production design, and an overall feeling of talent-free time wasting? That's the big problem with Hell House: The Book of Samiel. ![]() Here's a tough critical quandary - what's worse? Bad ideas expertly executed, or ambitious concepts crafted into crap. ![]()
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