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House of Darkness

R

Released Sep 9, 2022

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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Justin Long and Kate Bosworth star in this seductive thriller from director Neil LaBute (The Wicker Man). Driving home to her secluded estate after meeting at a local bar, a player out to score thinks his beautiful, mysterious date will be another casual hook-up. While getting acquainted, their flirtation turns playful, sexy and sinister. Hoping to get lucky, his luck may have just run out.

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Critics Consensus

House of Darkness finds writer-director Neil LaBute just as acerbic as ever, although he's made more compelling statements on sexual mores.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This feels like something LaBute wrote in an afternoon on the notes app on his smartphone while thinking about something else.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 4, 2022

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

While the material here is thin and largely predictable (aside from one great jump scare), the cast is outstanding and the dialogue is snappy, delivered at a brisk pace.

Sep 16, 2022

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

An intriguing and occasionally quite witty battle of the sexes, in which not all of the bloodshed is strictly metaphorical.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 9, 2022

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Matt Pais

MattPais.com

A screen saver posing as a movie, with a dead-end plot merely killing time before, um, killing time.

Rated: C-

Jun 12, 2023

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

HOUSE OF DARKNESS takes a famous gothic horror tale in a new direction as a slightly comical examination of modern dating and misogynistic culture.

Jan 26, 2023

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John Serba

Decider

There’s potential in this marriage of modern sexual dynamics and classic horror, but this chamber piece is like a 100-room mansion populated by three people: much less than half-empty.

Jan 18, 2023

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Sam

Movie sucked ass, just a guy being awkward for an hour and a half

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/25/22

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anonymous

waste of time and money

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/12/22

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Chas

Overall this movie was just awful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/10/22

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Ricardo d

Embora a ambientação, montagem, figurino, e atuações sejam bem eficazes, o roteiro tem excesso de falas desnecessárias e cansativas. Com 30 minutos já tinha me desligado do filme e para mim não me importava mais o que iria acontecer. Tentam manter um suspense que não existe, pois quando os nomes das personagens são ditos, já sabemos o que irá acontecer. Ainda assim, de tantas formar que o climax poderia ocorrer, escolheram a pior forma. Péssimo.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/22/24

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Christian C

One reason and one reason only it's getting trashed - and it isn't that "things are telegraphed too early…" All of the people saying that stupid dribble *LOVE* that there are 27 ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street' movies despite all being "telegraphed" by the first film's 90-second trailer. The setting is good, the dialogue is so painfully realistic that everyone I talked with insisted that it had to be largely improvised or changed from shot to shot; and if the "commentary" bothers you, then ask yourself what commentary the ‘Friday the 13th' movies offer beyond Reaganomics and "the kids are acting up and are going to kill themselves with The Pot."

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Jeremy

Average. The dialogue was awkward on purpose. The ending is telegraphed pretty much 10 minutes into it but it was still entertaining enough. Would've worked better with no name actors and as an arthouse film that dug into the lore.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/24

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Synopsis

Justin Long and Kate Bosworth star in this seductive thriller from director Neil LaBute (The Wicker Man). Driving home to her secluded estate after meeting at a local bar, a player out to score thinks his beautiful, mysterious date will be another casual hook-up. While getting acquainted, their flirtation turns playful, sexy and sinister. Hoping to get lucky, his luck may have just run out.

Director: Neil LaBute
Producer: Daryl Freimark, Tim Harms, Neil LaBute, Shaun Sanghani, Kerri Elder, Blake Elder
Screenwriter: Neil LaBute
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: SSS Entertainment, SSS Film Capital
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 13, 2022
Runtime: 1h 29m

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