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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 23, 2024 17:20:41 GMT
Were these any good? I never really see anyone mention them on here.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 23, 2024 17:40:33 GMT
The first is good B-movie fun. It is a horror comedy.
The second movie is a mixed bag. It goes too much into the comedy direction and also lacks focus imo.
The third movie is barely even a House movie. It is called The Horror Show.
House IV is dull crap, though it is the closest to a true sequel to the original.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 23, 2024 18:25:15 GMT
The first is good B-movie fun. It is a horror comedy. The second movie is a mixed bag. It goes too much into the comedy direction and also lacks focus imo. The third movie is barely even a House movie. It is called The Horror Show. House IV is dull crap, though it is the closest to a true sequel to the original. Ok. Maybe I’ll check out the original. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 23, 2024 19:15:20 GMT
I've only seen the first, which I remember enjoying but not much else. 2 has perhaps the greatest sequel title of all time, which earned it a shout-out in Scream 2.  |
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Post by Reynard on Jul 24, 2024 0:51:16 GMT
House is ok, quite entertaining with good moments, but not a big favorite. There are so many better 80s horror comedies, never really got the cult status of this one. House II: The Second Story is sillier and in many ways perhaps 'worse', but I enjoy it more than the first one. It was also the first of the series that I got my hands on. Didn't really matter since the stories of House I-III are completely unrelated. House III (European release title) aka The Horror Show (US release title) is a weird one, completely serious (or at least tries to be...) horror movie. I like Lance Henriksen, but in many ways this one feels like a dull mix of generic cop thrillers and "Shocker" or perhaps "Prison". House IV feels like a Jim Wynorski movie, for better or worse. It's the only one with any continuity (William Katt from the first one returns, though only briefly). No doubt the worst of the series by any traditional standards and looking really cheap, but I kinda enjoyed it nevertheless, at least a bit. There isn't a single great movie in the series, or even close. I got Arrow Films' Blu-ray box set anyway, mostly because of my nostalgia for House II and because I got it dirt cheap. House III has one of my favorite cinema posters.  |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 25, 2024 0:46:46 GMT
I like the first two films. Very silly and random horror comedies. The second film leaning more into the humour. Good creative make-up fx, and the house itself crafts out its own character. Also The ‘Cheers’ connection is an amusing touch.
Part III is the odd one out. Having more in common with Wes Craven’s Shocker than any of the other House films. Though it takes a serious approach.
Part IV is bit of a bore, outside of a few scenes. Looks cheaper than the previous three and is the only one connected to the first film.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 25, 2024 0:50:53 GMT
Only seen the first two. I liked that they tied the second to Cheers by having John Ratzenberger take over from George Wendt.
I have this strange waking dream that House 2's Craig Wesson looked and talked like Bill Maher...
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Post by James on Jul 25, 2024 1:05:15 GMT
My ranking of all four:
House - 7.5/10
House II: The Second Story - 7/10
The Horror Show - 5.5/10
House IV - 4/10
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 4, 2024 16:42:50 GMT
So I watched the first one, I really enjoyed it even though the horror aspects of it were about on par with any episode of The Munsters.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 4, 2024 16:46:52 GMT
So I watched the first one, I really enjoyed it even though the horror aspects of it were about on par with any episode of The Munsters.I don't fully agree with that, but I did tell you it is pretty soft horror. I think the Big Ben stuff is creepy and the subject matter there quite mature (him blaming him for being left for the Vietnamese), but otherwise I agree. |
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 4, 2024 16:50:42 GMT
So I watched the first one, I really enjoyed it even though the horror aspects of it were about on par with any episode of The Munsters.I don't fully agree with that, but I did tell you it is pretty soft horror. I think the Big Ben stuff is creepy and the subject matter there quite mature (him blaming him for being left for the Vietnamese), but otherwise I agree. Well I could see why the Big Ben stuff could be creepy for some, but I just thought that goofy skeleton costume was so ridiculous that it was hard for me to take it seriously. |
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 4, 2024 16:52:33 GMT
I don't fully agree with that, but I did tell you it is pretty soft horror. I think the Big Ben stuff is creepy and the subject matter there quite mature (him blaming him for being left for the Vietnamese), but otherwise I agree. Well I could see why the Big Ben stuff could be creepy for some, but I just thought that goofy skeleton costume was so ridiculous that it was hard for me to take it seriously. I am not talking about when he actually appears. I am talking about his backstory. |
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 4, 2024 16:54:57 GMT
Well I could see why the Big Ben stuff could be creepy for some, but I just thought that goofy skeleton costume was so ridiculous that it was hard for me to take it seriously. I am not talking about when he actually appears. I am talking about his backstory. Oh. |
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 4, 2024 16:57:52 GMT
I am not talking about when he actually appears. I am talking about his backstory. Oh. But I was trying to tell you that the movie is fun because it is on the more cheesy side. Maybe I could have made that more clear. The sequel is even more silly (too silly imo), though the main villain in House 2 is scarier than Big Ben. The main character's great great great grandfather who died in the 1800s lives with him and his friend as a corpse and the grandfather character is a goofball. That isn't even my issue with it though. That character is probably the best part of the movie. |
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 4, 2024 17:18:57 GMT
But I was trying to tell you that the movie is fun because it is on the more cheesy side. Maybe I could have made that more clear. The sequel is even more silly (too silly imo), though the main villain in House 2 is scarier than Big Ben. The main character's great great great grandfather who died in the 1800s lives with him and his friend as a corpse and the grandfather character is a goofball. That isn't even my issue with it though. That character is probably the best part of the movie. On to Part II now. |
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 4, 2024 17:52:03 GMT
But I was trying to tell you that the movie is fun because it is on the more cheesy side. Maybe I could have made that more clear. The sequel is even more silly (too silly imo), though the main villain in House 2 is scarier than Big Ben. The main character's great great great grandfather who died in the 1800s lives with him and his friend as a corpse and the grandfather character is a goofball. That isn't even my issue with it though. That character is probably the best part of the movie. On to Part II now. House III: The Horror Show is terrible imo and is really only a house movie in name and it is only titled House III in some countries. The second movie isn't really connected to the first movie either, but it still has many similar things as the first movie. House III is as generic a horror movie as it gets. It is basically just a slasher movie and not a fun slasher movie. |
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 4, 2024 18:02:06 GMT
House III: The Horror Show is terrible imo and is really only a house movie in name and it is only titled House III in some countries. The second movie isn't really connected to the first movie either, but it still has many similar things as the first movie. House III is as generic a horror movie as it gets. It is basically just a slasher movie and not a fun slasher movie. Supposedly Sean S. Cunningham had intended to the series to go the anthology route and just feature different installments about various haunted houses. I can kinda see why that didn't work out though considering how bad the third film apparently was. |
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