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The Houses October Built

2014 · 91 min

A queasy, slow-creeping road trip that turns ordinary haunted-house kitsch into something genuinely menacing and claustrophobic.

Directed by
Bobby Roe
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe
Overview
Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them…

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Directed by
Bobby Roe
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • survival
  • deception
  • violence
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • mockumentary
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Bobby Roe
Written by
Jason Zada, Bobby Roe, Zack Andrews
Starring
Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson, Chloë Crampton, Jim Tavaré, Ian Roberts
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
91 min
Country
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