House at the End of the Street

PG-13

Released Sep 21, 2012

1h 41m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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In search of a fresh start, divorcee Sarah (Elisabeth Shue) and her daughter, Elissa (Max Thieriot), find their dream house in a small town. But when startling, unexplainable events begin, the pair learn that a chilling secret holds the town in its grip. Years earlier a girl killed her parents and disappeared, leaving a brother, Ryan (Max Thieriot), as the sole survivor. Elissa begins a relationship with Ryan, and the closer they get, the deeper they're all pulled into a dangerous mystery.

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Critics Consensus

Poorly conceived, clumsily executed, and almost completely bereft of scares, House at the End of the Street strands its talented star in a film as bland as its title.

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Dallas H

The movie is a product of its time regarding the visual style and editing. Its story is okay and feels rather mediocre, lackluster, and average. But as long as you feature an up-and-coming actress in the lead role alongside a veteran actress to play her parent, we should be gladly accepting of the movie. Correct?

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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Carly H

Gaping holes in the story. They over-explained a lot and also left so many questions unanswered

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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Justin T

This is a pretty typical Hollywood horror thriller. It's got a story, famous cast, high production quality etc. Problem is that it is pretty forgettable. Oddly it gave me a Sleepaway Camp (1983) kinda vibe. There really is nothing bad about it except maybe over-stylised and excessive shaky camera but these are only minor gripes. The pacing is pretty good, there are no boring sections. It's not especially scary but thrilling enough. I don't even know what else to say, absolutely nothing wrong with this film but also there's nothing memorable or engaging. It takes no risks and wins no prizes.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/30/23

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Rob M

This was a fun movie to watch with friends.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/22/23

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Cameron P

Even the stale title suggests a boring, shopworn "thriller" that will leave the viewer listing all the places they have already seen the movie's plot points, and Mark Tonderai wholly delivers on this promise of a B-level snoozefest. From the opening scene, it is clear the audience is not in the hands of an experienced filmmaker, but one instead intent on using what little knowledge he has of what makes a good movie to Frankenstein together better pre-existing films into a drab final product. Jennifer Lawrence stars as Elissa, a teen who, with her mother Sarah (Elisabeth Shue), moves into a house just minutes away from the scene of a horrific crime years ago, in which a girl named Carrie-Anne murdered her family, and even worse, her brother Ryan (Max Thieriot) still lives in the same house. However, while the film does deliver some twists, they are so cliché and poorly executed as to completely wipe away any thrills they could have delivered. In fact, these overdone twists and the movie's melodramatic, lackluster script—which, despite Lawrence's attempts to revive it, remains dead on arrival—feel tossed in to overcompensate for a complete lack of suspense throughout the film, a problem exacerbated by clumsy editing and home-movie-quality direction. "House at the End of the Street" fails across the board: as a horror movie, it's laughably unscary; as a thriller, it's entirely boring; and as a psychological movie, it fails to deliver meaningful insights into the characters, or even develop them at all, instead opting for cardboard cutouts that leave the viewer more disinterested than engaged. This "House" needs to be condemned.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/17/23

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Dunja D

if you really can't think of anything else to watch, I guess it's okay. wouldn't recommend it tho.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/20/23

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Mark Tonderai

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Jennifer Lawrence

Elissa

Max Thieriot

Ryan

Elisabeth Shue

Sarah

Gil Bellows

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Eva Link

Carrie Anne

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Marc Savlov

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Lawrence is fine as the solo-parented teen and Thieriot does a mean Tony Perkins (circa Pretty Poison, but on downers), but the sheer tedium of the storyline means you never really care about any of them.

Rated: 0.5/5

Sep 28, 2012

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A.A. Dowd

Time Out

Shockingly uneventful, this horror film marks time until dropping its big, dumb reveal.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 25, 2012

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Dafydd Goff

Guardian

Don't be tempted to put in an offer; this house is built on flimsy foundations.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 24, 2012

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Patrick Cavanaugh

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The narrative is more engaging than horror films following a similar premise, yet the actual execution makes for something bland and melodramatic.

Rated: 2/5

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Brian Eggert

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The worst kind of derivative horror, in which every element that wasn’t stolen from better movies feels banal and formulaic.

Rated: 1.5/4

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Keith Garlington

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The biggest problem with “House at the End of the Road” is that it’s an aggressively average movie.

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Aug 21, 2022

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Synopsis

In search of a fresh start, divorcee Sarah (Elisabeth Shue) and her daughter, Elissa (Max Thieriot), find their dream house in a small town. But when startling, unexplainable events begin, the pair learn that a chilling secret holds the town in its grip. Years earlier a girl killed her parents and disappeared, leaving a brother, Ryan (Max Thieriot), as the sole survivor. Elissa begins a relationship with Ryan, and the closer they get, the deeper they're all pulled into a dangerous mystery.

Director: Mark Tonderai
Producer: Allison Silver, Sonny Mallhi, Steve Samuels, Anthoni Visconsi II, Dominic Visconsi Jr., Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley
Screenwriter: David Loucka
Distributor: Relativity Media
Production Co: FilmNation, Relativity Media, A Bigger Boat
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Terror|Brief Drug Material|Thematic Elements|Intense Sequences of Violence|Language|Some Teen Partying)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 21, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.6M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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