The Houses October Built

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The Houses October Built

2014

1h 31m

Horror

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Friends (Brandy Schaefer, Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson) encounter genuine horror during a road trip to visit haunted houses.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

10/10/2014

Never transcends a predictable narrative trajectory to deliver much in the way of creepy atmosphere, let alone actual scares.

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

10/10/2014

"The Houses October Built" proves one of the more successful attempts at the found-footage horror flick since "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones."

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

10/09/2014

If you're relatively easily scared or are in a theater full of people who are, the film might be good for a few screams. But only if you're the patient sort.

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Shannon McGrew

Nightmarish Conjurings

06/24/2019

3.5/5

[The Houses October Built was very creepy and unsettling...you should [see it] especially if you are interested in the haunt industry.

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

01/10/2019

B

The Houses October Built is an entirely worthy Halloween film and it may legitimately make some folks think twice about off-the-map horror excursions.

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Molly Henery

The Blogging Banshee

11/03/2018

7/10

In my opinion, this film did not get as much credit as it deserved. While the ending was a bit lackluster, the overall storyline was very interesting and creepy.

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Al P

@BoosterAp Nov 22

Not scary abit creepy. Wouldn't watch again

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Melissa L

@Agent99 Oct 11

It was very unsettling, and I didn't care for the ending.

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Yeti Y.

@ShopSmartShopS-Mart Oct 8

Creepy. Found footage at its best. Gave fear to haunted houses. A believable horror film.

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Craig B

@Boundsy 10/13/2024

The Houses October Built is more a documentary than an actual horror film... well, for the first 3/4 anyway. So, right up front, don't go in thinking this is a straight up horror film. If you go in expecting a full horror movie, you'll be disappointed. I actually found the first 3/4 quite interesting as the doco crew visited well-known scare houses (real attractions like Thrillvania and Blue Skeleton) and interviewed staff and visitors. The last 1/4 is the 'actual' horror story, which was alright. Overall, an interesting film, but it won't satisfy everyone.

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Jason D

10/05/2024

Loved, Halloween staple.

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Timothy P

@timop1919 10/03/2024

It is watchable but takes FOREVER to get to anything resembling a horror film, most of it plays like a documentary on Halloween attractions... which honestly would be more interesting than this turned out to be as a horror movie.

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Synopsis

Friends (Brandy Schaefer, Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson) encounter genuine horror during a road trip to visit haunted houses.

Director: Bobby Roe
Producer: Zack Andrews, Steven Schneider
Screenwriter: Bobby Roe, Zack Andrews, Jason Zada
Distributor: Image Entertainment, RLJ Entertainment
Production Co: Room 101 Inc.
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 10, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 6, 2015
Runtime: 1h 31m

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