Ale A
Horrible, el verdadero terror es verla completa. Pérdida de tiempo. Lo peor q la vi por una recomendación en Tik tok. Obvio cancelo ese influencer
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
12/13/24
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Gabriel S
The Open House misses the mark hard, especially with foreign audience. Anyone in a country not used with open house events will be left in the dark; and even if such audience figure out what this movie's theme is, they will still think this movie is just too self-pretentious. Hell, even the target audience should dislike this movie too.
The story follows Logan and Naomi Wallace, son and mother that are trying to get their stuff together after tragedy settles in on their family. Logan's aunt lent her mountain house on a small-town location so he and her mom could figure out what do to next. But soon they notice things are weird as the townsfolks are kinda weird, and they keep getting pranked by some psycho.
That is what this movie is mostly about: some prankster messing with Logan and Naomi. Turning off the water heat, moving objects around, opening doors in creepy ways, making loud noises. These pranks build tension between Logan and Naomi, although shallow and, mostly, backdrop to confirm a B plot.
As the movie title foreshadows, the theme is about the dangerous custom of opening your house to strangers. Anyone could just walk by unsupervised, do whatever, install whatever. Now, I don’t think it is that free for all, some security must exist in 2024, but I fall into the foreign category, the one that is just eatching this thinking: “yeah, sure… I guess…”
However, the story neither explores the theme deeply, hints to it happening here and there through dialog, but never clearly on our faces. The subtlety here playing enemy.
The terror aspect is alright mainly because it hits close to home. Who does not get creeped out by weirdness at home? One stressful week, and any cracking startles your sleep.
But that is no redeeming factor.
This movie is, at best, an exploitative slasher — how many shower scenes of Piercey Dalton does the movie need? —, but even at that it kinda fails as it lacks body count. I guess this movie would have been better if it were a Halloween parody of Property Brothers.
Rated 1/5 Stars •
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
12/01/24
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Luke G
Do NOT waste your time on this movie. Complete waste of time and a total F-you to the audience who decided to sit through to the end.
Rated 0.5/5 Stars •
Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
12/01/24
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Ryder N
Had all the stereotypical, lazy, and frustrating horror movie elements..
recent family tragedy, new unfamiliar house with a creepy basement, weird/intrusive neighbors, nosey strangers, depressed mother, angsty son etc. This should have been my first clue. It got to the point where I was checking how long the movie had left and debating on if I should even keep watching. I should have just google searched the ending and shut it off. I’ve had scarier farts. There was no conclusion, no explanation, I still have no clue what the plot was.
Don’t waste your time.
Rated 0.5/5 Stars •
Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
11/29/24
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Regina W
This had so much potential but turned out to be a complete waste of time, space, braincells and BLINKS! Hated it can I give it less that 1/2 star?
Rated 0.5/5 Stars •
Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
11/01/24
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Taylor L
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The movie delivers on what it sets out to accomplish. It's a reminder that real monsters walk among us and anyone, at anytime can be taken by them without warning or understanding.
People are reading way too into this movie with speculations of all kinds of things. I don't understand all the expectations people had going into it either. It probably doesn't turn out the way you'd like but it's true to life and what it feels like living in trauma. It shows how when you're at your worst all you want is a sense of normalcy you'll never have again, making everyone around you an offensive villain because they don't understand. Don't watch this hoping for creatures or ghosts or a story summed up in a nice little package, watch it for the feeling of never truly being safe. While we're out here living our little lives, judging each other and trying to get by there are people waiting and watching for their chance to hurt us. It's a great example of what the horror genre is about: experiencing fear in a controlled environment.
It may help to know about certain serial killers and the psychology involved because people shouldn't understand them. That's the point. Crimes like these happen and we're always left asking why. Open House reminds me a lot of BTK. Isreal Keyes is another one I saw parallels with. Nothing about this movie glorifies the villain and the honesty in the film doesn't come from his expression which is rare and refreshing, especially for Netflix.
Open House does a great job of taking real life fear, tragedy and cases and brutally displaying them without Hollywood Boogeymen or something that only happens in movies. This isn't a horror movie about depth but it's also not about gore, it really stands on it's own. You're being invited to observe a very small portion of three people's lives. That's it. If you're someone who has to have some wild story every time you watch something to entertain you or supplied answers to all your questions, you probably won't like it. But that's life and it's also The Open House.
Rated 5/5 Stars •
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
11/01/24
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