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The Strange House

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When a big-city family moves to a remote town, two young brothers and their new friends try to solve the menacing mystery that haunts their home.

Critics Reviews

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Ricardo Gallegos But Why Tho? A Geek Community 06/09/2021
6.5/10
A fun ghost story that doesn't innovate one bit but doesn't overstay its welcome either. Go to Full Review
Jennifer Green Common Sense Media 06/02/2021
3/5
If you take this quirky movie from Austria as a kind of throwback to the goofy but not entirely scary teen-led mysteries of the 1980s, you may just enjoy yourself. Go to Full Review
Daniel Hart Ready Steady Cut 05/14/2021
2.5/5
It's a murder mystery by design, but unfortunately, it basks itself in other tropes and themes but never truly lands on the messages. Go to Full Review
Jade Budowski Decider 05/14/2021
Delivers a story both legitimately scary and emotionally resonant. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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01/21/2023 It was ok. Kind of like a Friday night after school movie. See more Wolfgang G 10/13/2022 Ein herrlicher Gruselfilm für Kinder und Jugendliche, ein guter Familienfilm nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Martina Wildner. Trotz seines kinderfreundlichen Charakters schafft der Film gruselig und unterhaltsam zu sein. León Orlandianyi ist gut in der Rolle von Hendrik. See more patric n 10/01/2022 It took me a moment until I understood this was a movie aimed at kids. The family seems mostly normal but then the movie introduces a few weird eccentric characters and after a while you recognize the formula. A teenaged boy, a teenaged girl and a nerdy weird boy who's solving a mystery together. This is a slow burner supernatural murder mystery horror movie for kids and teenagers, however the movie can be a little gross and scary so some kids might want to watch it together with someone older. It's an OK movie for adults as long as you can stand some overacting weird characters. It's in German but the dubbed version on Netflix is pretty good. The reason this movie has a PG-13 rating is that the dubbed version has a character whispering the F-word. See more Sergio C 12/29/2021 Just from the first scene in the car that boy needs to learn some manners disrespectful litlle bum I kept hoping he would of been killed in the first 10 mins, oh and the movie was crap See more 12/02/2021 SampAH, FILM CEMEN - OGUY. NGANG NGONG NGANG NGONG NI PILM See more 11/03/2021 16-year-old Hendrik, his younger brother Eddie, and their mom Sabine have just moved to a small village-like town in the north of Austria because of Sabine's line of work. Hendrik is not happy. Soon enough, Hendrik discovers his new home was the stage of a murder followed by suicide where a mom killed her children. Eddie seems to be the channel for some ghost, as he starts acting weird. Given this movie's rating, I wasn't expecting much. The horror elements are very light with a few jumpscares, some real, some fake. There is little violence, either implied or non-visual. The movie centers on four kids, the older of them is 16 years old, so you know you won't see anything scary. This movie reminds me a lot of "Are you afraid of the dark?" To me, there were two mysteries. One was solved, the other, I don't know. What motivated the murder. And why the hell everyone in this town is so creepy or weird for no reason. If it is because their new guests live in a haunted house, it just seems odd. Especially because we get facts that they were weird-os towards the old inhabitants of the same house, so people are just random weird-mot********** for no reason. A childish abrupt ending seals the deal for this movie. Maybe because elaborating on a better ending could lead to a higher parental rating. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When a big-city family moves to a remote town, two young brothers and their new friends try to solve the menacing mystery that haunts their home.
Director
Daniel Prochaska
Producer
Gerald Podgornig, Thomas Hroch
Screenwriter
Marcel Kawentel, Timo Lombeck, Martina Wildner, Alarich Lenz
Production Co
Naked Eye Filmproduction, Mona Film Produktion, ORF
Genre
Kids & Family, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
May 14, 2021
Runtime
1h 39m