In the end this is a confused and tedious movie. One of the main problems is the casting of the two leads who aren't very good. Jessica Lowndes diction is poor and her acting is wooden while Joe Anderson struggles to convince as a cop. The best acting comes from Dayton Callie & Lin Shaye, older hands that manage to cope with the script.

It does look pretty good and the haunted house is quite cool but overall this doesn't really work.

+1 Star for the hook at the very beginning. They made it sound like it was going to be cool.

+1 Star For Dayton Callie and Lin Shaye 's contributions to the film

-1 Star For the Pointless Convoluted Mess the movie became the last 1/3 of the movie.

I didn't hate this movie but I certainly didn't love it either. The plot really degenerated into not much of anything at the end. It just had so little to make you feel any concern for the plight of the main characters. I think that just really made it feel like...an empty 'House' at the end.

-1 Star for that dissatisfied feeling at the end.

Some films by Bousman r really good while some r awfully bad. This falls in between because of the interesting concept. This film has elements of film noir, murder mystery, horror, supernatural, etc. but the finished product was kinda meh. Ther r various sub plots narrated very hastily with bad editing. Viewers may find it a bit hard to follow but not interesting to pause or rewind. There was no tension or shocking twist. Kinda predictable. When a journalist, (Jessica Lowndes) sister is brutally killed alongside her husband and son, she joins forces with local cop to find out what really went down. Lin Shaye is totally wasted. Jessica Lowndes lips r voluptuous n luscious. There is an Indian actress, Nargis Fakhri, almost resembling her with those luscious lips. Coming back to the movie, it was a disappointing exploration of a somewhat interesting concept. I don't know y i still want to check out its sequel. Fans of Night flier, Collector, Hellraiser may like this.