I wanted a haunted house movie, but instead got a deranged lunatic flick.

Allison Lange, as Christina, is obviously the main draw here. Her stunning beauty kept me going, even when it became obvious that this wasn't going to appeal to me.

After placing their mother in a looney bin, Christina, her brother and father move into a new house. Everyone seems comfortable in their new setting except for Christina. She can't take a bath in peace, finds cookie crumbs all over her room and is pressured by her father to be a pseudo mother figure to her little brother. All of this piles up on her, and she finds herself following in her crazy mother's footsteps.

The cast isn't very likable. Lange does an adequate job but John Savage as her father is better, as well as Jerry Wasserman portraying a tough guy cop. Christina's brother and best friend were not appealing actors at all, and Brendan Fehr has come a long way since this.

Only redeemable quality is Allison Lange taking a bath. That's it.

OK here's another from my WM "Two for $11.00" bin collection DVD. For a B movie, this one was actually pretty good. Admittingly, mostly because of the hot young girl w/ the huge cans. Everything she wore was very revealing; obviously done on purpose to keep your attention (and btw, it worked). The acting was, again for a B movie, on par. The story was relatively believable, albeit misleading from the cover pic and plot synopsis on the back (its not about a haunted house), and the editing was again, fair. Pros: hot girls with revealing clothes throughout the ENTIRE movie (definant +), a couple of brief bare boobie shots (again from our main character), decent story, and characters that you found yourself loving, OK, er more like liking, and hating. Cons: Overly predictable (once you realize its not a haunted house). Crappy/unrealistic props (why does the deputy drive a 1988 Crown Vic with the old andy griffith dual light pods up top? How cheap is that Sheriffs Dept?), and its fair share of boring down time. Anyway, if you like B movies, go to your local wally world and pick up this B gem for 5.50....its definitely worth that. Thumbs up.

So I just watched this turkey. Wow. Okay, so the beginning five seconds start a bit creepy but then when the little girl scout gets attacked, its filmed and acted so badly its funny. Then the film just goes down hill. Bad acting and writing. I will say it did keep my attention to find out who the killer was, but in the end it was predictable. The final scene holds some suspense but mostly is handled very clumsy with characters making illogical choices. Such as the killer just standing in the attic playing with his fingers while Christina is telling her brother to hide in the basement. I don't know. Some parts where good and the ending is descent. I thought it was pretty cool how the mother possessed Howie to kill the family and she was doing it to some other guy at the end. Anyway, an odd mess, even though entertaining, its just Bad...4/10