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A House in the Hills [VHS]

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This movie has fun plot twists AND Michael Madsen. What more can you ask for? Too bad we can get it only on VHS.

this is a great story line. First you think Michael Madsen is a murder and a bad guy. Then you end up liking him. He is, - what can I say......? A HE-MAN! He is masculin and he is charming.
Helen Slater is a very good actress. Probably one of the best.
I would like to recommend this film to all women and perhaps to a few men!?

So -- I really REALLY like this movie. But not for the plot. It has a great idea...but then becomes rather cliche. Outside of Madsen, I think the acting is weak, the directing is okay, the writing could have been stronger. Michael Madsen -- as always -- is phenomenal. Understated and reserved, as I have typically seen in his work, I felt he made the film something worth sticking with. I wanted to see how his character developed and how he worked with this multi-faceted role that he brought more depth to than I saw with any of the other actors. For that alone I love the movie. With anyone else in the role of Mickey, I think the movie would not have held my interest.

"A house in the hills" is a quite poor b-thriller shot in Luxenburg to be shown directly on TV. Director Wiederhorn makes an acceptable job creating an suspense atmosphere, but storyline is so poor that often the only aspect that keeps the film working are the performances by Michael Madsen, an usual face in this type of movies, and a Helen Slater trying to get rid of her earlier comedy image. Personally, the only thing that kept me watching was a couple of scenes where Slater appears nude. The rest is not so bad, but certainly it is nothing we have not seen before a thousand times.

This movie was great. I love Helen Slater and Michael Masden was good.He can take me hostage any day.I only wish that they would have gotten together at the end.