Customer Reviews

House Next Door

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

While this movie may not have all the flash of a "hollywood spectacular" it is worth while to watch. In many ways this movie is more terrifying than a standard horror movie, because this premise could actually happen, and probably has. The Acting is good, and A.J. Cook (Final Destination 2) is a very talented cutie, who really should be seen in more films. I also was glad to see the lovely Sean Young (Blade Runner) again, an equally attractive and talented actress who needs to be seen much more often as well! Thereasa Russell (also a lovely!) is the victimized wife, and plays it well, illustrating the futility and sadness of a co-dependent wife of an abuser. James Russo is the "heavy" in the film. An overbearing, abusive husband and former Marine, who is also a womanizer and control freak. The new neighbors, A. J. Cook and her often absent, traveling husband, are drawn into the world of their neighbors, the Schmidts. Wild parties with young babes in the back yard, and invlovement in crime hinted at, One can see that things just aren't in order at the Schmidt house. It culminates in a web of abuse and murder. Well worth watching!

It is beyond me how this story was made into a full-blown movie...somebody surely must know somebody in Hollywood who pulled some strings. One of the worst movies I've seen in years! The acting is OK overall, bad in some places, but the worst thing about this movie is the storyline. No imagination, totally derivative, loose ends in the plot right and left! You sit there waiting for something to happen to tie all those loose ends together, but it never comes. There is absolutely nothing original, clever or anything of a "twist" in this movie. Most of the scenes are either unremarkable or completely farfetched. Sheesh--three stars average rating?--come on!

Ok, this movie is not Oscar material. The premise is somewhat far fetched, and I wanted to slap the "nice" husband in this movie so many times it wasn't funny. However, this movie entertained me for the 2 hours it played, and I've watched it more than once. AJ Cook is fantastic and I'd really like to see her in more movies. This movie is a cross between a lifetime original and one of the old "Hitchhiker" episodes. If this is your cup of tea, try this movie. If not, just pass it on by,

I like horror/suspense movie's, so when I saw this at a video store, the cover looked real exciting, as much do, so I rented it. It's about a new young couple, in their 20's,they just bought their dream home. But the neighbor's next door to them, have secret's that Lori & Tom,(young couple), don't know about, yet. Helen Schmidt,next door neighbor come's over to introduce herself,(Theresa Russell),very friendly,and want's Lori & Tom to come over for Dinner, so they accept. When they are introduced to Carl,(Helen's Husband), Lori see's how mean verbally he is to his wife. To hurry up, the movie was okay, but not worth renting, the plot was already given away on the cover, as Carl might not be who he seem's. Well Lori left Helen in one night cause of Carl hurting her, a few day's later Helen is missing, Lori find's out that Carl has killed more than just his wife. He buried her in the backyard,and the other's. One morning Lori wakes up, to see Carl reading a bedtime story to her in her bedroom,her own house. He sorta threaten's lori,leaves, then with her husband away on a trip, Lori take's it into her own hand's. Carl break's in, & attack's Lori, little did he know, she was waiting for him. After the struggle, Lori finally shot's Carl Dead. And the movie end's there. My opinion,really it's a 1.5*** movie, rent something that you dont know whats going to happen, and pass on this one...~Thank's~

I was foolish enough to rent this from my video store. I saw the name "Travolta" as the director, and assumed it was John Travolta. Later I found it was Joey Travolta! If these two are related, the talent stopped with John! This is the worst film I have seen all year! Cliche's, bad dialouge, terrible directing by this "Travolta" character, and terrible acting with a lame plot full of holes! I often wondered what ever happened to Sean Young and Theresa Russell. Now I know why I haven't seen them in the past 10 years: they are talentless has-been actresses who, for good reason, have been shunned from mainstream Hollywood! A.J. Cook, I must admit, did a good job with the crap she had to work with, and she seemed like Meryl Streep compared to the rest of this cast! The thin plot about a young couple moving next door to a psycho offers nothing new, and nothing scary. The only thing scary is that a releasing corporation distributed this piece of crap! (Granted this distribution label is a company I never even remotely heard of--even the label's logo design looked like something made in a grade school class) Even the soundtrack was below a typicl "B" flick! There is no excuse for this kind of film, as I have rented many low(or no) budget films that were very good as the people involved cared about making something entertaining. I never even heard of this film until last week, yet the theatrical release date says 2002?? Um, where did it screen at, a mental institution? This thing must have sat on the shelf for a couple years. Not even an airline company would screen this for passengers as they wouldn't have enough parachutes to supply the amount of people that would jump out of the plane trying to regain sanity after seeing this. Honestly folks, I am trying to be as kind as possible, but this type of garbage really makes me mad. It doesn't even have "camp" value to it! Even "Plan nine from outer space"(which is garbage) seems GREAT compared to this, as there is NO point to getting this film made! If you accidently rent this, do the world a favor and put the DVD on cement, grind your feet on it till it's scratched beyond watching, then return it saying it was defective. This film is the biggest waste of time I have seen all year. Just pointless! Or at least complain to your video store for wasting shelf space to stock it! seriously folks, stay away from this horrible piece of trash!

IT TOOK MY WATCHING THIS MOVIE TO DISCOVER AJ COOK. SHE IS ONE OF THE MAIN STARS IN THIS FILM. SHE IS POSITIVELY BEAUTIFUL AND SHE HAS TOUCHED A PART OF MY SOUL THAT NO OTHER ACTRESS EVER HAS!
HER SMILE AND HER MANNERISMS REMIND ME OF KELLIE MARTIN, BUT SHE HAS A BEAUTY ALL HER OWN!!
THIS MOVIE IS A GUARANTEED GOOD TIME IF YOU ENJOY GOOD THRILLERS THAT KEEP YOU INTERESTED UNTIL THE VERY END!
ASIDE FROM AJ COOK'S BEAUTY, THIS MOVIE STILL IS VERY GOOD!
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY THE STORY, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT TO SEE FOR YOURSELF.
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WILL BE DISSAPOINTED!! ENJOY!
I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS WAS A DIRECT-TO-VIDEO RELEASE, BUT IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN A LOT OF MOVIES RELEASED FOR THEATRICAL EXHIBITION!
THIS IS A NAIL-BITER FROM START TO FINISH AND IT IS SURE TO SATISFY FANS OF THIS GENRE!!!