Drew Grimm Van Ess Coming to DVD July 22nd, The Perfect House starts with Mike (William A. Robertson) and Marisol (Andrea Vahl) being shown around a really nice and big house house by a seductive real estate agent. It's obviously too good to be true, and they're being lied to and schemed into possibly buying it. There's no mention of the house's past, but the movie is constructed with long, detailed flashbacks of the previous owners and the owners before them, who were all driven mad by the so-called "dream home". The first flashback is called "The Storm", and it's about a family of four hiding out in the basement in hopes of surviving a terrible storm raging outside. While together in a closed space, we see how nasty the matriarch of the family is, always saying rude and hurtful things. The father however, is the calm one who is supportive of the kids, and they all acknowledge that something is wrong with their mom. Of course, we as the viewers know that she's possessed, and that explains the weird behavior. And, lets just say things get out of hand and go in a direction that I didn't see coming, and the result is a rather large amount of blood spilled.Then, after a few moments of seeing Mike and Marisol's walk-through, we get another flash from the past. In "Chic-Ken" we watch John Doesy (Jonathan Tiersten), as he cages humans up in the basement and murders/mutilates them. His recent capture is a young man who is way too whiny and complains too much. So much in fact that I actually was hoping for his on screen death (laugh). In the cage beside him is a young woman who has been caged up for the better part of five years, and she hates and envies anyone John kills who isn't her because she'd rather be dead than live like an animal in the cage any longer. Like the previous story, when things come to a conclusion, it's very bloody. This is definitely the most graphic of the three stories told, as we see things like eyelids being cut off."Dinner Guest" is a wraparound story. The flashback scene starts the movie off, before we see Mike and Marisol touring the house, but it doesn't conclude until the final act. We see a psychopath take a family apart, the mother (Felissa Rose) is tied up as she's forced to witness terrible things, like her children being murdered. This also ends in a very gory fashion, and as the film comes to an end, we're left with knowing what Mike and Marisol have to look forward to by buying the house. There's not a lot of character development, so not getting to know the characters intimately stings a bit, but this is a feature that's more focused on the macabre aspects, so it's semi-excusable. The acting suffers at times throughout from all stories including Mike and Marisol's walk-through. But, Sleepaway Camp star, Felissa Rose puts on her best performance to date. And the makeup FX are decent, but far from great. You can see it's clearly a low-budget flick, but as a whole, it works. There's always room for improvement, and The Perfect House is no exception, but it's an entertaining movie.

Woodyanders A young couple check out a new house that turns out to have a dark and violent history. First story - A dysfunctional family holes up in the basement during a fierce storm. Gorgeously shot in black and white, this one has a frighteningly unstable mom from hell and a strong brooding atmosphere. Second yarn - Vicious serial killer John Doesy (robustly played with lip-smacking warped relish by Jonathan Tiersten) keeps his victims locked up in cages in the cellar. Tiersten's energetic acting as a blithe psycho who loves to torment his prey gives this segment an extra jarring sting. Third tale - A sick and sadistic stranger (a positively terrifying portrayal by Dustin Stevens) puts a family through a grueling and harrowing ordeal. Arguably the most brutal and upsetting segment of the bunch, this one delivers an especially savage kick to the gut mainly because of the startling way that it places kids in substantial jeopardy. Moreover, Felissa Rose of "Sleepaway Camp" fame impresses as the hapless mother.Directors Kris Hulbert and Randy Kent maintain a zippy pace throughout, keep the tone appropriately harsh and grim tone from start to finish, deliver oodles of hideously graphic gore, and further spruce things up with touches of wickedly amusing pitch-black humor. Moreover, it's Hulbert and Kent's bold willingness to push the limits of what's considered tasteful and acceptable which in turn provides an additional unsettling edginess; this is no-holds-barred horror that means serious ferocious business and goes right for the throat sans restraint or apology. The fact that everything shown in the movie is within the realm of horrific possibility rates as another significant scary and unnerving asset. Monique Parent's sizzling presence as a sexy real estate agent ensures that the wraparound segment totally hums. Kudos are also in order for Tal Lazar's sharp widescreen cinematography and Frederik Wiedmann's ominous bone-rattling score. A nice'n'nasty item.

Ringhio8 The perfect house is another movie, of the thousands already, with an "evil" house having his sway on its residents behavior. The kind of movies, labeled as horror, that i believe what i am going to see, i have already seen it before, but i watch them, just for fun and because i want to.And this movie is no exception of the rule. Predictable, bad acting, poor story and nothing original. The acting is so awful, especially when the victims are in danger and threatened to be killed, where no action or reaction comes from them. It has some good gory and torture moments, but nothing you haven't seen before, and it was better than this one of course. All movies, especially horror ones, have many similar scenes and stories, and influence is logic and acceptable. But mixing in a movie, stuff from well known movies, like Hostel, Saw, and Braindead for example, doesn't make it any good or unique. Also there's is a total rip off from Dexter, a really bad one and terribly executed.I am always eager to fresh ideas in a theme that's already been written and seen before too many times, hoping to see something new with a different twist or view, but most of the times, it fails. An evil house, without explanation of its evilness, it's not something people will follow.Except the gory moments, another good thing in the movie, is the sexy Monique Parent, the real estate woman, but a sexy woman, is not enough or the reason for someone to watch a horror movie.A total pass from me, and the creators of each low budget and less promotional horror movies, doesn't have to create different accounts to write propagandic reviews and give high ratings, so they can trick people to watch their films.2 out of 10.

moviewizman I must admit that when I went into the screening of The Perfect House I didn't know what to expect but after watching I have to say that it was a great horror movie and a sick and twisted one at that filled with all the gore to satisfy even the hardest of core horror movie fans.What we get here is three different stories all revolving around the same house and more so the basement. Bad things are on tap for sure. Things start off with a young couple (Will Robertson, Andrea Vahl) thinking they are about to find their Perfect House. They are showed the house by a sexy but sadistically seeming Realtor(Monique Parent).We are now taken to a black and white segment which is a tribute to Hitchcock and tells us of the first thing to happen in the house when a family is trapped in the basement during a bad storm and this terrifying mother(Kris Smith) who torments them all. Most of the violence is off screen in this one but there is still some good teases including a decapitation.Our second story and my favorite of all of them is about a psychotic madman who keeps his victims in cages in the basement. Keeping one girl to watch as his body count piles up. Jonathan Tiersten (Sleepaway Camp) and Holly Greene(The Cutting Room) play off each other to make this an instant classic. Top notch acting for both of them and that's not to take away from the male cage victim(Hans Hernke) who does a great job also. This section of the movie has some of the best gore I've seen in years in a movie and really shows how psychotic a person can get and with the smart writing by Kris Hulbert you never doubt for a second that are you are watching one of the sickest people ever.Our third story is the story we get a tease of in the opening of the film. It's about a neighbor who takes not getting his weed trimmer back way too far. This segment has some moral gray areas in it for sure but they are all still enjoyable and more blood for all you horror fans like myself. You get a family tied up in the basement by a sadistic stranger(Dustin Stevens) who is angry cause he didn't get his weed trimmer back. Here we will have two YOUNG children fight to the death(off camera) to save their mother(Felissa Rose) from being killed. It might seem like a simple premise but its actually quite the story.Last but not least we get a tease of what will certainly be the main story for a sequel in which the character Steve(Chris Raab) will be a big part of I'm thinking and I look forward to it, it was a great setup and horror fans are gonna flip over it.The movie also stars John Philbin, Timothy Dugan,Tyler Nemeth, Alex Markousis and Jamie Baker with a cameo from ex playboy playmate Angelina Leigh.It is also the first movie to ever premiere on Facebook so check it out for only $5. I highly recommend it.....