A
young man named Ronald De Feo (Brendan
Donaldson) kills his family in their new
house down in Long Island New York as
something told him to do so and the last
family members he kills is his sister
Jodie (Isabel Conner).
A
newlywed couple look for a new house
that's a little bigger than their old
house since the wife named Kathy (Melissa
George) has three children and her first
husband passed away. All the houses they
see is out of their price range but they
spot one that is big and affordable.
Their landylady sweet talks them into
buying it butr tells them about the
DeFeo's that once lived there but assures
them that it has been forgotten so they
buy it.
The
oldest son named Billy (Jesse James) has
a hard time adjusting to his stepfather
George (Ryan Reynolds) but has a rougher
time later on as the days go by George
behaves more aggressive and also feels
chilly living in the house.
George
and Kathy have an evening out and hire a
lustful babysitter named Lisa (Rachel
Nichols) who tells the kids about what
happened in the house they're now living
in and about the little girl named Jodie
who fired her for her babysitting job as
she babysat the DeFeo's as well. The
daughter of the Lutz's named Chelsea
(Chloe Moretz) formed a friendship with
Jodie. Jodie locks Lisa in the closet and
scares her half to death and Lisa is
taken away in an ambulance.
George
is close to killing his whole family
after he discovers a secret room in the
house but not only that, Chelsea is doing
suicidal events which Jodie is making her
do since Jodie tells her that she has a
way of seeing Chelsea's dead father.
Take this one with
a grain of salt as it is nothing like the
book by Jay Anson.
The characters are completely different.
But it goes to show you that most non
fictional movies are not true in alot of
scenes which you have to read the book
first as the facts usually come from
there and when a movie is made after the
book as the producer's like the
exaggerate a film.
Yet this film is very scary and will make
you jump with noisy effects.
The acting is very
good.
Vancouver actor Ryan Reynolds is
on his road to fame as he knew his part
inside out.
Also the little girl named Chloe
Moretz is convincing too and can get
more work as at first I mistakened her
for Dakota Fanning.
There is suggested
sex and close to brief nudity.
There is alot of
blood when the DeFeo's are shot.
George sees a hallucination of himself
with his skin stripped off his back.
A zombie image of Jodie occurs in many
scenes with a bullet hole in her head.
A dog is butchered with an axe but the
scene is quick and dark.
A guy is hung with hooks to his chest and
other gruesome events in that same scene.
The directing is
not too bad by Andrew Douglas as
he knows how to direct something
suspenseful and shocking.
My favourite direction of his is when he
directed Reynolds, Melissa
George and Annabel Armour's
scene when Armour's character as
the realtor shows them around the house
but is too scared to go in the rooms and
then tells them the tragedy that has
happened there.
He directed Reynolds
terrifically when his character slowly
gets possessed showing his nasty emotions
and temper nmaking it truly scary and
real.
The music was
composed by Steve Jablonsky and
is terrific with it. Also, Clay
Duncan composed the additional
music.
Jodie
Defeo: What's wrong, Ronnie?
Ronald Defeo: I love you, Jodie.
[raises the shotgun and shoots her in
the head]
Michael
Lutz: Do I have to call you Dad,
George?
George Lutz: You can call me
whatever you want.
Michael Lutz: Um... Stupid?
George Lutz: Sure.
Michael Lutz: Stinky?
George Lutz: Of course.
Michael Lutz: Crap-monkey-fart?
George Lutz: [laughing]
Okay, that's where I draw the line!
Billy
Lutz: [after tasting George's
scrambled eggs] This sucks!
George Lutz: You aren't kiddin'.
Realtor:
So, are we happy?
George Lutz: [pointing to Kathy]
She's happy. I'm broke.
George
Lutz: Houses don't kill people.
People kill people.
Michael
Lutz: We're *rich*!
George Lutz: Rich off of
somethin', but it ain't money.
Kathy
Lutz: [Eating at dinner table,
George spits out his food, making a scene]
Is this discipline, or torture?
George Lutz: I thought it was
meatloaf...
Father
Callaway: Your house frightens me,
Mrs. Lutz.
Billy
Lutz: Hi... I'm Billy.
[Lisa talks to Kathy and George]
Billy Lutz: Hi... I'm Billy.
Lisa: Yeah, I got ya the first
time.
George
Lutz: [to Billy] I thought you
said you didn't need a babysitter.
Lisa:
It's kinda sick that you sleep in their
beds. Actually, it's fucking sick.
Jodie
Defeo: Look what Ronnie did to me,
Lisa.
[moves her hair away from her head so
can see, she has a hole in her head made
by the gun]
Kathy
Lutz: What were you thinking?
[after Chelsea walks across the roof
of the house]
Chelsea Lutz: I just wanted to see
Daddy.
Father
Callaway: There was recently a family
in the area that had a similar problem.
Kathy Lutz: The DeFeos.
Father Callaway: Yes, you've heard
of them?
Kathy Lutz: I'm living in their
house.
Father
Callaway: You know the doll that your
daughter was holding?
Kathy Lutz: Yes, well...
Father Callaway: That doll
belonged to the little girl who used to
live here.
Kathy Lutz: Maybe it was left on
the property?
Father Callaway: No Kathy, you
don't understand what I'm saying, that
doll was buried with Jody Defeo when she
died.
Father
Callaway: Mrs. Lutz, get you and your
family out of that house. Right now!
George
Lutz: [to Kathy] How did you
get so fucking stupid?
Kathy
Lutz: No-one dies today.
[last
lines]
Jodie Defeo: Nooooooooo!
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