The House Next Door is set in a very nice suburban area in the US, loving couple Col (Lara Flynn Boyle) & Walker (Colin Ferguson) live in a nice residential street & have a seemingly perfect life. However their quiet & tranquil lifestyle is abruptly disturbed when a new house is built next to their's, a very modern house that looks very impressive both outside & in designed by novice architect Kim (Mark-Paul Gosselaar). Once the house is built a young couple named Pie (Charlotte Sulivan) & Buddy Harrelson (Stephen Amell) move in, at first they seem the perfect couple happily in love but Buddy unexpectedly pushes Pie down the stairs causing her to lose their unborn baby. The next couple that buy the house & move in also suffer tragic events, watching this take place from next door Col becomes convinced that the house is evil & decides to do something about it before more lives are ruined & lost...
This Canadian & American co-production was directed by Jeff Woolnough & was based on the novel by Anne Rivers Siddons published almost thirty years prior & by all accounts is far superior to this tame made for telly supernatural drama. The House Next Door is so forgettable, plain & dull that it fails to make any sort of lasting impact. The script is fairly slow going although as far as haunted house horror flicks go does have the slightly unusual angle of being told from the point of view of the neighbour's rather than the inhabitants of the evil house itself which in all honestly doesn't amount to much anyway. The reasons behind the haunted house are never explained beyond vague guesswork & the events inside the house aren't that frightening anyway, I mean some guy shouting at his wife? Isn't that called an argument? Doesn't everyone have them from time to time? Why the stupid cow decides to pull a gun out & shoot the guy I don't know, then strange phone-calls are hardly a reason to commit suicide are they? I don't know, The House Next Door just feels like a really tame made for telly drama with a hint of supernatural thrown in & plays it safe. There are no major surprises or twist's, the character's are dull & as a whole the film is forgettable. Also what is up with the names in this? I mean you have men called Walker, Buddy & Kim while women called Col & Pie.
The film looks alright, it's reasonably well made although very static & dull to look at. The house itself isn't imposing enough & looks too modern to be haunted or generate any sort of suspense or atmosphere. The gore count is zero with no blood spilt at all.
Filmed in Toronto in Canada actress Lara Flynn-Boyle has noticeable Botox filled lips, it's not a very pretty sight. The acting is alright, no-one stands out as great though.
The House Next Door is a throughly tame & forgettable made for telly supernatural drama that didn't do anything for me, it's far too slow & dull for me to be able to recommend it. There are far better haunted house horror flicks than this so don't waste your time.
This Canadian & American co-production was directed by Jeff Woolnough & was based on the novel by Anne Rivers Siddons published almost thirty years prior & by all accounts is far superior to this tame made for telly supernatural drama. The House Next Door is so forgettable, plain & dull that it fails to make any sort of lasting impact. The script is fairly slow going although as far as haunted house horror flicks go does have the slightly unusual angle of being told from the point of view of the neighbour's rather than the inhabitants of the evil house itself which in all honestly doesn't amount to much anyway. The reasons behind the haunted house are never explained beyond vague guesswork & the events inside the house aren't that frightening anyway, I mean some guy shouting at his wife? Isn't that called an argument? Doesn't everyone have them from time to time? Why the stupid cow decides to pull a gun out & shoot the guy I don't know, then strange phone-calls are hardly a reason to commit suicide are they? I don't know, The House Next Door just feels like a really tame made for telly drama with a hint of supernatural thrown in & plays it safe. There are no major surprises or twist's, the character's are dull & as a whole the film is forgettable. Also what is up with the names in this? I mean you have men called Walker, Buddy & Kim while women called Col & Pie.
The film looks alright, it's reasonably well made although very static & dull to look at. The house itself isn't imposing enough & looks too modern to be haunted or generate any sort of suspense or atmosphere. The gore count is zero with no blood spilt at all.
Filmed in Toronto in Canada actress Lara Flynn-Boyle has noticeable Botox filled lips, it's not a very pretty sight. The acting is alright, no-one stands out as great though.
The House Next Door is a throughly tame & forgettable made for telly supernatural drama that didn't do anything for me, it's far too slow & dull for me to be able to recommend it. There are far better haunted house horror flicks than this so don't waste your time.