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Dreams In The Witch House
Stuart Gordon (The Reanimator) once again adapts a HP Lovecraft story.
Now i'm a fan of Lovecraft but i haven't read this one (still working through the Necronomicon) So i'm not sure how this holds up in comparison to the story.
It stars Ezra Godden (Dagon) as Walter Gilman, a young Grad student studying portals into other universes (go figure) who takes a room at an old boarding house that looks like it should be condemned. There he meets Frances and her baby Danny.
Soon after moving in, strange things begin happening just as you would expect. Things like noises in the walls, strange dreams, a creepy neighbor and a rat with a human face that just looks ridiculous. Eventually Walter finds out that his room contains a doorway to another universe where a Witch wants to use Walter to kill Danny to continue her ritual of killing children for whatever reason, its never given.
Let me say that the story to this movie is intriguing and if done right could have been interesting and scary. That being said, there is absolutely nothing scary about this episode. Walter overacts every scene he's in especially when hes trying to come off as afraid and instead just seems comical. The rat as i said just looks stupid and whenever it talks (yeah it talks) it makes it even worse.
There's no credible build up at any point in the movie. We never even see Walter besides his time at the house. There's no reason to care about him at all and even him studying portals into other worlds only gives you an explanation of how the Witch can do what she can which isnt really important anyway. His creepy old neighbor is the one who lets him know about the Witch and provides somewhat of a background for her and the story but even that goes nowhere.
Also the portal thing isnt even done right anyway as at one point, Walter just smashes through the wall to where the Witch is. Is she in another world or just behind the wall? What's also sad is that the rat is a bigger villain then the Witch as nothing she does comes off as powerful or intimidating, she just seems like an old lady.
Filled with one-dimensional silly characters, bad acting and lame visuals this episode is just stupid, silly and dull. Don't bother with this one.
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