Note to self: When I move into a new house and things mysteriously start to go bump in the night, get the fuck out! Especially minutes after the creepy new neighbors from down the road show up unexpectedly and tell me stories about how the house was a funeral parlor and the owners were run out of town due to selling the corpses. Smells like trouble Shaggy, and I don't think old man Wilson is behind this one! This is actually a nice hidden little gem, although it turns into a bit of a Scooby Doo episode towards the end, it was still pretty tense. The slow build ups in it were a lot like the films made by Ti West (The Innkeepers, House of the Devil, etc) and tossing in the early 80's period like he always does helps the creepy, low budget film quality that I remember growing up. There was a funny Male chauvinistic tone about women actually driving (progressive) and the hippie dude is a great ice breaker. The story is a couple has lost their son in an auto accident and decide to move and start a new life, unfortunately they just so happen to move into the most haunted house in the world and the whole town knows about it. Kind of a played out theme, but the movie bring some real originality. The best part of the deaths are the wood chipper style blood splatters! Give it a shot, late at night, home alone, in the new house you just bought.
FYI: All of the characters in this movie are named after other horror movie characters as a tribute.
***1/2
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