"What are you?" -Elissa

How come movies never show parents that drink and smoke crack in a positive light?

Apparently horrible mom (Elizabeth Shue) and daughter who sings and is desirable (Jennifer Lawrence) move to a crazy town that only cares about property values and shit that's nobody's business. Angry mobs, inappropriate sheriffs, creepy family stuff, horrible teens, and woods that are as big or as small as they need to be given the scene.

Jennifer Lawrence gets to flirt with a boy who accidentally caused his sister's brain damage, the brain damage leading to the sister violently murdering the siblings' crack-smoking parents. So... Yay... PROJECT! Why would a town hate a little boy whose parents were murdered? That makes…

"People don't notice all the secrets around them. Even though they're right in front of them, just hiding, waiting to be found."

If you thought the title of this film was bad, wait until you actually see the movie because it is pretty much a standard film in the horror genre. I don't even think you can consider this one a horror film, because there isn't much scares; it is more of a teen romantic suspense film. It's formulaic and by the books. Jennifer Lawrence had a perfect rating until I got around to watching this film. She didn't have much to work with and she gives a decent performance but nothing like the work we've come to expect from…

Review In A Nutshell:

I am aware of my own difficulties in finding appreciation for the horror genre, but my hatred for House at the End of the Street is far from my own shortcomings, instead it's due to the many aspects of its production, exceeding beyond its core elements; screenplay, directing, and acting. This film was marketed as a horror-thriller film that aims to keep audiences on their toes, the film only touches on these genres during the bookends of the film; unable to justify the promise that its marketing team was selling. I came into this expecting a mediocre experience, not the frustrating mess that it actually is.

In actuality, the film is more of a family-drama that…

Here is another movie that I have never seen and have had on my shelf far too long. In fact, my brother actually bought 2 copies about a month back, 1 for me and one for him, because he knows how much I dig Jennifer Lawrence. Then I said that I had it and he now has 2 copies. I am sure you don't care about that though, so let me get back to the regularly scheduled review.

Jennifer Lawrence plays a high school student that just moved into a new house with her mother. The mother-daughter relationship is strained to say the least. Some of it is the normal teenager bullshit but some of it seems legit as the…

House at the End of the Street is a film that should be languishing at the bottom of a DVD bargain basket at your local supermarket but has been elevated to a theatrical release thanks to the involvement of Jennifer Lawrence. Her casting aside there really isn’t a great deal of interest to be had in this flat and toothless teen thriller that happily shows its hand early on thus stripping the film of much of its intrigue.

The film opens with its most shocking and interesting sequence - a young girl brutally murdering her parents. Flash forward four years and Lawrence and her mother (Elisabeth Shue) move in next door to the crime scene whilst Jennifer befriends the one…

"What are you?" -Elissa

How come movies never show parents that drink and smoke crack in a positive light?

Apparently horrible mom (Elizabeth Shue) and daughter who sings and is desirable (Jennifer Lawrence) move to a crazy town that only cares about property values and shit that's nobody's business. Angry mobs, inappropriate sheriffs, creepy family stuff, horrible teens, and woods that are as big or as small as they need to be given the scene.

Jennifer Lawrence gets to flirt with a boy who accidentally caused his sister's brain damage, the brain damage leading to the sister violently murdering the siblings' crack-smoking parents. So... Yay... PROJECT! Why would a town hate a little boy whose parents were murdered? That makes…