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HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREETMovie Reviews
Horror thriller about a mother and daughter whose move to a new home draws them into a dangerous mystery involving the sole survivor of a horrific crime. Cast:Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows, Nolan Gerard FunkDirector:Mark TonderaiRelease Date:September 21, 2012DVD Release:January 8, 2013From:Relativity MediaRating:PG-13Length:1 hr. 41 min.
House at the End of the Street played to poor reviews. • Rick Groen wrote in the Toronto Globe & Mail, "...a grab-bag of borrowed tropes, swiping from 'Psycho' and 'The Collector' at the classic end of the spectrum... down to 'Demon Seed' and 'Nightmare on Elm Street.' " More Reviews Below...
House at the End of the Street Positive Reviews (23 Reviews, reviews below)
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: POOR(cg) "Its entire thing is slackly staged, flatly acted exposition.... the rare horror film so bad you almost wish it had turned into a good old connect-the-gory-dots slasher movie."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 213 words, 09/21/12
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: WEAK(cg) "...too many of the suspense sequences split the difference between purposefully drawn-out and pointlessly interminable.... Scripter David Louka's dialogue is no help..."(See all of Glenn Kenny's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 542 words, 09/21/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (9 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "...turns into a choppily edited, poorly timed mess with little continuity, overloaded with aural shocks in a desperate attempt to compensate for its minimal suspense."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 318 words, 09/22/12
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...destined to be swiftly forgotten, it does rise (slightly) higher than most of its ilk.... Jennifer Lawrence is able to turn generic junk into mildly interesting junk."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 428 words, 09/22/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: POOR "Jennifer Lawrence's natural, disarming screen presence is ill-suited to something as mannered and labored as this... She deserves better material, and audiences do too."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 279 words, 09/21/12
Sara Stewart, New York Post: MODERATE(cg) "...there are the requisite jump-in-your-seat scares... it all plays out basically exactly like any other horror movie, but Lawrence does elevate the proceedings."(See all of Sara Stewart's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 301 words, 09/22/12
Bruce DeMara, Toronto Star: POOR(cg) "...clumsy, laboured and unconvincing... laden with dialogue that incites laughter when it's clearly not intended and with minor characters who take us nowhere."(See all of Bruce DeMara's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 443 words, 09/21/12
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...proficient... perversely toys with one of pop cinema's most cherished clichés: the audience's inculcated desire to side with the underdog."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 209 words, 09/26/12
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE(cg) "...a grab-bag of borrowed tropes, swiping from 'Psycho' and 'The Collector' at the classic end of the spectrum... down to 'Demon Seed' and 'Nightmare on Elm Street.' "(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 583 words, 09/21/12
Phil Brown, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "The scares are safe, designed to cause jumps and psychological unease. But it's bland, boring and old-fashioned in the worst possible sense."(See all of Phil Brown's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 216 words, 09/20/12
KEY CITIES (4 Reviews)
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post: WEAK(cg) "Most of the comedy is unintentional.... the movie's preposterousness certifies it for future midnight screenings, where the story will get the jeering it deserves."(See all of Mark Jenkins's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 460 words, 09/22/12
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: POOR(cg) "...a terrible little movie even by the standards of the genre.... by the time we discover what's going on we're well past caring about how psychotic it is."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 494 words, 09/22/12
Roger Moore, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a conventional thriller packed with jaw-dropping surprises.... Jennifer Lawrence adds a few new wrinkles to her already impressive repertoire..."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 573 words, 09/22/12
Mathew DeKinder, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: POOR(cg) "You have all of the usual (read: lousy) contrivances of your standard horror movie, but with the gore and the scares dialed way back.... ineffective, training-wheels-attached..."(See all of Mathew DeKinder's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 612 words, 09/22/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (9 Reviews)
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...proficient... perversely toys with one of pop cinema's most cherished clichés: the audience's inculcated desire to side with the underdog."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 209 words, 09/26/12
Mack Rawden, Cinema Blend: VERY GOOD(cg) "...realizes scariness and creepiness are often proportional to how much we care about the character or characters in trouble.... We care. That's rare for a horror movie..."(See all of Mack Rawden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 629 words, 09/21/12
Scott Tobias, AV Club: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...pulls off a few surprising twists... goes flat and generic, substituting jump-scares and visual twitchiness for the psychological complexity that might have sold the horror."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 432 words, 09/21/12
Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters: WEAK(cg) "Stuck in a sort of perpetual first gear, the mother/daughter relationship both opens and closes down possibilities, as the point of such tensions is to isolate Sarah and Elissa."(See all of Cynthia Fuchs's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 984 words, 09/21/12
Chris Cabin, Slant: POOR(cg) "...bullies us into being scared instead of actually embracing the violence, bloodshed, and all-consuming perversity it constantly, blandly implies and insinuates."(See all of Chris Cabin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 521 words, 09/21/12
Phil Brown, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "The scares are safe, designed to cause jumps and psychological unease. But it's bland, boring and old-fashioned in the worst possible sense."(See all of Phil Brown's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 216 words, 09/20/12
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: POOR(cg) "...banal, lazy filmmaking that cannot even be bothered to be cheerfully cheap and cheesy, which is, for some horror fans, more than enough."(See all of MaryAnn Johanson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 725 words, 09/27/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "...turns into a choppily edited, poorly timed mess with little continuity, overloaded with aural shocks in a desperate attempt to compensate for its minimal suspense."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 318 words, 09/22/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: POOR "Jennifer Lawrence's natural, disarming screen presence is ill-suited to something as mannered and labored as this... She deserves better material, and audiences do too."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 279 words, 09/21/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Geoff Berkshire, Daily Variety: POOR "...a schlockly spin on the girl-in-jeopardy genre.... ill-conceived, poorly executed... a clunky climax and 'Psycho'-inspired epilogue prove there's still room to lower the bar."(See all of Geoff Berkshire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 558 words, 09/21/12
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "...low on scares and suspense.... While the screenplay works overtime to keep throwing convoluted twists at us, it becomes easy to stay a few beats ahead."(See all of David Rooney's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 732 words, 09/20/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: POOR "Jennifer Lawrence's natural, disarming screen presence is ill-suited to something as mannered and labored as this... She deserves better material, and audiences do too."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 279 words, 09/21/12
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "...turns into a choppily edited, poorly timed mess with little continuity, overloaded with aural shocks in a desperate attempt to compensate for its minimal suspense."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 318 words, 09/22/12
20.5 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
House at the End of the Street's reviews are separated by an average 20.5 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
House at the End of the Street (23 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:House at the End of the Street's reviews cover 27.3% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 10,620 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 462 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
House at the End of the Street Coverage, Volume & Length (23 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 19.0 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
House at the End of the Street's reviews on average broke 19.0 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is House at the End of the Street's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
House at the End of the Street (23 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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