House of Fears

Plot synopsis:
The film opens with a man and a woman arriving at a digging site somewhere in Africa. The man enters a nearby cave, and finds all the workers brutally murdered, while the woman discovers a monkey statue. As the pair flee the scene, the woman takes the statue with her.
In Salem, Oregon, America a security guard, Hamadi (Kelvin Clayton) arrives at 'The House of Fears' with his guard dog. Entering the haunted house, Hamadi finds a box containing the monkey statue. He senses something is wrong, but is attacked by his dog before he can leave.
Meanwhile, Samantha (Corri English) has recently moved in with her step-sister, Hailey (Sandra McCoy), after her mother remarried. While Hailey is sneaking out to a party, she is caught and made to take Samantha, much to the displeasure of Hailey, as they do not get along. While at the party, Hailey and her group of friends, Carter (Corey Sevier), Zane (Eliot Benjamin), Devon (Michael J. Pagan) and Candice (Alice Greczyn) decide to sneak into the 'The House of Fears' to get a sneak peek, before the opening the following night, Samantha is also brought along.
As the group arrive at the haunted house, Zane allows them in and switches on the power, bringing the house to life. He attempts to contact his co-worker Hamadi on the radio but can not reach him. Devon and Candice find the monkey statue, but are told to leave it in the box by Zane. As Zane leads the group through the house, an angry Hailey picks on Samantha, while Zane attempts to get Candice to break up with Devon. As they all begin to have fun, Hailey apologises to Samantha for bullying her, telling her she is still angry at her dad for remarrying. Zane realizes that he will not be able to break up Devon and Candice, so switches plans and asks Carter to swap dates with him. Carter agrees, disappointing Hailey as she likes Carter. Zane reveals to the others his fear is sharp knives, Candice being scared of suffocating and Hailey being claustrophobic.
Zane sneaks off from the others and dress up in a miners suit. He jumps out at the group to scare them, before sending them off into the ancient Mummy section of the house. Zane stays behind to re-dress the mannequin he took the costume off. After doing so, the mannequin comes alive and stabs him to death.
While in the mummy's tomb, Hailey tells Carter her feelings about his swapping dates, causing the pair to fall out. Suddenly, a faulty prop cuts Candice's arm and the group hear the dying screams of Zane, prompting the group to want to leave. They go back to tell Zane, but find a pool of blood, and Candice realizes someone else is in the house. The group believe it to be another joke by Zane, and make Candice stay. However, Samantha soon finds Zane's body, and the group discover their phones do not work in the house. They panic and try to leave, all the while being stalked by a mysterious shadow. They go to the back-stage of the house to escape, but Candice is seperacted from the others. She becomes lost and winds up in the mummy's tomb, where she becomes trapped when the doors close. The rest of the group realize her absence and return to find her, guided by her screams. In the mummy's tomb, sand begins to pour out of the roof, filling up the room. The group make it to the door, but find it sealed shut. Suddenly, mummified hands emerge from the sand and pull Candice under, suffocating her. The sand clears away and the group manage to open the door to find a dead Candice. Devon mourns his girlfriend, before they decide to move on.
They make it to the front door, but the key will not work in the lock, and they discover the phone in the office missing. They find a map that shows them another exit, however it is on the other side of the house. They gather weapons, including a gun and a circular saw, before making their way through the house. They make their way to an Insane Asylum, where they find a terrified Hamadi begging for help. They try to help him, however he tells them the statue will bring their fears to life. At first they do not believe him, however Samantha reminds the others of the statue they found earlier, and that both Zane and Candice were murdered by their fear. Suddenly, the group are attacked by a scarecrow. They all flee, apart from Hamadi who is attacked by his evil dog. As they regroup after escaping, Samantha tells the others her fear is a scarecrow. Before long, a creepy grave-digger attacks the group. They escape the man, and run into another room where Samantha hears the office phone ringing. She finds the phone, but the scarecrow once again appears. Samantha, Hailey and Devon flee while Carter fights the scarecrow, but is ultimately electrocuted to death.
The remaining survivors enter a clown section, where Devon becomes separated from the others. A clown stalks him, hysterically laughing. Devon attempts to shoot the clown dead, but the girls find him and they run into a house of mirrors. As they make their way through, Hailey is attacked by the grave-keeper and dragged away from the others. She attempts to escape, but she is knocked out by the man. She awakens some time later in a coffin, the man barricading her in. While Samantha and Devon attempt to find her, they are attacked by the clown, who drags Devon off into the darkness before killing him. As Samantha finds the exit, she hears Hailey screaming for her help. Samantha decides to go back to rescue her, and manages to defeat the grave-keeper and save Hailey.
As the girls make their way to the exit, the scarecrow shows up and chases them. It catches up with them, and they manage to cut one of its arms off with the circular saw, however this breaks in the process. They run away, only for Samantha to be once more attacked. As the scarecrow is about to strangle her to death, she manages to break the statue, killing the scarecrow and allowing her and Hailey to escape The House of Fears.
As they exit the House of Fears, the statue can be seen shaking, presumably to reassemble itself.

Tags: paranormal

Review:
if you're going into this knowing it will be just another horror movie where horny teens end up somewhere and get hacked up, that's what it is.
The movie didn't attempt to change or go beyond the horror genre that we've been looking at for the past "forever," but again, if you go in knowing this, you'll end up liking it.
House of Fears was a pretty cool premise, but the movie was destroyed by a lame script and a cast that just wasn't very good.
Some kids at a party decide to break into a haunted house exhibit, when suddenly their fears all come to life.
It sounds like a good movie and that cover is great, but the story seemed to be written by a fourth grader.
It's got an awesome cover and very well written description, but the truth is this film is nothing but a waste of time, that you might find mildly entertaining, just because of how bad it really is..
Every night I'll trundle upstairs to bed and stick a film on, very often I'll roll the dice and watch the first one I see on Youtube which is normally a big mistake.This time I came across House Of Fears starring Corey Sevier and found myself interested in this mid budget horror title which has overwhelming similarities to Dark House (2009).I ended up falling asleep and chose to pick it up the next day only to realise upon going on IMDb that I'd already seen it.This is the first time this has ever happened, though a couple of scenes seemed familiar (Especially the sand pit part) I thought it was just because I watch so many films.What does this tell you about House Of Fears?
The Good: Perfectly watchable effort Decent concept The Bad: Generic Things I Learnt From This Movie:I am capable of forgetting a watched a film altogether even when watched again!.
A good horror film....
I enjoyed watching House Of Fears and found it to be a good film.
The night before a local haunted house opens for Halloween, six friends break in for a evening of fun.
Being a fan of the horror movie genre after watching this movie I have to say it is one of the better low budget horror films.
Has a pretty solid story and a well written script.The one thing I really enjoyed about this film is the way it tackles each characters individual fear such as clowns, suffocation, Ghosts etc.
To sum it all up don't watch this movie with high expectations or you WILL be disappointed I recommend this movie to any hardcore horror fan especially fans of the low budget type slasher films just don't expect an Alfred Hitchcock or Wes Craven type flick..
A relatively tame film about teenagers who sneak into a common fear-themed haunted house attraction before it's due to open, where their fears actually can come to life and kill them because of an evil statuette.
Possibly the lack of violent or sexual content was due to the movie being shot in the very Mormon state of Utah?The things they're afraid of are not very focused, in that they don't just attack or kill the person who has the fear, but go after everybody.
In the advertising for the film I'd read, there was mention of "sinister clowns, killer scarecrows." There's really only one of each and the clown barely gets any screen time at all.The characters aren't particularly interesting.
A shame more use wasn't made of her.The director is listed as the producer for an upcoming film titled Hell House, which oddly appears to have the same plot..
I did not expect it to be great, which is about correct.It's just another simple teen slasher movie that we've seen a million times before.
A bunch of good looking dumb cliché teens break into a house only to get killed.....very original.
For a good and original horror movie look elsewhere..
I expect a horror movie to be either or both scary/funny and include violence with hopefully nudity at least.
When an ancient evil relic is found and brought to an American haunted house, you just know bad things are going to happen.
Such is the basis for Ryan Little's House of Fears, a horror film that starts out exceeding every expectation only to fall into general horror clichés and generic devices.The relic, as it is explained, will tap inside the minds of its victims and prey upon their deepest nightmares.
So when a group of six friends sneak into the haunted house exhibit a night before the official launch, well, to quote Drowning Pool – "Let the bodies hit the floor!" In perfect horror symmetry, the group of friends consist of three boys and three girls.
Pagan round out the cast) we watch as each of them reveal their innermost fear and further observe as their nightmares come to life in the forms of killer clowns (not from outer space, unfortunately), a scarecrow and fears of suffocating and claustrophobia.
All their fears are realized inside the already spooky haunted/funhouse which adds quite a bit to the atmosphere of the film.The script, penned by Stephen A.
The six make the usual dumb horror film moves such as splitting up, fighting amongst themselves, shaking when trying to load a gun at an opportune moment and talking about not being able to leave a dead friend behind before trying to save their own skin.
Yawn.We couldn't help but think that just a little help from smarter written characters would have propelled House of Fears into the horror geekdom mainstream.
And we did think the idea of a funhouse being the setting was a device not used often enough in horror.But instead of making House of Fears a must-see, it falls into the 'meh – it's alright' category.
Yeah some things were predictable but seriously what horror movie isn't!
Haunted house films aren't too common anymore, and unfortunately, some don't handle the concept well.People in a haunted house doubling as a fake haunted house get terrorized by various apparitions, pretty similar to the Fangoria horror festival's "Dark House" but without the cheese.The problem?
When a horror movie isn't scary, I'd prefer watching a cheesy film over one that leaves me thinking, "okay, that guy died, meaning after this character, this one, and this one die it'll be time for protagonists to defeat (insert villain here)".Dark House was very fun; House of Fears was memorable despite not being good, but I must admit because I've recently seen Dark House, this movie seemed less entertaining than before, and it wasn't all that entertaining to begin with.Maybe worth a rental, otherwise, watch some other film..
Six friends sneak into a haunted house the night before it opens for Halloween, only to find that their evening of fun has turned into their worst nightmare.Corri English (playing Samantha) may now be known to horror fans who watch "Holliston" (if you do not watch it, you should), but she was largely unknown when appearing here in a starring role.
And a haunted houses where the fears come to life is always a steady source of horror goodness.
What can I say about this typical teenage horror, a rather boring flick with nothing special, except towards the end the horror really comes in but for the geeks it will still be too low to call it a decent flick.There's no gore and the acting was sometimes laughable.
Quickly judging by the brief synopsis and a peek at the picture stills on the back of the DVD cover, "House of Fears" simply looks like just another umpteenth dull new horror slasher with an unoriginal plot, pretty but one-dimensional teen characters and tame and uninspired killing sequences.
Sad but true, "House of Fears" is as dumb and derivative as it looks, and I simply cannot believe that in this day and age – with an horror offer that is already supersaturated – producers are still willing to put money into projects like these.
The attraction, the House of Fears, supposedly is the best thing out there in carny land.
Anyway, one little relic inside the house will turn the teenagers' night into the ordeal of their life, namely an African mini-statue that actually generates people's deepest fears and brings the monsters to life.
I see what you're thinking  How bad can a movie possibly be when it features murderous clowns, pale-skinned undertakers and scarecrow monsters?
I honestly don't know, but "House is Fears" is boring, unexciting, stupid and 100% suspense-free.
There's a scene early in the film, showing a woman shopping for sinister scenery for the House of Fears in Africa and discovering the cursed statue.
This scene is completely irrelevant and I suspect the creators just wanted to showboat like "Hey look, we went on a field trip to make this film!" The acting performances are decent, especially from beauties Corri English and Sandra McCoy, but it's hardly their fault that the characters are too bland and annoying to be memorable.
Fans of gory killings and macabre imagery will be tremendously disappointed, as "House of Fears" is the type of horror that wouldn't even upset 12-year-old Hannah Montana fans..
House of Fears starts in a region of Africa where a archaeological dig has uncovered some artifacts including a little statue that is possessed by an evil god, an evil god that know's peoples fears & turns them into reality in order to kill that person.
Jump to Salem in Oregon in the US where stepsisters Samantha (Corri English) & Hailey (Sandra McCoy) are enjoying a party at a friends house when Zane (Eliot Benjamin) suggest they & a few other select friends visit the soon to open House of Fears attraction where he is the tour guide & as such has a set of keys to enjoy a sneak peek before it opens to the general public.
It just so happens that the little possessed statue is also there for decoration & the teen friends soon find themselves being killed by their worst fears which become reality...Executive produced & directed by Ryan Little this fairly tame teen slasher has a decent enough idea behind it & has pretty good production values but ultimately it never delivers on it's promise & it just ends up being another faceless low budget horror film the likes of which clutter video shop shelves & fill bargain bins right across the world.
The usual problems plague House of Fears, a shallow script that has an OK concept but never builds on it as dumb teen character's wander around a lot, stop to talk about how they shouldn't stop (I'm not joking) & eventually split up so they can get killed off.
Then there's that concept about this demon god thing turning peoples fears into reality to kill them, there could have been some great sequences built around this with all sorts of possibilities as & there could have been some psychological depth here to as character's have to face up to their greatest fear & overcome it but instead we just get a killer scarecrow & an undertaker who just turn out to be the Freddy or Jason murderer character, there's very little imagination here & it's predictable too.
The first half of the film has these six teens looking around this House of Fears after hours & this is probably the films highlight as several cheap but reasonable jump moments are shown & the locations & sets are surprisingly good but once the killing starts it's strictly teen slasher territory & not particularly good teen slasher territory either.
This could have been pretty good but as it is it isn't.The production values are surprisingly good with nice sets but the shot on video look cheapens it, I so wish filmmakers still used proper grainy film like they used to.
House of Fears is very tame indeed, there's no real gore or violence in it, there are a few dead bodies seen with a bit of blood dribbling out of one's mouth, someone is electrocuted & that's about it.
Although the film is supposed to be about peoples fears it's not scary in itself, simply not enough happens but there are one or two cheap horror film moments that do work to an extent but nothing groundbreaking or sustained.
Although made in 2007 House of Fears was only released on DVD in the states at the end of 2009 & you can see why.This looks alright to be fair to it but that's not really enough reason to see it.
The acting isn't that good from anyone involved who were obviously cast for their looks rather than their thespian ability.House of Fears is another low budget horror slasher that doesn't really distinguish itself from the crowd except that it's even tamer than most modern low budget horror & it had potential that it didn't live up to.
But my greatest fear is that the next 5000 horror films are all going to be about teenagers.What is it with those demons and monsters lately?
The set-up for this trite horror flick is about as unique as it gets: six teenagers enter a building (not a house) and get wiped off one by one.
In HOF you've got none of those necessary requirements.Hence: the number of deaths in a horror movie - necessary to keep the viewer interested - is inversely proportional to the quality of the director and the material.
We're trapped in a house of fears and already 3 people have died!" Well, 4 actually, Samantha.Filmed In Utah.
Are there any good horror films anymore?.
I've seen some decent, gory sickening cringe worthy horror films.
As soon as they enter the haunted house you know Zane will be the first to die.
A group of teenaged, sex driven individuals, who think it would be a good idea to go to an unopened haunted house, with a security guard MIA, seeing creepy things.Spoilerthe ending?
Nope.The movie gave it's own best comment: "This is a house of lame".
as a horror movie cliché check list.This thing was like a made for TV movie commissioned and then rejected by the CW network.
I've seen films with a lower budget that where ten times better because of the story and plot.
The general idea (freaky statue that actually makes your fears come to life and kill you) was good but could have been done way better.
Honestly I hope the makers of House of Fears either learn from the mistakes made here and go on to make much better films, or find a new line of work.I will give the film one good point: Towards the beginning one of the guys dresses up as a killer and jumps out at the others.
It should have been titled "Wasted Potential" that would have been more accurate.This is probably the only "horror" film more boring than The Blair Witch Project.
There we are introduced to the guy - and since her behavior warrants it, I'm just going to keep calling her princess - is interested in, Carter, and his best friend Zane who works at a special haunted house that has 9 areas dedicated to your fears and is all automated, and decorated with things from around the world.
Zane is very interested in furthering things with a girl named Candice, so he suggests they all go to the Haunted House, aptly called House of Fears, which opens tomorrow.
Halloween house horrors.
HOUSE OF FEARS is a low budget, straight to video horror film about a bunch of teens trapped inside a Halloween haunted house that's guaranteed to make your worst fears come true.
Good movie that targets your fears.
House of Fears appeared to be just another lame excuse for a movie about teens being stupid and getting killed.
It's not like other scary movies at all, not only does it target your fears but it plays around with them.
The six teens at the beginning who sneak into a haunted house the day before it opens, admit to their biggest fears to the guy who works at the haunted house, who is one of the friends.
All of their fears is what ends up killing them.
Although some of the acting could be better and sound effects could be more believable, I would recommend this movie to anyone who really loves scary movies like I do and is just looking for something to actually be scared of.
House of Fears was great!.
I don't know what movie some of the previous reviewers were watching, or exactly what standard they want to hold a horror movie to (Orwell???), but House of Fears was a great movie!
We're talking about a low budget horror film that was made with no well-known talent at the time.
But there was a lot to like about this movie.First, are there really that many original stories left for horror movie setups?
You've got a basic haunted house story here, but they mix things up with the characters - two step-sisters who hate each other but who enter the haunted house together when one begs the other not to ruin the night for her.
And really - you'd have to have 40 teenagers sneaking into the haunted house to satisfy the blood lust of some of these so-called horror fans!
Not only is House of Fears watchable, it's a darn good movie!
You'll enjoy watching House of Fears and remembering years later that some of tomorrow's well-known actors were in it..
There is no reason to believe a low budget horror film has been inspired by a literary giant like Orwell so I won't sully his memory by mentioning him anymore But still there is something of Room 101 to this story .
A bunch of teens break in to a haunted house attraction and then strange things start happening like being killed by the horror attractions .