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Nonspoiler. I am a longtime fan of Justin Long. Last night I ran across a movie on Hulu called House of Darkness and saw Justin was in the cast so I hit play. Just wanted to see if anyone else has seen this movie and what your thoughts are … adding my detailed thoughts in the spoiler section below. Overall I loved Justin’s performance in ...
Sep 7, 2022 · After a seven-year hiatus from his filmmaking career, Neil LaBute is back with two movies released in 2022, the thriller Out of the Blue and the horror comedy House of Darkness.House of Darkness ...
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Posted: Sep 9, 2022 3:46 pm
House of Darkness releases to limited theaters on Friday, Sept. 9.
Playwright-turned-filmmaker Neil LaBute leads star Justin Long to the slaughter in a gothic, chatty spin on the Bram Stoker-verse with House of Darkness. Given that LaBute's first film -- 1997's In the Company of Men -- was his own play adapted for the screen, it makes sense that House of Darkness feels like a spare stage play brought to life in a slightly bigger way, and there's a risk-taking element that's to be commended with that. But the end result is still a rather dry, one-note entanglement that doesn't offer up any reprieve for viewers who are in on the bit.
Long is at his most stumbly, bumbly self here as a cad who, for 90 minutes, is forced to explain himself over and over because of his feeble flirting and small talk while on a date with a mysterious woman played by Kate Bosworth. Long is very good at this mix of arrogance and awkwardness, as this is not his first (nor his last) time playing a s***heel who winds up in the wrong house, on the business end of horror, but House of Darkness is wears very thin over time.
Once you figure out what's in store for Long's "hoping to get lucky tonight" Hap, who has a hard time matching up his lies and insecurities with his "nice guy" persona, there's not much more at play here other than finding meager joy in Bosworth's terse, to-the-point character cutting this guy down with just a few words -- or, usually, with questions asking him to clarify his intent. LaBute made a name for himself writing about masculinity and gender disparity so watching it play out in a spooky setting is refreshing. The film itself, though, isn't able to sustain under the staging and setting, so a stagnancy sets in.
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House of Darkness is unique in staging and intent but that never propels it beyond being a curiosity. The performances are solid and the experiment is more than clear but it overstays its welcome about mid-way and never offers more than new rooms of the house to explore and one more person to talk to beyond the starting duo. An argument could be ma...
On this week's Adventures in Movies, we talk about Justin Long and Kate Bosworth in 'House of Darkness' and talk about scares over messaging.You can find Adv...
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 29, 2022. House of Darkness is a fine enough flick, competent in its vision and execution courtesy of writer/director Neil LaBute. Full Review | Sep 26 ...
House of Darkness: Directed by Neil LaBute. With Kate Bosworth, Justin Long, Gia Crovatin, Lucy Walters. Hap offers Mina a ride home with ulterior motives, but his night takes a turn when he learns she lives in a creepy American castle...and the shadowy figures in the corridors make it clear that he isn't welcome.
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House of Darkness opens with Hap (Justin Long) and Mina (Kate Bosworth) in a car approaching a gothic mansion near the woods. It turns out Hap and Mina had a chance encounter at a bar in the city and the former is dropping off the latter at home out of the goodness of his heart. No, not really. Hap is expecting something in return — a casual ...
