BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

James Lister This is an intriguing movie. Although, it's categorized as a horror it doe not really come across as one to me. It's actually more of a psychological thriller than horror.Jennifer (Emily Goss) and her husband Luke (Taylor Bottles) move into this old house after Jennifer tries to commit a self abortion on herself back in Chicago. It's not too long before she starts hearing and seeing things in the house. While no one else can hear or see these things. The audience and her husband are left wondering is Jennifer insane or is there something inside that house?This is a weird film and hard to review because of that. I enjoyed it for what it was the performances were pretty great and it's a pretty decent movie. However, if you are a gore hound, then this movie isn't for you as it's a slow burn. But if you enjoy slow burn movies, then I think you will like this. But I can also understand why so many find this movie boring. As it leaves a lot in the air for you to figure out. I personally enjoyed it and found it interesting to figure out what was going on.

begob An unsettled couple with a baby on the way move back from the city to the wife's hometown, but she dreads their new home while everyone else thinks she's crazy.Dialogue heavy psychological ghost story with problems in script, direction, editing and pace. The stand out feature is the photography and framing of shots, where a lot of care and intelligence is on show from the start. The dialogue is often too much or just trite, and many scenes start too early or end too late, and some of the cut aways or inserts in the editing are pointless. There is a good house warming scene, lively and well observed, but that's about it. The biggest problem is that the ghost story doesn't measure up to the psychological drama, with no drive to it - comparable to The Babadook - and the director's overuse of jump scares is feeble. And 111 mins? 20 too many.The parts are well played, with the lead actress giving good close up and the mother and psychic showing their experience, but sometimes the actors struggled with the dialogue and the lack of motivation within the story.The music is good but nothing outstanding.Overall - frustrating to see so much quality serving a weak story.

MartinHafer "The House on Pine Street" is an excellent horror film. It's good because the purpose of a horror film is to leave you scared and disturbed...and it does a really, really good job of scaring viewers half to death. While the story is pretty good, what really makes the movie work is the mood. Directors Aaron and Austin Keeling do a great job of building suspense and setting a dark and forbidding tone. Along with the effective music, you cannot help but be pulled into this tense story.The story begins with a young couple moving back to the wife's hometown. She's pregnant but instead of being happy to be near her mother, Jennifer (Emily Goss) is tense and you soon see why. Her mother is a very controlling and difficult person--and Jennifer dreads being near her. However, while Jennifer thinks this is her big problem she soon realizes she has an even bigger one on her hands...the house is haunted or filled with demonic spirits or something ungodly is going on there. However, while she notices weird sounds, finds faucets turning on by themselves and even, on occasion, sees people who soon disappear, her mother and husband are very dismissive of Jennifer's fears about the house. They treat her again and again like she is losing her mind. What's really going on here and what about Jennifer's baby....? And are the mother and husband somehow in on it....but what is it?!If you are a person who insists that every loose end is tied up perfectly and you eventually must understand what is happening and why, then you might just be a bit disappointed in this movie. It ends leaving many questions unanswered. This doesn't mean there are plot holes but it leaves the viewer to decide for themselves as to what's really happening. This didn't bother me because why this all occurs didn't seem to matter. It was clear, like in another scary film, "1408", that this house simply was evil and was bent on driving Jennifer out of her mind...or worse. See this film...it's an excellent low budget film that proves you don't need a huge budget in order to craft a very good picture.

dougray30 I was one of this film's Kickstarter backers, so I had the privilege of watching it on DVD before it is available to the general public. I don't want to go into the plot because I detest spoilers. This was a first-time feature film, with a relatively small budget, but you wouldn't know it by the quality of the finished product. The acting is spot-on, the direction good, the sound quality is flawless (which, if you watch a lot of lower budget films, you know sound is often a disaster). Excellent cinematography, terrific casting, and the editing is first-rate.Watching a film like this at home on DVD is not the same as in a crowded theater. I didn't find "The House on Pine Street" to be a SCARY film. I did enjoy it, and found it to have a few scares within. Mostly it is higher on the creepy factor, with a sense of unease woven throughout. They avoid the most obvious clichés, and the well-rounded characters give the film a depth that is sadly missing from many of its kind.I recommend The House on Pine Street as a thinking person's horror movie. You won't jump out of your seat (well, maybe once or twice), and you won't see blood spurting everywhere. Plenty of other films to take care of those needs. THOPS doesn't try to be anything it's not; it ignores the standard definitions of genre and does its own thing, successfully.