MVD Entertainment Group announced this past week that
director Christopher Ray’s haunted house thriller, A House is Not a Home,
will be making its DVD debut on Sept. 27.
In a creepy prologue we get more than just a hint of what is
to come when a chilling 911 phone call concludes with the caller being
swallowed up by a burst of light. Cut
to a real estate agent named Paul — played by Bill Cobbs, who was, among other
things, Grandpa Booker in Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs — and
you get more than just a sense that this particular property has some history
to it.
The latest victims, oops, make that “clients,” are the
Williams, Ben, the husband (Gerald Webb — Sniper: Special Ops, Zombie
Apocalypse, etc.) and his wife Linda (Diahnna Nicole Baxter — Shadow
Puppets) … he’s a successful architect, with some issues that will be
revealed as the film progresses.
The home is beautiful and, surprisingly (tisk tisk), the
price is right. Paul is just so nice
and kindly … who could say possibly say no.
We might add, the Williams have two teenage kids — Ashley (Aurora
Perrineau) and Alex (Melvin Gregg) — and so this perfect family has found their
perfect home.
Now the fun can begin!
In no time Ben begins hearing things and tension builds between him and
his wife (the backstory of his infidelity comes into play) … he has anger
issues and she takes to drinking again.
Tension builds, sweet Ashley has on-going encounters with creepy dolls
that seem to magically appear in her room and her brother, Alex, complains of
being spied upon.
And, if you want some real creepy stuff, the 911 phone
caller (played by Richard Grieco), from the opening sequence, keeps
materializing here and there. Things
progress in more and more sinister ways and the Williams finally come to the
conclusion that their home is haunted and despite their best efforts (including
an “exorcism”) their fate is likely sealed!
Bonus nuggets include commentary from the cast and crew, a
behind-the-scenes featurette and video sessions with members of the cast and
crew.
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