Rent Murder House (2022)

No subtites - Murder House review by SL

No subtitles so if you've got hearing difficulties, you are not permitted to enjoy/watch it. I wonder why this is still allowed?

A world within a world ... - Murder House review by NP

A nicely paced, carefully made low-budget horror film, with a small cast of convincing actors and some immersive sound design. Director and co-writer Ty Leisher creates here a character-based, claustrophobic nightmare featuring my favourite setting – a world within a world.

Four crime scene cleaners find the house they are refining is under the spell of a Nordic demon, which you might consider to be bad enough – but it also makes escape impossible and maintains that whatever goes on inside is imperceptible to those outside. That’s to say anyone calling will find the house impenetrable but there will be nothing of a suspicious nature, entirely impervious to the panicked cries of those inside the dwelling unable to make themselves heard.

The rising panic is well conveyed, and the occasional reminders of the characters’ personal situations cause additional friction. The marrying of the mundanities of every day relationships and the madness of demonic possession is effectively conveyed. Only the familiar modulated voices and glowing CGI eyes advertise any unoriginality. My score is 8 out of 10.