A House on the Bayou
Blumhouse Television has negociate to cut up a unique quad within the repulsion genre , with most of its model being based on pocket-size - budget horror offerings helm by theatre director with considerable originative freedom . A House on the Bayouis the first of eight horror film birthed from a coaction between Blumhouse and EPIX , compose and directed by Alex McAulay , God Almighty of the reasonably - gripping thrillerDon’t Tell A Soul . Despite its potential , A House on the Bayouhas nothing new or interesting to proffer , with the final whirl further undoing the film ’s scattered appeal .
A House on the Bayousets up the relationship between married couple Jessica ( Angela Sarafyan ) and John ( Paul Schneider ) , with the former now aware of her husband ’s affair with his scholarly person , Vivienne ( Lauren Richards ) . Although visibly ache by John ’s natural action ( who does not seem genuinely repentant to begin with ) , Jessica adjudicate to give their relationship another luck , especially for the sake of their girl , Anna ( Lia McHugh ) . Booking an idyllic getaway to an set-apart planetary house in the Louisiana Bay , the family in question endeavour to settle in , with John and Anna making a trip to the only grocery store store a few miles away . This is when they meet the rascally teen Isaac ( Jacob Lofland ) and his “ grandpappy ” ( Doug Van Liew ) , a brace who seem suspiciously over - friendly , all the while harboring villainous aim and secret .
The discord between Jessica and John only heightens in the meanwhile , as the latter makes it impossible for his wife to trust him , or even give him the benefit of the doubtfulness that he is ready to be a interchange man . A House on the Bayoudelves deep into the engaged fabric of fornication and the fraudulence of human nature , and the extent one is willing to go in ordination to justify their own uncaring cruelty . The presence of Isaac and Grandpappy only attend to to deepen these instincts , as the duo finds a agency to show up for dinner uninvited while play a deranged plot that bring out unsavory secrets and verity to the stem .
Apart from a locked room that seems to harbor something villainous and glimpses of a baseless animal circulate the property , there is no truthful terror inA House on the Bayou , except for the humans who inhabit the world of the film . The dark caverns of the human soul can make for rightfully grim and collar horror , as exemplified in Sion Sono’sCold Fish , which also feature characters that act as no better than animate being when ransack of their middling pleasantry . However , none of the characters inA House on the Bayouare interesting or complex in any respect , and their twisted need start pull in less and less sense as the film gravitates towards its blasé finishing .
None of the public presentation inA House on the Bayouare worth special reference , bond as they are by the movie ’s minute purview of the unknown and the supernatural . The last twenty bit of the film only do to heighten audience exasperation , with the penultimate twist enkindle more perplexing enquiry than resolving errant plotlines and granting a solid finish . While the assumption ofA House on the Bayouhad the potential to transubstantiate into a chilling backwoods horror story , the end answer is a mediocre , unconvincing thriller with no genuine thrills or scares .
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A House on the Bayouis set to be released on November 19 , 2021 , good manners of Epix . The film is 88 minute long and remain unrated as of now .
Jessica (Angela Sarafyan) in A House on the Bayou
Issac (Jacob Lofland) in A House on the Bayou
