The Houses October Built

Never transcends a predictable narrative trajectory to deliver much in the way of creepy atmosphere, let alone actual scares.

The Houses October Built" proves one of the more successful attempts at the found-footage horror flick since Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones.

If you're relatively easily scared or are in a theater full of people who are, the film might be good for a few screams. But only if you're the patient sort.

The scary Halloween house at your local amusement park is child's play compared to the "extreme haunts" that fill this uneven but intriguing found-footage horror flick.

What sets this film appart from other found footage movies is the fact that it tries to be a documentary at times, adding more credibility to what we see on screen. [Full review in Spanish]

This is a somewhat tiresome found-footage excursion admirable in how it came together, and disappointing that it couldn't have added up to more than it ultimately does.

Tis the season, kids, and this is a great Halloween-time tale of absolute terror. Revel in it!

Despite sitting through an endless parade of found footage stinkers, every so often there's a movie like The Houses October Built that proves that the subgenre is far from dead.

An incredibly sloppy found-footage flick that's awful enough to give Halloween a bad name.

IF the filmmakers had made a documentary about haunted houses, I might have liked "The Houses October Built." Instead, they opted for a knockoff of "The Blair Witch Project." What a mistake.

While there's much to admire, the film also falls victim to the pitfalls that plague many found footage movies.

...it really does expose how class-based so many of our horror tropes are.