Jennifer Lawrence

Elisabeth Shue

Max Thieriot

Gil Bellows

Allie MacDonald

Nolan Gerard Funk

Jordan Hayes

Joy Tanner

James Thomas

Craig Eldridge

Lori Alter

Olivier Surprenant

Will Bowes

Krista Bridges

John Healy

Bobby Osborne

Grace Tucker-Duguay

Eva Link

Hailee Sisera

Jon McLaren

Jasmine Chan

Jonathan Malen

Claudia Jurt

Jonathan Higgins

Mark Tonderai

Peter Block

Aaron Ryder

Jonathan Mostow

Hal Lieberman

David Loucka

Krista Bell

Karen Porter

Mark Gingras

Jennifer Stroud

Allison Silver

Lisa Soper

Mirosław Baszak

Tucker Tooley

John Papsidera

Sonny Mallhi

Steve Mirkovich

Carolyn Arbuckle

Dominic Visconsi Jr.

John Douglas Smith

Ryan Kavanaugh

Steve Samuels

Albert Camicioli

Brad Thornton

Ronald J. Webb

Nathaniel Hill

Steve Lindsey

Jason Perreira

Theo Green

Garren Dunbar

Carly Basso

Perry Hoffman

Angie Mills

Joshua D. Comen

Angelina Defazio

Karen Leach

David C. Malcolm

Amanda Laflamme

Linus Lindbalk

Alexandre Champagne

Whitney Belanger

Sarah Deline

Reid A. Dunlop

Michael Tien

Kensey Young

Layton Morrison

Curtis Dickie

Sean Wheelan

Ashley Dawn Szabadi

Andre Coutu

Malin Leuchovius

Shane Boucher

Tim Carras

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Lawrence of Suburbia.

A little better than its garbage reputation, as evidence by the support it got at the box office from its target audience, Mark Tonderai’s horror/thriller is safe genre film making. There’s no intelligence in the screenplay, no copious amounts of blood letting, the characters do dumb things and in truth it unfolds as a standard girl in peril movie. These things are what have led to it being savaged by critics, but backed by a trio of strong performances from Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue and Max Thieriot, boosted by a genuine narrative surprise and the fact that Tonderai is able to do the peril motifs with suspenseful impact, ensures House at the End of the Street is at least a decent enough time waster. 5/10

_**Does a killer prowl the neighborhood or is it just local lore?**_

A mother and daughter (Elisabeth Shue & Jennifer Lawrence) move into a Pennsylvania suburb where a nearby abode was the scene of a double murder four years earlier, committed by a deranged girl named Carrie-Anne. She was thought to have drowned, but her body was never found and local legend suggests that she prowls the eerie woods. Meanwhile her brooding brother (Max Thieriot) lives on the property and is maltreated by some of the residents. Gil Bellows plays an officer that befriends the mother and is sympathetic toward the despondent young man.   

“House at the End of the Street” (2012) is a coming-of-age drama mixed with mystery and horror of the slasher variety, but more realistic than a guy in a mask lurking around with a machete. It borrows story elements from “Psycho” (1960) and “Sleepaway Camp” (1983), but has the polished modern tone of flicks like “Solstice” (2008), “The Last House on the Left” (2009) and “My Soul to Take” (2010). It’s not great like “Psycho” or the remake of “Last House,” but it’s at least on par with “Solstice” and superior to “Sleepaway Camp” and “My Soul to Take.”   

Jennifer looks great in her prime while Thieriot’s character makes for a sympathetic study. The lush Eastern locations are sumptuous and the relatively believable story holds your interest while offering some unexpected revelations. The feminine cast also includes Allie MacDonald, Eva Link and Jordan Hayes.

The film runs 1 hour, 41 minutes, and was shot in Metcalfe & Carp, Ontario, both outside of Ottawa.

GRADE: B

House at the End of the Street (2012) - Official Trailer [HD]

House at the End of the Street( 2012)

Fear reaches out... for the girl next door.

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Jun 29 2014

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