Mar 3, 2021
Grandmother's House (Grandma's House, 1988)
"I hope they're not hurt. It would be our fault."
"It would be their fault; they were hiding her."
#grandma's house#Grandmother's house#Peter Rader#slasher film#1988#Peter Jensen#Gayle Jensen#Eric Foster#Kim Valentine#Len Lesser#Ida Lee#Brinke Stevens#Michael Robinson#Craig Yerman#David Donham#Joan Carol Bensen#Angela O'Neill#R.J. Walker#Furley Lumpkin#Nico Mastorakis#Mary Peach#Bleh. Aggressively average slasher shenanigans that do nothing new or interesting with an overly familiar setup. This is after all#From producer Nico Mastorakis a man not exactly known for his innovation in horror cinema. I mean this is fine i guess but it's#Just so much old hat; a straight forward stalk and slash with a familial twist. There's some nonsense at the end which is meant as a#Last minute twist but just feels tacked on and nonsensical in the context of the film; similarly there's some spooky goings on earlier in#Film which go unexplained and undeveloped. Basically it's slasher by numbers which can be fine but only if it's done exceptionally well#And as this is a rather slapdash affair it just doesn't fully work. Still it's a treat to see Brinke Stevens in a meatier role for once and#Actually getting to stretch her acting chops instead of just shedding her clothes (nothing wrong with that either but she's a good actor#And frequently deserved better than the roles she received). Interesting too to see a sitcom stalwart like Lesser in a horror flick