Lots of potential, but the writing/story is the downfall. Good music, and some decent acting and scenes.
What we have here is a bunch of characters stuck in a house. Some decent acting, some not so great. The main problem is the writing. These characters do not all come together in the story. Some of the characters interact and its great. Like when the killer plays the piano and there is a dream sequence. Great music and great scene. The rest of the story just does not add up. There's a couple of cops, that add up to zero. The professor, doctor, the caretaker and his girlfriend all did very little and their acting was poor. The married couple were decent actors and had decent screen time. The killer was interesting. But all these characters needed to add up to something. It didn't.
What saves this movie is that it built some kind of atmosphere, or anticipation of suspense. It had some great cinematography and music.
Rating is a C, or 5 stars. Better story and acting this could have been a 7 or even 8.
What we have here is a bunch of characters stuck in a house. Some decent acting, some not so great. The main problem is the writing. These characters do not all come together in the story. Some of the characters interact and its great. Like when the killer plays the piano and there is a dream sequence. Great music and great scene. The rest of the story just does not add up. There's a couple of cops, that add up to zero. The professor, doctor, the caretaker and his girlfriend all did very little and their acting was poor. The married couple were decent actors and had decent screen time. The killer was interesting. But all these characters needed to add up to something. It didn't.
What saves this movie is that it built some kind of atmosphere, or anticipation of suspense. It had some great cinematography and music.
Rating is a C, or 5 stars. Better story and acting this could have been a 7 or even 8.