Unpaid LibrarianRichard Matheson's Hell House is a classic horror story about a haunted house. It is brutal and relentless in its depiction of psychological pressure.
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Unpaid LibrarianI didn't jump on this one right away. The beginning felt a bit stiff and a little dated, but there was an early sense of unease that kept me going. Once I got into the writing groove, the tension did its thing.
After a few chapters, I realized I was reading faster than I intended. It's not that it's flashy or addictive, but the pressure just keeps building up. I've thought about putting it down and not reading it late at night. I've had some trouble with that.
For me, the characters were the best part. Dr. Barrett was just the right mix of annoying and tolerable. Florence had me feeling a bit uncertain about her. Fischer didn't say much, but he was the most important person there. This book really shines when it's about people trying to impose order on something that's just not having it.
The house doesn't go out of its way to scare you. It holds back. Each scene builds up pressure, and by the end, it all pays off. A few moments dragged a bit, but the core of it stayed sharp.
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What's your personal favorite haunted house story?
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After a few chapters, I realized I was reading faster than I intended. It's not that it's flashy or addictive, but the pressure just keeps building up. I've thought about putting it down and not reading it late at night. I've had some trouble with that.
For me, the characters were the best part. Dr. Barrett was just the right mix of annoying and tolerable. Florence had me feeling a bit uncertain about her. Fischer didn't say much, but he was the most important person there. This book really shines when it's about people trying to impose order on something that's just not having it.
The house doesn't go out of its way to scare you. It holds back. Each scene builds up pressure, and by the end, it all pays off. A few moments dragged a bit, but the core of it stayed sharp.
đź“– I've got a full review on the blog!
đź”— Check out the link in my bio.
What's your personal favorite haunted house story?
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#hellhouse #richardmatheson #bookreview #horrorbooks #horrorbooklover #hauntedhouse #psychologicalhorror #classichorror #literaryhorror #hauntedhousehorror #horrorreader #bookblogger
Bob CardboardOut of context oddity time....
Should probably explain, these are from reviews of the documentary Hell House
Fuck Your Social MediaMovie Review: Hell House LLC Lineage
If you’re a fan of the Hell House franchise, you might be surprised to learn there’s a new sequel out! And it’s not found footage! Wow! And it’s also really bad!
The script is terrible. One of the first scenes of present day (which, oddly enough, looks like the 90’s/early 20’s for some reason) is of a therapist doing highly illegal things by literally calling the protagonist to an unscheduled session to share highly personal info about another client. Wow. What a terrible plot device to get not really super important information across. And it’s not even close to the stupidest thing in the script!
The protagonist is terrible. I get people can be depressed as fuck in real life, and passive as fuck in real life, but this is a movie – if you have a depressed as fuck protagonist, they need to be active. Even if they’re actively avoiding situations, that’s still active. Cross the road, pretend to get a call, anything to not have to do whatever it is they need to do! But this bitch walked into every situation crying and then went with the flow. No pushback. No conflict. Just go with the flow with tears and no direction except whatever direction the other characters tell you. Talk to me! Ok. Come here! Ok. Are you ok? Ok.
The other characters are way overacted. This is a horror movie, not an action movie. Knock it off.
And finally, nothing happens. It’s a bunch of low stakes conversations. That’s it. Low stakes conversations with a passive protagonist surrounded by people overacting in situations that don’t make any fucking sense, like a therapist disclosing highly personal things about another client, for however long this movie lasted.
It wasn’t all bad though! The cinematography was great. As was the foley. The rest was shit, and if you’re going into this movie because it has the words “Hell House” in the title, just know it’s not about the Hell House. It’s about a haunting that never really gets explained, but you also don’t really care that it doesn’t because the movie is so bad.
I mean, it is about the Hell House of course, but it leaves out everything that made the original so fun. So at the end of the day, it’s just another substandard movie about a haunting.
GeorgeLThomasBook Review: Hell House by Richard Matheson
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http://georgelthomas.com/2025/05/09/book-review-hell-house-by-richard-matheson/
Josh RichardsonLast four watched and Shocktober 2024 list: https://boxd.it/zijJG #hellhouse #halloween #hellraiser #henry #lastfourwatched
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📽️ A region-free Blu-ray box set for the #HellHouseLLC franchise will be released in October and you can preorder the Special Edition now, which will only be available through the Umbrella Home Entertainment website.
Lots of special features, too:
https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/hell-house-llc-boxset-2015-2018-2019-2023-blu-ray
Personally, I hope they release them individually as well because I'd *really* like to own the first and last one, but am "eh" on the rest, lol
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Aaron LongchampsIn the mood for a horror movie tonight so next up in the Hell House series is Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire.
I was on a bit of a horror kick last year so it’s time to pick that up again.
Stacey LwydBorrowed some new books.
(The Welsh fairy book is of great interest to me as a Welsh person)
Woodchazhttps://lateboomersden.blog/2024/03/31/being-a-grouch-on-easter/
Being a former Christian, religious holidays like Easter go down easier some years than others. This year, I just wasn't in the mood.
#Culture, #atheism, #cartoons, #Christianity, #Easter, #HellHouse, #Indoctrination, #Jamaica, #Metamodernism, #Nyabinghi, #Rastafarianism, #religion, #WahDoDem
Being a former Christian, religious holidays like Easter go down easier some years than others. This year, I just wasn't in the mood.
#Culture, #atheism, #cartoons, #Christianity, #Easter, #HellHouse, #Indoctrination, #Jamaica, #Metamodernism, #Nyabinghi, #Rastafarianism, #religion, #WahDoDem
