House on the Hill (film)

House on the Hill
	Film poster
Directed by	Jeffrey Frentzen
Produced by	Jeff Frentzen; Shannon Leade
Written by	Jeff Frentzen; Nicole Marie Polec
Starring	Naidra Dawn Thomson; Shannon Leade; Stephen A.F. Day; Sam Leung
Music by	Jonah Kraut; Robert J. Walsh
Cinematography	Jean-Michel Duquesne
Edited by	Christian Baker; Jeff Frentzen
Production; company	North 40 Productions; Options Entertainment
Distributed by	ITN Distribution
Release date	11 May 2012 (Monaco Charity Film Festival);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

House on the Hill is a 2012 American horror film directed by Jeffrey Frentzen and based on the real-life killing spree of serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. The film had its world premiere on 11 May 2012 at the Monaco Charity Film Festival and was released to DVD in the United Kingdom and United States in 2015. In the United Kingdom, 7 minutes and 12 seconds were cut from the film by the British Board of Film Classification in order to obtain an 18 rating.[1]

Synopsis

Sonia (Naidra Dawn Thomson) is the only known survivor of the serial killer Leonard Lake. She's paired up with a private investigator in the hopes of finding a lost woman and during their exploration of Lake's compound, she tells the investigator about how she was tortured and forced to videotape the rape, torture, and murder of another woman.

Cast

Naidra Dawn Thomson as Sonia
Shannon Leade as Karianna
Stephen A.F. Day as Leonard Lake
Sam Leung as Charles Ng
Kevin McCloskey as Paul Kale
Laura Hofrichter as Sara (as Laura Leigh)
Brenna Catherine Briski as Leila
Crystal Nelson as Jennifer
Tya Adams as Sandra
Olivia Parrish as Julie
Rachael Devlin as Cat
Elissa Dowling as Mary

Reception

HorrorNews.net and Bloody Disgusting both panned the film, criticizing it for what they saw as poor plotting and acting.[2][3] Ain't It Cool News was more positive in their review, praising the performances of Day and Leung while overall stating "while the filmmakers had some disquieting inspiration to build a movie on, HOUSE ON THE HILL is just too low fi to be effective in any way."[4]

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References

"HOUSE ON THE HILL". BBFC. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
"Film Review: House on the Hill (2012)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
Coffel, Chris. "[DVD Review] 'House On the Hill' Is a Found-Footage Mess". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
"AICN HORROR looks at EXTINCTION! WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS! THE CHOSEN! ZONE TROOPERS! I, MADMAN! ALIEN OUTPOST! GHOST TOWN! HOUSE ON THE HILL! EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN! JAWS OF SATAN! UDBRUD! & The Bloody Jug Band's "Beautiful Corpse!"". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

External links

House on the Hill on IMDb
House on the Hill at AllMovie

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[1] "HOUSE ON THE HILL". BBFC. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[2] "Film Review: House on the Hill (2012)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[3] Coffel, Chris. "[DVD Review] 'House On the Hill' Is a Found-Footage Mess". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[4] "AICN HORROR looks at EXTINCTION! WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS! THE CHOSEN! ZONE TROOPERS! I, MADMAN! ALIEN OUTPOST! GHOST TOWN! HOUSE ON THE HILL! EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN! JAWS OF SATAN! UDBRUD! & The Bloody Jug Band's "Beautiful Corpse!"". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 6 September 2015.