A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.
What could be so bad about a new Jennifer Lawrence movie that its distributor opts to keep it away from critics and release it with minimal ad support? Please, allow "House at the End of the Street" to answer that question.
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Sep 2012
rotten:
There are one or two clever plot twists that are subsequently followed up by a cavalcade of ridiculous, credibility-stretching ones.
– Alonso Duralde,
TheWrap,
21 Sep 2012
fresh:
Tonderai steers the story cleanly around its queasy hairpin turns, perversely toying with one of pop cinema's most cherished cliches: the audience's inculcated desire to side with the underdog.
– Nick Pinkerton,
Village Voice,
22 Sep 2012
rotten:
A choppily edited, poorly timed mess with little continuity, overloaded with aural shocks in a desperate attempt to compensate for its minimal suspense.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
22 Sep 2012
rotten:
Shockingly uneventful, this horror film marks time until dropping its big, dumb reveal.