Psycho in the basement in the house at the end of the road

First off, I only saw this movie for one thing and one thing only.  Jennifer Lawrence.  As did most other guys who saw this movie.  After The Hunger Games and being the cover story of Rolling Stone magazine, Jennifer LAUNCHED into stardom.  Her first movie after Hunger Games? House at the End of the Street.  When I first saw advertising for this flick, my expectations immediately became extremely low.  Being the person that I am...I don't really enjoy scary movies.  Not because they are too scary for me, but just for the shear fact that they never seem to have any sort of solid story or flow to them..  With that being said, I generally tend to steer clear of new age horror.  House of the End of Street was no different to me.  Unfortunately; however, I was asked to go, and being the nice guy that I am..I didn't say no.  So after forking out 10.25 for this movie, I expect to get my money's worth.  One can only wish right?  That's how I felt with this.  Jennifer should've known better than to pick to do this movie.

The general plot line of House was a mother and daughter move into a rural house that sits inside a national park.  The house is extremely cheap due to the fact that  several years earlier,  there was a double murder involving a mentally disturbed girl.  The mother and daughter go to a cookout as part of a "welcome to the neighboorhood" party, and they learn gossip of the house at the end of the street where the murders took place.  They say that the house is abandoned, but of course, knowing horror movies, it isn't.  It turns out the son of the family is living at the house.  I won't give any more away...but this movie is a ride of twists and turns.  As the movie progresses, the viewer starts to realize that the mother plays a larger role then one might expect.

Overall this movie was mediocre at best.  Acting was sub=par with the exception of the son of the murdered family.  He does exceptionally well.  No special effects.  Actually...the place where this movie shines is the lighting.  It is wonderful throughout the movie.  Not just natural lighting either.  Soundtrack was typical.  The end of the movie did have a good twist to it of all things, but it didn't really effect my overall enjoyment.  A lot more boring than suspenseful.   It failed to make me jump once.  Overall grade of an F.  4.5/10