Dark House

(2009) ***1/2

A group of children approach a creepy old house where orphaned children live. One girl, Claire, boldly announces that she isn't scared and walks right up to the door to prove it. She walks into the house to find a grisly scene, dead children everywhere and a crazy woman grinding her hands in the garbage disposal. Flash forward to present day, Claire is now a student in an advanced acting class. The class has been offered a once in a lifetime gig working for Walston(Jeffrey Combs) the world's greatest spook house creator. He's opening up the old child murder house as a high tech spook house and needs actors. Claire sees this as an opportunity to finally confront her childhood fears head on so she can push past them and get on with her life.

The house is rigged with a new and innovative holographic program. The holograms are scary vicious, random and interactive with the guests. Really cool, until the ghost of the crazy house bitch shows up and turns them real.

Bravo once again to Fangoria Frightfest! Great concept, tons of blood splatter, a creepy old house and Jeffrey Combs. Need I say more? Fangoria is bringing back good old fashioned scare horror, the stuff we all grew up on. Amen to that!