Key Under the Mat, Fear Off the Chart? “The Open House” 2018 Letdown

The Open House Netflix movie begins after the death of Logan’s (Dylan Minnette) father. His mother Naomi (Piercy Dalton) takes up her sister’s offer to stay in the home she is selling. Odd things begin to happen. What’s going on? Is this one of those bad Netflix Original movies? Yes, it is. Strangely, “The Open House” cast was pretty solid, so what happened to the film?

• Director: Matt Angel (also responsible for The Funhouse Massacre 2015) and Suzanne Coote.
• Distributor: A Netflix Original,
• Release: January 2018,
• Budget: $100 000,
• Origin: USA.

The Open House Review

You move into a house with your mom. You’re sad. The house is big, and you go exploring to discover a basement with a tunnel seemingly blocked off.

The Open House Explained

Not here, it seems. Luckily, the tunnel has no relevance. To anything. Don’t worry about looking into it; there is nothing to see here.

The relationship in “The Open House” between Logan and Naomi has no chemistry. On-screen, it looks as though they are supposed to be super close. This fact is confirmed when they cook together. It’s almost as though they just met and moved in together instead of as mother and son. I guess they are just supposed to come across as a stereotypical family; however, seeing as nothing else happened to give the Open House movie some spark, some character depth might have been nice.

For a low-budget film that utilizes great scenery and atmospheric snow, the movie failed at telling the story with any semblance of tension. How many times does the pilot light need to go out before you stop blaming the only other person in the house? You have a tunnel in your basement, remember?

The Open House movie is a thriller lacking thrills with bad dialogue and underused great ideas. Generic scenarios (I’m looking at you, wayward Cops who do nothing) always die a slow and painful death. One day, cops attending a truly odd and out-of-the-ordinary scene will come up with better reasons to do nothing than blaming it on rascally neighborhood kids.

The Open House Ending

What a shame the final shot and end of the thriller movie were the only interesting part. There is something cool about a serial sneak hiding out in disused houses and running amok. The Killer in this movie is never actually seen. If you didn’t see this movie right until the bitter end, you might have missed that the ending explains exactly what has been happening in the neighborhood. It clearly shows that all the strange events from within the house are the work of a serial stalker who randomly chooses homes for sale to target.

If you missed The Open House ending because you were asleep, that’s when we met the killer. Out of the camera’s shot and driving in a car. It’s only a moment, but it explains what happened at the end.

Open House on Netflix is rated

1.5 Great ending, shame about the rest of it out of 5

Where to Watch The Open House Movie

You can watch this movie on Netflix for free with a subscription in most countries. For more ways to watch, check your favorite Where to Watch app. Mother of Movies recommends JustWatch.com or ReelGood.com.

The Open House Cast

• Dylan Minnette
• Piercy Dalton
• Patricia Bethune
• Sharif Atkins
• Aaron Abrams

The Open House

Director: Suzanne Coote

Date Created: 2018-01-19 19:56

Editor's Rating:
1.5