Rating: 9/20
Plot: Somebody's trying to sell a house, and people are getting axed to death. Merry Christmas.
The most interesting thing about this is that it was scored by Gershon Kingsley, composer of the maddening classic Moog hit "Popcorn" and 1/2 of the Perrey and Kingsley duo who composed some of that awesome bleepin' and blurpin' electronic music for the Disney Light Parade. The music for this movie is nothing spectacular though. In fact, there's nothing spectacular about this, a movie you'll almost forget you saw right after the credits. It starts promisingly enough, with about five different people providing voice-overs and a guy on fire in the snow. The latter made me say, "Stop, drop, and roll!" at my television. There's a guy who communicates by ringing a bell, some cool camera movements through the house, and some very effective and very bloody ax-chopping with these quick cuts. There are some movies that are atmospheric because they're crafted a certain way. This is atmospheric because of how cheap it is, but it moves so languidly and simply fails to grip. There is some more creepy Christmas music though. This is not recommended for a holiday family Christmas movie night.
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