'Channel Zero: No-End House' Recap - 'This Isn't Real'

Written by Scott Edwards

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It is difficult to deal with a loss of a family member. While you might put up a front to show everyone that you are okay, if you are hiding all of your emotions from yourself as well, you might find that it will destroy you from the inside out. Make sure that you have someone to open up to, be it a family member, a friend, or even a doctor, because if you don’t, you will feel much worse and even get ill. It is healthy to have an open dialogue about your feelings and while some people don’t believe in leaving them out on the table for others to view, it is up to you to make sure you are living life to the fullest.
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After a long summer break, Margot is excited to see that her best friend Jules has made it home and wants to hang out. Sitting by the pool, the two women have a chat about life when they both get strange text messages that show a shady house. Not knowing what this means, Jules is able to get Margot to agree to go out for the evening. With the loss of her father the previous year, Margot has been shut down to the world and Jules wants to see her friend happy once again.

Meeting up with Jules’ friends at a party, the discussion arises about who knows about the No-End House. Telling the group everything he has heard about the house and the infamous six rooms that make people go crazy, J.D. has a feeling that the house is in their area. While the party is coming to an end, Margot steps inside and sees the mysterious address pop up on the television while her friends get the same creepy message on their phones. Wanting to try something new, J.D., Jules, Seth and Margot pile into their car and make their way to the mythical house to see what it really has to offer.

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Seeing the street lined with cars and people, the group has arrived at their location. Asking people how their trip was, it is obvious that this house has struck a nerve with several people. Not shying away, the group enters the house and is met with some up-tempo music and sculptures of their heads. Not thinking that this house is creepy at all, the lights dim them come back up showing the heads being torn apart. While they cannot put their hands on what just happened, the group continues into the second room of the house.
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Eying an empty room, the lights flicker once again and a man dressed in black appears out of nowhere. Whispering in Margot’s ear the pet name her father used to call her, she wants to move on, but the others are starting to think differently when they notice a trail of blood and one of their guests disappearing from the room. As Margot follows her own path, she is put into a hallway with a creepy laughing man, then arrives in her house’s attic and is given a view of her father dying. Wanting to see more, she steps into the fifth room and watches her childhood home movies with her dead father.  Wanting to leave, the cadaver tells her the only way out is to make it through the sixth and final room.  Steeping through the door and winding up outside and seeing Jules, the two head back home, but Margot quickly finds out that there is something very strange going on.

I cannot believe that I missed this show when it came out a couple months ago, I guess I need to watch some more SyFy channel to make sure I get the dates embedded into my memory. Let me say this first, this episode was paced like a snail and only giving us a single scene in between commercial breaks is not the way to keep the viewer intrigued. Outside of that, this seems to be a pretty interesting story and I do want to know more, since this house seems to know the people in it better than they know themselves. I really hope the pacing gets better and consistent, because if it does not, this is going to be a really difficult series to stomach. Stay Scared.

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