Nerds That Geek Movie Review – ‘Exorcist: House of Evil’

Written by Scott Edwards

Sometimes your family can surprise you in the strangest ways. Not only do they give you unconditional love and respect, but sometimes they are even willing to give you a new house, well, new to you. As some homes are always meant to stay in the family, you should know what all has gone on inside of the house before you claim it as your own. If you do not know about all of the skeletons in the closet, you may be in for a ride that you will never forget.
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Amy is more than excited to get a chance at owning a home and with her Aunt Margaret’s coming up on the market, she is ready to move in. Her cousin Gordon is not too happy about the idea however, knowing a little bit more about the house that has been on mothballs for over fifty years, but there is little that he can do to stop her. Opening up the house for a quick inspection, only a little graffiti is in the way of making the old house into a proper home for Amy and Luke who would like nothing better. With everything working the way it should, Amy is ready to start her life over again and no one is going to stop her.

Heading off to the hospital to talk with Aunt Margaret about taking control of the house, Amy is not greeted the way she expects as her aunt is suffering from Alzheimer’s and does not know who her niece is. Grabbing Amy by the wrist and saying something in a foreign tongue, Margaret gives the young woman something from the past that will change her life going forward. A heart shaped planchette that has history in the house has been handed off to the next homeowner in line and while Amy does not understand what it means, she keeps the piece of wood with her because it must be important. Hearing strange bumps in the night in her current home, Amy is relieved that she is all packed up and ready to move into the new place tomorrow and cannot believe that her new home will be just that, a home for her to grow old in.

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Arriving at her new home, Amy tries to get some of her boxes inside before the rain hinders her task, but when the power goes out from a lightning strike, she is left only with her cell phone to illuminate the way. Trying her luck at the breaker box, she is not able to get the power turned back on and a strange banging is coming from upstairs that she is forced to investigate. Entering the only locked room in the house, she feels cold, but finds out where the knocking is coming from, but when she turns back to the door, she sees a face and is forced out of the room with a mark on her arm. With help from Luke and Gordon to get her keys back, Amy knows that there is something strange going on in the house and will need someone to help her figure it out and a local priest might be just the person to talk to. Talking with Father Halloran for a moment, Amy sees that he knows something that he is not telling her, so she is forced to take matters into her own hands and finds out what happened in her new home and that it may go beyond a simple haunting, since something that is related to the family name is making an effort to connect the past and the present...

Interesting premise for the storyline as Amy goes back to her family’s home that she has never stepped foot in. I must admit that the main draw for me to watch this movie is that it was filmed in The Real Exorcist House where the idea for the novel, The Exorcist was spawned. Makes the story feel a bit more real, but I would really like to know what happened in the house during the filming, it would add a little more to the story that was brought to the screen. I liked how willing Amy was to open up to her man after strange things started to happen to her. The closed mindedness of Luke was priceless as he believed that Amy was going crazy and might need to be medicated. Exploring the different reaches of the spirit world, there is no stopping a demon from taking what it wants in this film, which is how evil is supposed to work and that is portrayed perfectly. Stay Scared.

Five Takeaways

1. Fifty-year-old houses are freaking built well, since this one does not need any repairs, just a coat of paint to cover the satanic graffiti.
2. When a new painting appears in your house depicting the devil and says, 'Remember Me', you might want to forget that you know where the house is and leave.
3. It is common to get scratches that look like the letter T or an upside-down cross.
4. Don’t ever play with a Ouija or Spirit Board, nothing good ever comes of it.
5. Hauntings can be carried by the bloodline, when one family member is cursed, all of the family members are cursed.

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