Ancestral home comes with "guardians" a supernatural curse. Long distant half-sisters that are conflicted come to the home for the reading of the will. Lackluster film goes on with rather boring characters that hold true to contrived plot lines. Simplistic solution only adds to the dullness of the film. Undone by the emptiness of story leaving too much lacking for any interest.
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kelly-gaudreau18 October 2021The tagline to this film is "Don't wake the dead." Well, I want to know who did? I'm going to kick their ass. I don't like these zombies. I don't like these actors. I don't like green eggs and ham.
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nogodnomasters19 December 2020The first few minutes uses animation to explain the curse going back to the middle ages or Middle Earth. The Dormant descendants will guard the house in both life and death. Jane and Jennifer Dormant inherit the house and discover zombie ancestors are trying to kill them.
This is like a zombie film, but slow moving. There is a lot of family drama without really good explanation. Starts out with potential but quickly fizzles after the first near reading of the will.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. -
duckman_07921 April 2021A zombie movie doesn't need a good story, but this one is pretty decent. The acting was believable and the location was fitting. The only thing wrong was that there wasn't enough excitement. So I would say It's worth watching, but don't expect anything great. The story segues along at the end to imply that this is only the beginning. Although movie was a bit weak, I see potential if they could de a better job on a sequel (at this point, I probably got some gasps from other less impressed reviewers). I gave it a 5 because I'm glad I saw it but probably won't see it again though.
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icocleric11 June 2022The animation style at the beginning was really cool to tell the myth behind the curse of the house. It was a really cool way to fill the watches in on the background of the house.
The CGI was terrible. The acting was okay, but the scripting could have been better. The story behind everything was pretty cool overall. I think this film is slightly better than average. I enjoyed watching it, but I've seen much better, and I've seen much worse too. -
takato052426 March 2021Everything about this movie was slow. Great premise, probably sounded good on paper, but execution missed the mark. Main lead female was at last likable, for me. The white guy played his part of racist prick well, making you hope he dies. Other female I kept forgetting she was there. If you need a nap, turn this on.
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paul_haakonsen17 December 2020I must admit that I was lured in by this 2020 movie's cover/poster. Sure, I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to sitting down to watch it. But the cover/poster had an appeal to it, and since it was a new horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I gave it a chance.
And while I managed to sit through the entire movie, right up to the disappointing ending, I have to admit that I was far from being anything even remotely close to entertained by the storyline told in "The Curse of Hobbes House".
The storyline and plot, as written by Wolf-Peter Arand and Juliane Block, just didn't offer anything interesting really. Everything in the movie had been done in other older movies, and done to a far better and more satisfactory result, I might add. So that left "The Curse of Hobbes House" as rather boring and uneventful movie.
The acting in the movie was adequate, although you shouldn't go about hoping for some grand Shakespearian performances here, as the script and dialogue just doesn't have that value to it.
For a horror movie then "The Curse of Hobbes House" was just unfathomably devoid of anything remotely scary. And truth be told, then fast, agile and nimble zombies with glowing blue light orbs for eyes just didn't cut it. It was more laughable than it was scary. It most certainly didn't do the trick for me.
While I managed to endure the movie to the bitter end, this is without the shadow of a doubt not a movie that I will ever return to watch again. Nor is it a movie that I can recommend that you spend your time, money or effort on.
My rating of "The Curse of Hobbes House" settles on a generous three out of ten stars. -
nycscott122 March 2022My title says it all I barely watched 30 minutes just absolutely unwatchable . Now that's all I have to say about that. Actors You will not care about or be able to follow and a convoluted story line . Bad production values a waste of time.
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lilivarga-219546 February 2023Ridiculous dialogues. The characters didn't develop anything during the movie. The characters were incapable of living and who were horribly written. They were obnoxious and illogical to the point that I was rooting for the enemy to kill them as soon as possible. The whole thing was so ridiculous. There isn't a normal living person in the world who starts arguing with another about ridiculously unimportant things, when their life is obviously in serious danger because they've already seen someone die. In this film, however, the Darwin Award-winning characters did not get to the point of utilizing the survival instinct. They didn't even look scared. They didn't care about it all. They couldn't solve any problem on their own. In fact. The only viable character was constantly looked down upon and backstabbed. Then they were surprised that there was no one among them who had any ability to get them out of the situation. My favorite is how many times they walked very slowly outside in the dark forest and argued with each other over nothing like hysterical teenagers. They knew the enemy was there, but somehow they didn't perceive it.
The enemies looked ridiculous, not scary. The film was made in 2020, compared to that, even with a quarter of the budget, a film could have been made seven times better. Congratulations on that. -
godinamachine16 September 2022HEY EVERYBODY ITS ME (4) and today we review ..... a film from englandland that isnt complete garbage ? ....
miracles really do happen i guess .... now thats not to say this film doesnt have its issues , so lets start with the bad first to get it out of the way #1 its made in england land .... ugh .... secondly the "zombies" make the most irritating sounds NONSTOP!!!!!! Seriously ? ... anymore screeching and i would swear it was just my EX on the screen the whole time .... if you didnt look at the screen you would think this was a group of people being attacked by those flying dinosaurs on helium while they clawed on black boards ........ i mean literally ANY sound other than what they used would have been better .... the sound of my getting hit the face with a brick would have been better than the noise those "zombies "made .......and zombies ? ... i mean they were but kind of not because they were technically animated dead due to the curse right ? .... so .... hmmm not sure what catagory exactly they fall under so sure "zombie" it is ...
now the good .... it was actually pretty well done over all ... a little cheesy but for the british its top notch for a horror film, considering im used to films like "bride of scarecrow" and " tooth fairy: queen of pain" from over there this is a diamond .....had a story arch with the mains, had some "twists" in there so i mean writting wise they tried, the FX were not the worst and certainly NOT the worst ive seen from the tea and crumpet people .....and the gore FX at the very end was solid ........
however i do want to point out the end ...lol.... so ...spoiler maybe ? ....
if they have to protect the property and NOT let the banks get it or sell it etc .... or the zombies pop up why not just let that happen ? ... i mean ... let it be the corporations problem then lol... let them deal with the garbage problem solved for you .......
so over all ... imma give it a 4/10 .....better than average for a horror film coming form the UK , good job. -
ops-5253515 December 2020That i was extremely tired and slumbering in and out of the green gables each time the living dead came screaming... so my review may have some flaws due to that.thats the hindside of numerous films watched in a row..
its a zombie movie instead of ''ghosts'' as you may expect from a british production. the story may bait some nostalgics, cause it aint bad, the narrative makes sense, and the acting aint too awful.
i bet there will be made a number 2 and 3 and 4 because its an ancestral guardianship of the manor that will doom generations to come. is it a film worth seeing, well as a sleep killer i can recommend , the acting aint more than average, and 95 % of the playtime is in darkness, so sit in a dark room when viewed. the grumpy old man did find this as a positive gain of english moviemaking on low budget, and therefore a small recommend -
The Guardians, they come for the descendants of the Evil Tyrant King. The curse is strong!!!!
Okay bad story. Acting okay. Nothing gory really except one shotgunned head. Just not very good. 3/10. -
Following news of a family member's passing, a young woman agrees to join her sister and her boyfriend at their ancestral estate to finalize matters only to become aware of a familial curse that brings the dead back to life forcing them to try to get away from the house and stop the curse.
There was a lot to like with this effort. Among its better features is the rather fun build-up which serves to mix old-school sensibilities with a more modern approach. The opening backstory detailing the family legacy involving the tyrannical leaders and their descent into madness is a fine touch, offering a great starting point by getting a worthwhile motivation for the curse as well as setting about how the rules are set in place. Seeing this type of setup play out in a more modern setting once that shifts to the present day allow for a nice blend of tactics to get this going off in the right direction as the reason for the family to visit and fall under the curse brings about some impressive chills due to this storyline. As well, there's a lot to like with the exploits of the curse coming to pass with the zombie-like behavior of the undead. Although it takes a while after the strong opening, this one gets going incredibly well once they start attacking as the first ambush by the possessed in the house starts off with a fantastic jump-scare. From there, the non-stop nature of the pace here generates highly enjoyable and frantic encounters throughout the house and surrounding buildings all come off incredibly well with the ravenous swarm running after the group in fun chases requiring a clever and unique series of tactics to fight back and escape. With the scares getting rather brutal and showing off the creepy look of the creatures while setting off the clever finale, the film comes off with a lot to like about it overall. There are some issues to be had with this one. The main issue here is the incessantly stupid behavior they engage in that has very little sense of realism portrayed. The brazen inability to accept what's going on simply by repeating the impossibility of what's happening or failing to adhere to warnings about the behavior which will alert their presence serves to feel the recipient's stupidity and desire for their death than anything else as there's no reason for that kind of behavior. As well, there's a moronic sidestory about the true nature of the house' worth which comes about for no reason other than to further the same characters' likable storyline that didn't need to be there. Alongside some pacing issues getting going, these are the films' main flaws.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.