Fear House

Director/Writer: Michael Morris
Cast: Matthew Montgomery, Monique La Barr, Aleece Jones.
Runtime: 88 minutes
Year of Production: 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Relatives and colleagues of reclusive writer Samantha Ballard track her to an isolated home in the California desert where they discover her some nine months later severely traumatized. She greets them with a grim announcement that they will die if they attempt to leave the house.

After Samantha's ex-husband and his girlfriend suffer horrible deaths while trying to escape, the others realize that she was serious. They begin to scheme a safe way out even as the malevolent force that rules the house stirs the worst fears of each of them, causing them to wonder: Can they escape the evil house before their fears kill them?

"Fear House" doesn't rely on over-the-top gore and blood special effects, but the psychological fear of what really scares us deep inside. While trapped in the house, each person meets their deepest fears head on and it's up to how to handle it as to whether they will survive or not. This film is part Phantasm, part Evil Dead and part Black Christmas.