Haunting Of Briar House (The Unspoken): Superfiicilly this is your typical possessed rather than haunted house but there's more going than meets the eye, I won't add to that, just wait for the plot reveal. Possessed though because a family has vanished, leaving the house covered in blood with one servant hanging from the ceiling and the other a gibbering wreck. Seventeen years later a woman moves in with her troubled son who has been mute since the death of his father. A local teenage girl is hired as a nanny. Locals fear the house so only oddballs or the desperate will work there. Throw in the local psychotic bulies and a creepy handyman and we're set to go. Animals are ritually sacrificed as offerings to the house and a deceased dog reanimates and kills the handyman. Poltergeist activity, sinister marbles rolling about, invisible hands strangling people, drill bits coming through floors impaling a victim. This house would not compete well in an ideal homes exhibition. A constant feeling of dread infuses the film as dreams merge with reality. Not a classic but Writer/Director Sheldon Wilson delivers an effective horror flick. 7/10. On the Horror Channel.
Review of The Unspoken
