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Jennifer Lawrence

Elisabeth Shue

Max Thieriot

Gil Bellows

Allie MacDonald

Nolan Gerard Funk

Jordan Hayes

Joy Tanner

James Thomas

Craig Eldridge

Lori Alter

Olivier Surprenant

Will Bowes

Krista Bridges

John Healy

Bobby Osborne

Grace Tucker-Duguay

Eva Link

Hailee Sisera

Jon McLaren

Jasmine Chan

Jonathan Malen

Claudia Jurt

Jonathan Higgins

Aaron Ryder

Peter Block

Mark Tonderai

David Loucka

Jonathan Mostow

Hal Lieberman

Krista Bell

Theo Green

Garren Dunbar

John Papsidera

Steve Mirkovich

John Douglas Smith

Tucker Tooley

Carolyn Arbuckle

Mark Gingras

Steve Samuels

Albert Camicioli

Mirosław Baszak

Lisa Soper

Jennifer Stroud

Brad Thornton

Sonny Mallhi

Steve Lindsey

Ronald J. Webb

Nathaniel Hill

Ryan Kavanaugh

Dominic Visconsi Jr.

Allison Silver

Karen Porter

Jason Perreira

Layton Morrison

Karen Leach

Sean Wheelan

Michael Tien

Sarah Deline

Reid A. Dunlop

Kensey Young

Amanda Laflamme

Tim Carras

Shane Boucher

Andre Coutu

Perry Hoffman

Carly Basso

Malin Leuchovius

Curtis Dickie

Angie Mills

Linus Lindbalk

Alexandre Champagne

Angelina Defazio

Ashley Dawn Szabadi

Joshua D. Comen

David C. Malcolm

Whitney Belanger

Peter Jurt

Lawrence of Suburbia.

A little better than its garbage reputation, as evidence by the support it got at the box office from its target audience, Mark Tonderai’s horror/thriller is safe genre film making. There’s no intelligence in the screenplay, no copious amounts of blood letting, the characters do dumb things and in truth it unfolds as a standard girl in peril movie. These things are what have led to it being savaged by critics, but backed by a trio of strong performances from Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue and Max Thieriot, boosted by a genuine narrative surprise and the fact that Tonderai is able to do the peril motifs with suspenseful impact, ensures House at the End of the Street is at least a decent enough time waster. 5/10

_**Does a killer prowl the neighborhood or is it just local lore?**_

A mother and daughter (Elisabeth Shue & Jennifer Lawrence) move into a Pennsylvania suburb where a nearby abode was the scene of a double murder four years earlier, committed by a deranged girl named Carrie-Anne. She was thought to have drowned, but her body was never found and local legend suggests that she prowls the eerie woods. Meanwhile her brooding brother (Max Thieriot) lives on the property and is maltreated by some of the residents. Gil Bellows plays an officer that befriends the mother and is sympathetic toward the despondent young man.   

“House at the End of the Street” (2012) is a coming-of-age drama mixed with mystery and horror of the slasher variety, but more realistic than a guy in a mask lurking around with a machete. It borrows story elements from “Psycho” (1960) and “Sleepaway Camp” (1983), but has the polished modern tone of flicks like “Solstice” (2008), “The Last House on the Left” (2009) and “My Soul to Take” (2010). It’s not great like “Psycho” or the remake of “Last House,” but it’s at least on par with “Solstice” and superior to “Sleepaway Camp” and “My Soul to Take.”   

Jennifer looks great in her prime while Thieriot’s character makes for a sympathetic study. The lush Eastern locations are sumptuous and the relatively believable story holds your interest while offering some unexpected revelations. The feminine cast also includes Allie MacDonald, Eva Link and Jordan Hayes.

The film runs 1 hour, 41 minutes, and was shot in Metcalfe & Carp, Ontario, both outside of Ottawa.

GRADE: B

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