Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth SueCo-starring in a psychological thriller, I really don't know how to refuse.
Although the reputation score is not high, it is still worth recommending.
This is an unpopular thriller that combines suspense, reversal and girlhood, if you think Jennifer Lawrence will only play "The Hunger Games", then this early work that nominated her for the MTV Movie Award for Best Horror Performance will definitely let you see the "blackening" potential of the big cousin!
This movie uses "surface peace" to package darkness and madness, pulling the audience step by step from a youth film into the abyss of psychological thriller, especially the ending, which can make people's brains short-circuit and gasp in an instant.
Movie ratings
The original script was R-rated, and the original script was darker and more bloody, but later in order to expand the audience, many scenes were cut and changed to a PG-13 version. But even so, it still retains the core psychological thriller texture.
House at the End of the Street
(2012)
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Sue
Genre: Thriller, Horror
It is said that the film is based on a real case, and the prototype is the real murder case in St. John's, Canada, where the murderer's sister was found to have plastic surgery after her disappearance for 20 years.
The "house at the end of the street" in the movie does exist, located somewhere in Canada, and it is said that the crew members experienced some strange episodes during the filming, and was called "an old house with a supernatural aura" by the locals.
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Sarah, a divorced mother played by Elizabeth Sue, moves to a secluded town with her 17-year-old daughter Alyssa, played by Jennifer Lawrence, and rents a forest house at a super low price.
Unexpectedly, there was a bloody case of the tragic death of both parents and the disappearance of the daughter in the old house next door. And now, the house still lives the only survivor of the year, his son Ryan.
Elizabeth gradually discovers that he is not as scary as rumored to be, and even thinks that he is a sensitive and pitiful soul. But as they get closer to each other, a series of strange events quietly occur.
The truth gradually surfaced, and there seemed to be "people" alive in the murderous mansion with a seal......
And the secret hidden in this house at the end of the street is even more terrifying than imagined......
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This film is very good at "pretending" from the beginning, on the surface it is a moving story of a young girl, and even has a soft atmosphere of a youth romance film. But the further back you go, the more you can feel that something is wrong.
The director is very good at using the language of the camera to create unease, especially at night, in old houses, woods and other scenes, when the sudden stillness, or "nothing seems to happen", it makes you most nervous.
One of the biggest attractions is the "suspicious but attractive" relationship between the hero and heroine.
Ryan's character exudes a distressing sense of loneliness from the beginning, but his behavior is a little unspeakably strange.
Would you keep guessing whether he was the "victim" or the "perpetrator"?
And Elizabeth's curiosity also pushes us closer to the truth little by little.
The reversal of the whole movie is also very exciting.
When you think you've guessed the direction, it "snaps" you in the face, breaking all your reasoning. Especially in the last ten minutes, it is simply a mixture of a secret room + mental ward + family distortion, which is truly creepy.
In addition, Jennifer Lawrence is definitely the biggest attraction of this film, and of course Elizabeth Sue's appearance is also very good.