House of Salem

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House of Salem
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Crow
Written byJames Crow
Produced by
  • James Crow
  • Julie Donaghey
  • Paul Jones
  • James Sibley
  • Steve Thomas
Starring
Cinematography
  • Sam Creamer
  • James Crow
Edited by
  • Sam Creamer
  • James Crow
Music byPete Coleman
Production
company
Last British Dragon
Distributed byLast British Dragon
Release dates
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

House of Salem is a 2016 horror-thriller film written and directed by James Crow. It stars Jessica Arterton, Jack Brett Anderson, Liam Kelly, Robert Daniel Lowe, Leslie Mills and Andrew-Lee Potts. [2] The film premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on August 27, 2016. [3] [4]

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Synopsis

A group of kidnappers become a child’s unlikely protectors, after finding out they have unwittingly been set up to take part in a deadly game of human sacrifice. As they start to uncover the truth of the safe house they find themselves trapped, they must battle demonic forces in the walls and uncover the terrifying truth of over a hundred years of murder in the name of the Devil.

Cast

Release

The film was premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on August 27, 2016 [5] and released in the United States on January 23, 2018.

Reception

Norman Gidney of Film Threat rate the film 2 out of 4 rating and wrote: House of Salem may not be the mix of House of the Devil and Don't Breathe that it aims to be but there are enough interesting ideas to make you sit up and take notice. [6] Joel Harley of Starburst gave the film a rating of 3 out of 10 rating and said: House of Salem is more technically accomplished than most low-budget British horror films, but it’s failures drop the ball so hard that it can never hope to recover. It’s not scary, clever or atmospheric enough to cover for the actors’ atrocious line readings and lack of presence. [7]

Matt Hudson of Horrornews.net wrote:

When settling in to watch a horror movie about which you know nothing, it can be a very good thing if you find yourself 10 minutes or more into the flick, and you start to wonder if this really IS a horror movie. House of Salem does that by giving you a supernatural type opening that quickly morphs into a home invasion/kidnapping. And things lock fairly tightly on that crime drama thread, for a while. [8]

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  7. Harley, Joel (January 18, 2018). "HOUSE OF SALEM". Starburst . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  8. "Film Review: House of Salem (2016)". 6 March 2018.