House on Eden is a 2025 American found footagehorror film directed, written, produced, and starring Kris Collins, in her feature directorial debut. The film follows Kris, Celina and Jay who encounter an ancient spirit that resides in an abandoned house deep in the woods.
A small team of vloggers—consisting of Kris, the boss/lead; Celina, her co-host; and Jay, their cameraman and editor—goes on a road trip to film an on-location episode at a cemetery for their ghost hunting channel. Spirits are high and the team playfully banters in their rented van.
Kris upsets everyone when she reveals she has not been driving them to the cemetery Celina researched, but to a different haunted location, the titular "House on Eden." Kris researched this new location on her own, and knows little about it other than it is abandoned and a woman went missing in the area roughly 60 years ago. But Kris has high hopes that its unknown status and the forcibly unscripted nature of the unplanned location will launch her channel to new levels of popularity and is annoyed and incensed her team is not on board with her vision. Celina and Jay are displeased she did not consult or involve them, but agree to go along to the house, which is in the middle of nowhere and requires them to abandon their vehicle and drag their equipment through a wooded trail to reach.
The team film b-roll footage in the forest as they walk to the house, and find signs that people have recently been in the area. All of the members keep believing they see something in the distance, though they dismiss these instances.
It is dark by the time they reach the house, which is a large manor in immaculate condition, appearing as if the owners simply walked away, leaving all of their belongings behind. The name "Lilith" is written above the door on an upstairs bedroom, and there is Lilith art and imagery throughout the house. Kris's internet search reveals that Lilith is a demon who pranks men and targets pregnant women. Celina is deeply uncomfortable and wants to leave, but Kris is increasingly snappy and derogatory towards her team as she demands they stay.
Over the next day and into the following evening, the team set up cameras and begin filming for their episode, getting unforeseen results from their efforts to reach any present spirits using a variety of ghost hunting devices. Celina sleepwalks and shows signs of possession, while Kris is isolated and targeted by the supernatural entities multiple times, but retains no memory after each incident. Celina and Jay are increasingly disturbed by the events, and by Kris's picky and aggressive attitude towards them. Jay leaves the house after an argument and disappears. Kris reveals that she is pregnant, accounting for her behavior and why she has been targeted. Celina disappears after she goes searching for Jay.
Kris is chased through the house by a naked old woman who eventually catches Kris and kills herself, cutting her throat over Kris's prone body. Kris gets up in a trance-like stupor and walks outside, where a large group of unknown people is gathered around a pyre. Celina and Jay are seen dead. The cultists welcome Kris into the circle and also rub her friends' blood all over her while naked.
Production
Development
Kris Collins and Jason-Christopher Mayer announced at VidCon 2023 that they are working on a horror film, but at the time, there were no plans for a horror film yet. A few months following the announcement, Collins came up with an idea for a film. She started sending voice memos to Mayer and Myers. They wrote an outline for the film.[2]
Filming
Filming was originally scheduled to comence at some point, but was pushed back, before finally comencing in Texas in July 2024.[2]
Release
On May 27, 2025, RLJE Films and Shudder acquired the film distribution rights to the film, and released the film in the United States on July 25, 2025.[4]
Richard Whittaker of The Austin Chronicle gave the film a one and a half of five stars, and stated "What House on Eden re-enforces is the disappointing realization that, 27 years since Blair Witch and over two decades since the first episode of Ghost Hunters debuted on SyFy, this genre has evolved so little".[6]
Carla Hay of Culture Mix wrote "If you want to see a weak, pointless, and dull imitation of 1999's 'found footage' classic horror film The Blair Witch Project, then look no further than the idiotic and unoriginal House on Eden. And be prepared to possibly fall asleep from boredom".[7]
Matt Donato of IGN wrote in his review "Collins’ feature-length debut is a 78-minute purgatory that'll have you begging for something, anything of note to happen".[1]
Hannah Rose of CBR wrote "As it is, though, House on Eden is typical screenlife fare, a modern-day Blair Witch, right down to its flaws and virtues".[8]
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