Stormhouse

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Stormhouse
Directed by Dan Turner
Written by Jason Arnopp
Starring Grant Masters
Katie Flynn
Running time
88 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Stormhouse is a 2011 British independent horror film directed by Dan Turner and starring Grant Masters and Katie Flynn.

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Plot

Four months before the war in Iraq, a supernatural creature is caught by the United States army and locked in a British military facility. Hayley (Katie Flynn) comes into the facility as a paranormal investigator. She is called in to see if the entity is safely locked away. As the film continues, the entity is released and starts killing people at the facility.

Reception

Paul Doro of Shock Till You Drop said that "Stormhouse is an example of boring mediocrity". [1] Ross Miller of Blogcritics called the film "one of the biggest disappointments of the EIFF 2011". [2] Mac McEntire of DVD Verdict thought that the film "seemed like such a cool idea. Instead, we get…a chain link fence." [3]

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References

  1. Paul Doro (9 April 2012). "Review: Stormhouse". Shock Till You Drop. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. Ross Miller (24 June 2011). "EIFF 2011 Movie Review: Stormhouse". Blogcritics. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. Mac McEntire (10 February 2012). "Stormhouse". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 15 April 2012.