The Deep House

Not a bad film. Wife liked it more than me

basically watched this from comments and found it a good watch

This is the newest horror film from French duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury following Tina and Ben who are a couple of young youtubers specialized in abandoned building exploration videos. They're on trip for their new video. After reaching their destination, the lake is too crowded and obviously isn't suitable for diving. Lucky for them there's a local there who knows a remote lake area where a preserved house is completely submerged and he agrees to take them there. This is probably the best haunted house film I've ever seen. It's fun, unique, tense, and actually scary. The subgenre is tiring already so seeing film like this is refreshing. It still has the usual haunted house formula but the fact that it's underwater makes it a lot scarier. The acting's mostly ok, there are moments where I find them annoying but never in an irritating way. The highlight of the film is the setting and visuals. They're fantastic and elevate the film a lot since the exploration aspect fills the most runtime. The water is dark and murky giving you very limited vision and there's a lot of creepy floating objects. Since it's underwater, it got me anxiety filled throughout and the oxygen level as a time bomb effectively increase the tension.

Well, you sure haven't seen a movie set in this setting before, but the movie is going over fairly standard plot points. Because of the setting though, it adds a creepiness factor that makes it entertaining to watch. It does take a while to get to the house, which is annoying, but once there, it really starts to crank up the creepy in all the right ways.

Well, I liked this movie. It did well creating a claustrophobic atmosphere, and creepy environment. Story was OK too, and although the Blair Witch-style camera work may not appeal to all, it does add to the authenticity.

The concept is so unique, that makes the entire film very watchable and solid.

The Deep House (2021) - ❤x7

I expected this to be bad - really bad. But, this was WAY better than expected. The creepiness factor is very high here. It had me transfixed most of the way thru.
[spoiler] DANG! She almost made it :( [/spoiler]

How I rate:
1-3 ❤ = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 ❤ = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 ❤ = I expect you will like this too
9-10 ❤ = movies and TV shows I really love!

It didn't quite hit the landing, but as a fan of claustrophobic horror the build up there were very much worth watching.

I was kinda skeptical before watching, I mean the premise is kinda stupid but also intriguing. As a fan of found footage and movies that don't particularly follow the basic path, I found this quite enjoyable. It sure has some flaws and could be even great if they had focused on other things and used the new environment a little better, but I found myself sometimes scared, had a dreadful feeling while watching it and was totally surprised by the ending. Consequent and bold. I love it. I think it deserves some recognition, therefore I will give an extra point because I have never seen something like that.