Wednesday, May 25, 2022
The Deep House
A couple of New York YouTubers, Ben & Tina, go to southwestern France in search abandoned ruins to explore & film for the internet. After a tip goes bust, a local directs them to a house at the bottom of a very secluded portion of a lake. This is an underwater haunted house story by Blumhouse, so what could go wrong? It’s the typical trapped in a scary place stuff as the couple start hearing things, seeing things, & having their equipment malfunction intermittently. Ben is the confident one, always too curious & never heeding the warning signs. Tina is the timid one, easy to panic. I️ wondered how this young couple could afford all of their fancy diving, drone, & recording gear that they happen to have. More than 2/3 of this 85 minute film is shot actually underwater. As time & air supply start to run out, will Ben & Tina be able to escape the evil clutches of the submerged abandoned house with a haunted history? I️ did find it interesting how the filmmakers tried to recreate this horror genre all while filming underwater. At the end of credits, is one more scene with a glimpse of what’s possibly next.
Alien gives it 2½ “Lac du Freess” stars out of 4.
