The Bleeding House

The Bleeding House (2011)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 31% of users liked it
    (277 ratings)

In this tense thriller, The Smith family with a secret past is visited by a sweet-talking southern gentleman who is looking for small town humanity. But they'll soon find out kindness towards strangers is not always rewarded and the secretive stranger will find redemption does not always come… More

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Unrated,
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Genres
Horror
On DVD
Sep 26, 2011
Tribeca Films

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

    When close-knit characters talk in awkwardly roundabout ways because the filmmaker wants to stave off the release of key information as long as possible, you know you're in trouble.

  • Christian Toto, What Would Toto Watch?

    Beware of nattily dressed strangers knocking at your door ...

  • Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics

    A good-hearted try at a bloody slasher flick falls short of a full pint.

  • Glenn Lovell, CinemaDope

    more an intellectual exercise in absurdist horror than a goody-goody, balls-to-the-wall horror film. Advice to Gelatt: trust darkest instincts next time, and finish us off.

  • Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

    The film works its tired conceit with maximum patience and minimal inventiveness.

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    *1/2 out of **** Philip Gelatt's "The Bleeding House" has aspirations to be creepy, thrilling, violent, and philosophical all at the same time. The director - who also served as screenwriter - seems to have Michael Hanake's "Funny Games" in mind when… More

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