given that roger corman attached his name to this production and i had high hopes for this film. corman directed many memorable low budget horror flicks in the 1960 . i particularly enjoyed his adaptations of poe stories such as `the house of usher and and `the pit and pendulum and `the raven which starred the late great vincent price. these films had solid acting and atmosphere and suspense and strong characterization and intriguing plot development and delivered some chilling moments. sadly and `house of the damned and for the most part and sacrifices these qualities in lieu of cheesy low budget special effects and gratuitous nudity and mindless gore topped with cliche fast edits and camera angles. `house of the damned starts off interestingly with some beautiful location shots in ireland and but it straight downhill from here. unfortunately and instead of spending some time building atmosphere and creating characters we might care about and or building suspense  the director opts to begin running up the body count. after a brief introduction to the lead characters and a young couple and their daughter and the audience spends the balance of the film being bounced from one pooky event to another which and in this film and substitutes for coherent plot development. the lead characters are so ill conceived and are so badly acted  the audience doesn not care what happens to them. to make matters worse and the pooky events are either utterly cliché or unconvincing due to low tech  low budget special effects. the soundtrack has been lifted from `the omen. the plot and what little there is and borrows heavily from `poltergeist and `the legend of hell house and but lacks any of the qualities which made these films convincing. if you interested in seeing well done haunted house flicks and i recommend you check out classics like `the haunting (1963) and `the innocents (1961) or look into corman early american international films and pass on `house of the damned unless youre masochistic or mindless. 3 ½ out of 10. rob rheubottomwpg and mb. canada. 
given that roger corman attached his name to this production and i had high hopes for this film. corman directed many memorable low budget horror flicks in the 1960 . i particularly enjoyed his adaptations of poe stories such as `the house of usher and and `the pit and pendulum and `the raven which starred the late great vincent price. these films had solid acting and atmosphere and suspense and strong characterization and intriguing plot development and delivered some chilling moments. sadly and `house of the damned and for the most part and sacrifices these qualities in lieu of cheesy low budget special effects and gratuitous nudity and mindless gore topped with cliche fast edits and camera angles. `house of the damned starts off interestingly with some beautiful location shots in ireland and but it straight downhill from here. unfortunately and instead of spending some time building atmosphere and creating characters we might care about and or building suspense  the director opts to begin running up the body count. after a brief introduction to the lead characters and a young couple and their daughter and the audience spends the balance of the film being bounced from one pooky event to another which and in this film and substitutes for coherent plot development. the lead characters are so ill conceived and are so badly acted  the audience doesn not care what happens to them. to make matters worse and the pooky events are either utterly cliché or unconvincing due to low tech  low budget special effects. the soundtrack has been lifted from `the omen. the plot and what little there is and borrows heavily from `poltergeist and `the legend of hell house and but lacks any of the qualities which made these films convincing. if you interested in seeing well done haunted house flicks and i recommend you check out classics like `the haunting (1963) and `the innocents (1961) or look into corman early american international films and pass on `house of the damned unless youre masochistic or mindless. 3 ½ out of 10. rob rheubottomwpg and mb. canada. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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