Cast: Kris Collins, Celina Myers, Jason-Christopher May

Written and Directed By: Kris Collins

release Date: 2025

Studio/Streamer: RELJ

Runtime: 95 minutes

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What is It?: A found footage horror film where three individuals head out to make a YouTube style documentary about a large house in the middle of nowhere, where a girl may have gone missing years prior, and the truth may lie within.

What Works: It takes a lot to be one of the few on the other end of a maligned film. This has a 3.3 on IMDb which is just deeply troubling. Ever since Blair Witch, we’ve been trying to send people anywhere with a camera to recreate the found footage genre. Every once in a while, we get a standout feature. rec, Paranormal Activity, and Searching all feel like they fit the mold. I’m not saying House On Eden reinvented the wheel, but I’m willing to say I enjoyed it a lot more than a lot of copycats, and even the Blair Witch Project.

The aforementioned classic had their crew wander the woods forever, with only a little bit of real scares at the tail end. Here, the crew find the House near the halfway point, to a large chunk of the film is spent in these creative sequences of trying to commune with the dead. I’ll say the gimmick here is that it is tied to the Bible, and I think most people who watch this will get the reference. If you don’t the girls explain it anyway. Is this film perfect? No. I think they should have gotten to the house even quicker, and a lot of the ghost adventures seem to be things easily debunkable. Then again, they are just content creators, and not paranormal scientists. They play with things they aren’t fully sure of the ramifications, and let their youth dictate their actions.

I did enjoy it. I was interested in the film, especially when they got to the house, and I had a better time here than I did with the Blair Witch Project.

the Audio description: if I remember correctly, no one was credited. It has been a minute, but I think I made it all the way to the end of the credits, and nothing. Not the first time it has happened, but on a perfectly fine, competent track? feels unnecessary. I didn’t have any problems with the AD, except if the film had edited differently, perhaps it would have had more to describe.

Why You Might Like it: A horror starved individual might like this, if found footage is your bag. It is on AMC Plus without audio description, so you’d actually have to pay to see it. the Apple Store had it with audio description.

Why you Might Not Like It: I’m an outlier here. I expected to not like it, but I did. It isn’t a great film, but I think it is worth a one time watch. the problem is that most people don’t.

Final Thoughts: House On Eden manages a somewhat fresh take on the found footage genre, and is perhaps worth the time to see some content creators take on a demonic biblical force.

Fresh: 6.4/10