The Trailer:
Director: Trevor Matthews
Main Cast: Ali Cobrin, Adam DiMarco & Slaine
Synopsis: Kylie Atkins (Ali Cobrin), a young college student struggling to pay tuition, moves into a house with 24/7 cameras that stream content to an x-rated website, but an obsessed subscriber (Slaine) with a hacking know-how is about to terrorize these girls in a bloody killing spree.
I am pleasantly surprised with Girl House. It's not innovative, but it is a nice modern take on the slasher flick. Basically, Girl House is a house that has cameras all around the property in order to film the girls every minute of every day for a loyal fanbase of thousands to watch. It is not required that the girls do anything of sexual nature on camera, but it is suggested. The website is supposedly the "Fort Knox of websites" and the location of the home is kept secret in order to protect the girls. Though we all know no place, virtual or real, can be one hundred percent protected. I like the set-up: the idea of an adult site being the victim of a deranged killer is interesting and new. There's this creepy notion of always being watched that is rather unsettling. I fully appreciate that strange element, that the people who've been watching the girls have sex and masturbate are now witnessing the most personal of all things, their deaths. Really fucking cool!
The acting is awesome. All the girls in the house, including Kylie are likeable. Of course, they are all attractive and scantily clad for the majority of the running time, but that doesn't take away from this familial, comfortable environment that is ever-present in the house. Sure, some of the girls think of others as competition, but ultimately they all share a home together and get along. They all bring their own charisma to the group and are believable as real young women of the 21st century. And you have no idea how much I admire that, that they are so relatable and genuine and that is the work of great writing and great acting. Superb! Ali Cobrin, the star of the movie and Girl House, is wonderful as a shy newcomer trying to find her way and become uninhibited. And she's particularily awesome as she comes face to face with the obsessed subscriber who goes by the user name of Loverboy. Slaine as Loverboy is the epitome of a man who is socially awkward with women, which is why he's turned to Girl House for virtual companionship. And as a deranged killer he is brutal in his murdering methods and it is amazingly painful to watch! Then there's Adam DiMarco as Ben Stanley, Kylie's boyfriend. He is believable in his desperate attempt to help Kylie and the girls fight off Loverboy. All around, the acting is A+.
What I also really appreciate about Girl House is that the killings don't start until about an hour into the movie. Well actually there is one kill scene within the first fifteen minutes that show where Loverboy's seed of wariness towards women and his birth as a cold-blooded killer. But other than that, we don't see another kill until the seventy minute mark. I really freaking like that! This allows for an actual story to be told and some character development, which is rarely demonstrated in slasher flicks, so I am very appreciative of this! Props to the writers, once again! And while it does take some time for the movie to pick up pace, as for the first hour it's just set up, when it finally does get to the killings it's amazing. They are gruesome and gory and vengeful and complete overkill for the most part. Loverboy was letting some real aggression out on these girls, but Kylie is much stronger and smarter than he is.
Overall, the movie is great. Is it the most fantastic thing to grace the screen? No, but as a slasher movie, it doesn't need to be. It has great production, despite it's small budget and it's well written and acted. And while I do know that some people may not be as impressed with the developing first hour of the movie, because most slasher fans just want to see blood, but trust me the killings are worth it. And if you don't want to see all the character development and story-telling of the first hour, just fast-forward it to the good parts! Haha. Would I watch this again? Hell yes, I would!
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