House at the End of the Street. Courtesy FilmNation Entertainment
House at the End of the Street. Courtesy FilmNation Entertainment

The House at the End of the Street



Director: Mark Tonderai
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows
**

Completed two years ago, this generic schlock-horror thriller has finally been granted a cinema release.

Lawrence plays Elissa, a Chicago teenager newly arrived in small-town Pennsylvania with her single mother Sarah (Shue). The house next door has a history of murder but Elissa is drawn to Ryan (Thieriot), the misfit son of the slaughtered family.

Behind its shock twists and stylistic flourishes, the film is mainly composed of grindingly familiar slasher-movie clichés with no redeeming wit or irony.

This is a shame, because the scenes between Lawrence and Shue work pretty effectively as straight mother-daughter drama. Alas, even fine performers cannot elevate second-hand characters stuck in a third-hand plot.

The specs: 2017 Dodge Viper SRT

Price, base / as tested Dh460,000

Engine 8.4L V10

Transmission Six-speed manual

Power 645hp @ 6,200rpm

Torque 813Nm @ 5,000rpm

Fuel economy, combined 16.8L / 100km

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin

Director: Shawn Levy

Rating: 3/5

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The specs

Engine: 3-litre twin-turbo V6

Power: 400hp

Torque: 475Nm

Transmission: 9-speed automatic

Price: From Dh215,900

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