House in Time
A Gripping Journey Through Time: A Review of House in Time ( Time-Travel Mystery Thriller )
House in Time is an explainable and fascinating film that moves the audience through time. The movie which is a mystery, science fiction, and drama movie directed by James Carter can be considered a new experience for those who like to watch movies from these genres.
It is a thriller about Sarah, a woman who deserves an intimate house from her grandmother. At first, the house also appears to be a common house and has stairs that creek, dusty furniture, and a certain kind of eerie feel to it. Things start to happen in the family; dishes and cutlery start moving on their own, and clocks are seen to be ticking backward. As she investigates further, Sarah discovers that the house holds a dark secret: it can take people back in time.
I think the build-up of tension in the movie is well done from the time when the two characters meet. The house itself is nearly a character in the plot, and other unsettling corridors, rooms, and shadows are evoked. The slow manifestation of its powers makes viewers tentative and unsure of what next to expect as they watch. Of all aspects this movie got right, one of them is the flow of events. While it is treading this path, it does not bore the audience by taking its time to develop suspense.
Peculiarities of Bonnie’s character are described in detail. The lady begins as a rather unsympathetic and not very interested woman but as she learns more of the house, she gets more concerned. It is about her learning the possibilities of the house her family’s history and the enigmas that are in it. Thus, the enriching of the heroine’s character with her emotions allows the audience to have a clear sympathy for her while attempting rational actions more and more dangerous.
The other appealing thing about the movie days is what it does with time travel. House in Time does not rely on exceptionally complicated pieces of scientific discourse as a way of creating meaning. The house is pinned as a sort of gateway to the paranormal world but the proper functioning of the house is never too well outlined. This only makes the audience come up with their conclusion making the whole thing even more mysterious.
The subsidiary characters, although well-developed, are the large group of friends of Sarah, and a local historian, who helps her to get an insight into the history of the house, are quite significant in the progressive movement of the film. However, it is the character of Sarah and her interaction with the house and her transformational aspect that is the most of it.
Overall, visually the movie deserves applause. The use of lights and darkness in the movie is well employed, the movie has some horror feel for the best kind of scary movies. Some are very subtly done while others are not so much so that you do not get distracted by what is going on behind the screen as in most Hollywood movies. The score of the music also takes the setting well and builds another layer of tension to the most important scenes.
However, on closer examination of this movie, many indisputable flaws could be seen. There is a debate if the last scene of the film is well thought out and smooth or simply rushed. After an hour and a half of slow, methodical setting up, everything kicks into gear in the final twenty minutes, but there are a couple of plot threads left unresolved. Some may feel comfortable with this type of open-ended conclusion, however, others can have different opinions.
Altogether, House in Time is quite a thrilling and moody picture, which can be quite interesting for audiences, who are tired of worn cliches of time-travel movies and mysterious thrillers. This is so because the film has talented performers in its cast particularly the lead woman and the terrorizing cinematography. This movie is definitely for you if you are a fan of mystery with a hint of the supernatural being told in words.
