aka The House on Terror Tract
Real estate agent Bob Carter (John Ritter) plays storyteller as he details the troubled histories of three houses in this comedic anthology horror. The first ("Nightmare") is a simple sordid tale of murder and guilt with a twist. Reminiscent of The Tell-Tale Heart, this one is rather straightforward and predictable. The dark humor is most prevalent in the second segment ("Bobo"). Bryan Cranston plays a doting father who must deal with his daughter's beloved yet oddly dangerous pet monkey. The third ("Come to Granny") is the weakest as it hardly involves the home in question. The film's wraparound builds well between segments but sadly ends without a decent payoff. Ritter's increasingly frantic performance is what truly sells this B-movie.
2 Buff Bagwells out of 5
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