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13 Gantry Row

1998, Movie, R, 92 mins

13 Gantry Row: Review

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This evocative thriller envisions old dark house staples as the instruments of psychological possession; its ghost doesn't so much haunt the hero as warp his personality. Stretching their resources, Australian yuppies Peter (John Adam) and Julie (Rebecca Gibney) refurbish a Victorian home. By the time things start going bump in the night, the couple can't move out without facing bankruptcy. Their realtor neglected to reveal a few facts about the house's history, notably the fact that in 1898, the owners provided sanctuary for a homicidal relative, a regular Australian Ripper, behind a wall. In the course of structural restoration, Peter finds an old-fashioned straight razor and begins using it, unaware that his shaving gear was once a murder weapon. Peter becomes uncharacteristically aggressive, and while chipping plaster spots metal plates fastened to the walls of one room. After they're removed, the couple squabbles over the reddish stain that's revealed: It looks like dripping blood and nothing can remove it. To finance the fixer upper's ongoing renovation, Peter beats a guard to death and steals company funds, then frames a coworker and kills him as well. Now pregnant and fearful of Peter's increasing belligerence, Julie must figure out a way to escape her hexed spouse before she becomes his next victim. Unlike less polished horror flicks, this creep show establishes likeable characters, rather than anonymous sitting ducks. As we root for Julie and Peter to resist the evil forces they've unwittingly unleashed, we're drawn into a losing battle waged in a dream house turned nightmare prison. leave a comment --rOBERT pARDI
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