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VHS : Paperhouse


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starring: Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly, Sarah Newbold
directed by: Bernard Rose







Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5014138285562
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1989



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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not sure what to think
I absolutely love the premise of this movie. A little girl's drawings come to life in her dreams. What happens when she forgets to include something in her drawing? What happens when she adds something? What if she makes someone look too angry in a drawing? Will they be angry in her dreams? What if she needs to erase something to reverse a mistake? Will the drawing let her? Will there be consequences? What a wonderfully original and very clever premise for a movie.

However...
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Do not read MS Roberts' review.
If you have not watched this movie yet, do not read the review written by M.S. Roberts below. It is full of spoilers and gives no warning. These kind of reviews are careless and, in this case, can ruin certain elements of a movie. Paperhouse is an excellent little fantasy/horror film that most certainly is not for children. Think of it as one of Grimm's fairy tales treated the adult way.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - It's the best, but not all will love it.
Before Paperhouse I didn't bother to even rate the films that would came out Australia, and New Zealand.
Paperhouse is a horror movie, but it isn't gory or bloody,
and most people who into horror films, would rather watch a bad horror movie with blood and monsters, than watch a good movie with no blood or evil creatures.
For that reason horror fans don't always like Paperhouse the first time they see it.
Also the film is directed in a certain way, and leave questions.
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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Odd but strangely watchable
I agree that this is not the best film in the world but it is still not as bad as some people are making out.

It is quite atmospheric in its own way and the little girl played by the unknown Charlotte Burke portrays the lonely Anna with surprising depth. You can tell she is lonely and unhappy, her father is away and she is not well so she spends a lot of time in bed, whiling away the hours by drawing.

Anna soon finds herself dreaming about the house she has drawn, and in ... Read More



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Paper (that belongs in the bin) House
From the director, Bernard Rose, I was expecting another great film after seeing the magnificent achievement of Candyman. By god was I wrong. This film is, without a doubt, the biggest dissapointment I had ever come across and possibly one of the worst films I had ever seen. With a rediculous plot and, oh my god, the acting was absolutely dreadful I almost turned it off half way through. But I couldnt judge something I havent seen fully. I have noticed some may think that this is one of those films ... Read More




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