16 year old Hendrik (Leon Orlandianyi) feels rather uprooted when his mother (Julia Koschitz) moves him and his little brother Eddi (Benno Rosskopf) from a big German city to a small mountain village in Carinthia, Austria. And of course, that the house they move in is not only a bit run down but also spooky doesn't help much either, nor that before long Eddi starts to behave odd, which includes sleepwalking and drawing onto the walls of Hendrik's bedroom - something that turns out to be a message in Slovenian, a second language in some parts of Carinthia, but not something Hendrik or Eddi at all speak. Fortunately, Hendrik has made the acquaintance of nerdy Fritz (Lars Bitterlich), who immediately connects the message to the story of two kids who were allegedly poisoned by their mother 40 years ago in the very house Hendrik and family are living in now. Now Fritz doesn't speak Slovenian, but Ida (Marii Weichsler), a lovely local girl of roughly Hendrik's age does, and eventually the three of them figure Eddi must be possessed by one of the boys poisoned back when, and he claims his mother is innocent. With little else to do, the three start to investigate, but first hit a dead end when they break into Hendrik's neighbour's (Inge Maux) place, suspecting her for the simple fact that she was once the housekeeper for the poisoned children and their mum. Eventually, the other one of the dead boys possesses Hendrik, but that also amounts to little, and it's only by accident that Hendrik finds a woman at the boys' grave, with everything pointing to her to be the culprit. He follows her home, finds evidence for her guilt, and pretty much has her ready to confess, until her son (Michael Pink), the sleazy local realtor comes home, and he literally would do anything to save his mother, however guilty she may be, including chasing Hendrik and Ida - who has come to his assistance - through the woods and into a cave to their almost certain deaths, and now it's up to Fritz to save them. But Fritz is quite simply not the most practical kind of guys ...

Now The Creepy House is a family horror movie with all the expected coming-of-age undercurrents, so you mustn't expect the film to go full on in regards to shocks and gruesomeness, nor was this ever deemed to be the re-invention of the horror genre as a whole. But as family horrors go, this one's actually pretty cool, mainly because it never talks down to its younger audience or tries too hard to pander to their assumed tastes but instead just tells a well-structured story in an engaging way, with an eye on tension and suspense, but also on humour, while presenting the audience with relatable and believable characters embodied by a very solid cast. So whether or not family horrors are even your thing, this is a very entertaining film.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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