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After awakening in a locked and deserted mansion, nine complete strangers are forced into a deadly game of survival in director Steven R. Monroe's tense tale of dread and deception. Upon learning that... read more read more... the last person standing will be permitted to leave the residence with $5 million, the paranoid prisoners struggle for survival as the evening's events quickly turn deadly and the body count steadily begins to rise. Dennis Hopper, Kelly Brook, and Peter Capaldi star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Steven R. Monroe

Release Date: January 1, 2005

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DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006

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  • January 10, 2011
    How many locked in the house with complete stranger's and only one can walk out alive movies are they going to make. That said, this is a very good movie with that subject line. As far as being a copy cat of other movies like saw or saw II, I don't see it that way. 9 people are ... read moreabducted and put into a sealed house, only one can walk out alive and win 5 million dollars. The 9 people are from all walks of life and it is a little comical at times. If I was playing it wouldn't take 128 minutes to decide the winner. All in all a good weeknight movie to enjoy but not for a group of Scare fest members or not for a Halloween get together. Still it gets 3 1/2 stars.
  • March 13, 2007
    A low budget film starring Dennis Hopper and Kelly Brook. A mix of films similar in ways to Cube, My little eye and Saw. Slow to start but quite good towards the end.
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    August 18, 2011
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    Wonderful cast, good concept, nice ending. Good choice of movie if you are having a boring sunday afternoon
  • August 16, 2008
    House on Haunted Hill meets Saw 2 meets Cube with a low budget and forgettable acting. The first hour is slow and all set up before "the payoff" kicks in. Liked the ending so that helped. Not scary, low on gore. If you can, catch this on cable.
  • May 22, 2008
    Mildly entertaining with some bad acting and stereotypes. The ending was good though, albeit a little predictable.
  • June 16, 2007
    Inevitably similar to its other despair-isolation-reality T.V-themed horror counterparts, House of 9 somehow features neatly better (and stylish) directing, thankfully not-so-over-the-top performances and a truly astonishing ending. But on the other side, if you've already seen i... read morets countless derivatives before, there's not much to be found here, and the requisite escape attempts desperately fall flat instead of being nail-biting. All told, House of 9 is a good deal of clever 'stupid' fun that thankfully runs just under 90 minutes. Definitely worth a rental.
  • November 20, 2006
    If there is nothing stranger then this...
  • September 22, 2011
    There has been many movies like this one out. You take a group of people, stick them together, make a game out of it, mostly everyone dies. The most popular out at this time is the Saw series. But that series really relies on the gore factor to make the viewers jump. This one... read more, not so much. There was a few pretty gruesome scenes, but for the most part the movie messes with your mind; not your eyes. The cast was decent. They had some girls in their clearly for eye candy, but at least they could act. Dennis Hopper was an interesting touch. I will also point out that I enjoyed Raffaello Degruttols's role as the cop. The story of the film was pretty good, but some parts were a little boring. You kind of wanted to see more action than dialog, but like I said before, I believe they were just trying to play with your mind. The film takes you all over the place making you wonder what will happen at the end. See if you can guess it and then be prepared for the real ending.
  • July 25, 2009
    For the love of God, if you dig this sort of setup, stick with the original House on Haunted Hill, The Most Dangerous Game, Ten Little Indians, or And Then There Were None, even the SAW movies, Breathing Space, or Lifeboat, but avoid this turkey at all costs. It has all the cl... read moreiches of the others, all oif the tedium, and none of the suspense or imagination. A complete waste of my time; very little gratuitous violence and nobody got naked.
  • November 29, 2008
    This movie had the sort of mind blowing ending that I love....the tension and suspense was effective because it seemed plausible I had a little problem with the accents at times but otherwise a good effort in the 'Reality Human Lab Mice Horror Show 'style of Saw and Cube

Critic Reviews


David Nusair
February 21, 2006
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...thoroughly irritating and hopelessly inept... Full Review

Pablo Villaca
February 7, 2006
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

De um lado, a direção fraca e o roteiro esquemático; de outro, a alegoria sobre classes sociais e a ordem surpreendente das mortes.Mas o ótimo desfecho desequilibra a balança.

Scott Weinberg
February 7, 2006
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

Only the most passionate genre fans will be able to sit through House of 9 and be able to semi-recommend the thing to anybody else. Full Review

Christopher Null
June 20, 2007
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

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