Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- paranoid
- dread-filled
- halloween night
- late night horror marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film to be an effective found-footage horror experiment with natural performances and uneasy moments, though its pacing and predictable storyline limited its impact.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The friends film their RV road trip and investigation into underground haunted attractions, making their recordings the primary storytelling medium.
The group seeks authentic scares among professional haunted houses, while increasingly disturbing encounters make the distinction between attraction and threat unstable.
The plot explores American Halloween haunts, their performers, masks, fake blood, and rumored underground alternatives.
Five friends travel across the country in an RV, with each investigative stop intensifying the threat rather than resolving it.
Films like The Houses October Built, and why
The Blair Witch Project
found-footage horror built around escalating dread, amateur documentation, and an apparently authentic threat
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
road-trip found footage horror that turns ordinary locations and social encounters into paranoid menace
Hell House LLC
Halloween-season horror centered on haunted attractions, masked performers, and immersive physical scares
Grave Encounters
ensemble horror using cameras, staged spectacle, and escalating danger to blur performance with reality
Movie Details
- Director
- Bobby Roe
- Release Date
- 2014-10-10
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 (375)
Cast
- Brandy Schaefer
- Zack Andrews
- Bobby Roe
- Mikey Roe
- Jeff Larson
- Chloë Crampton
- Jim Tavaré
- Ian Roberts
- Ashley Whelan
- Tansy Alexander
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Houses October Built about?
- Five friends chasing authentic Halloween terror across America's underground haunted attractions discover that the most frightening haunt may be following them.
- What is The Houses October Built like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Houses October Built as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Houses October Built violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Houses October Built as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Houses October Built?
- Critics generally found the film to be an effective found-footage horror experiment with natural performances and uneasy moments, though its pacing and predictable storyline limited its impact.
- Which films are like The Houses October Built?
- Films with a similar feel include The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, Hell House LLC, and Grave Encounters.
- How long is The Houses October Built?
- The Houses October Built runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Houses October Built?
- In United States, The Houses October Built streams on Philo, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel.
