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Dream House (2011)

I love psychological thrillers because, when properly done, they challenge your mind to pay attention, and gather the clues before you and figure out the truth behind what's happening- whether it's deducing who the killer is, revealing why the events are happening... and even learning if what's happening is actually happening at all... Will Atenton and his family move into a house in a quiet suburb, only to become the target of a possible stalker.  Investigating, they learn that their little house was the scene of a horrific murder.  Is the stranger stalking them back to claim more victims?  Soon Will and his wife, Libby, will find not just their lives in danger... but everything they believed to be real... The most basic, spoiler free premise is pretty standard for a psychological/stalker thriller- but is sufficient to base the rest of the plot (twists included) on.  At first, I was thinking that this movie wasn't going to go much further than than basic prem...

Rosewood Lane (2011)

As much as I love slasher horror movies, I still find time to enjoy the more subtle suspenseful psychological horror movies.  I recently took a visit to " Rosewood Lane "... Dr. Sonny Blake returns to her childhood home in Rosewood Lane after her alcoholic father dies.  Her arrival attracts the attention of the local newspaper deliverer, who offers her a free subscription. Her refusal begins a dark game of cat and mouse that can only end with one of them dead ... There are some things I liked about this movie, and some I didn't. The main storyline was a little choppy and to be honest, kinda weak.  Nothing about it really hooked me.  And the big reveal left me more "Meh," than "OMG!". While there are some great, tense, and eerie scenes, the non-scary ones were rather tepid emotionally. I found it hard to feel invested.  This could be due to the characters in general, since we're not really given much of a reason to actually like- and ca...