Directed by: Stephen Miner
Budget: $3,000,000
Roger Cobb is a troubled author, his aunt has just committed suicide in the house where he brought up in and also where his son disappeared in mysterious circumstances a few years before.
Cobb takes it upon himself to go visit the house, in doing so he decides to keep the house instead of selling it. His ex wife doesn't like the idea of this claiming it will bring back 'bad memories' not in a malicious way, you can see she still cares about him.
Cobb hasn't had a best seller in a while and sets about trying to get some solitude in the house to focus on his time in the Vietnam war and write about his accounts there. Unfortunately he is constantly badgered by strange goings on in the house and his quirky next-door neighbor. Harold is a bit nosy but just worries that Roger may be nuts and trying to off himself.
Roger starts to focus more on the house than his writing trying to prove that weird things are happening there. Through sporadic writing scenes we see Roger in Vietnam, here he has a giant size team mate called big Ben.We also see some insight into the disappearance of his son.
The house is obviously to blame but in a twist we see that the house has resurrected Big Ben in an undead state. He has a chip on his shoulder over Cobb accidentally leaving him to be slaughtered by Vietnamese soldiers (after he asked Cobb to finish him off, Cobb refuses and goes to look for help but Ben is caught) in front of his eyes.
The house through big Ben has been holding Cobb's son for the years he's been missing. Anyway as non spoiler as i can say, Cobb saves his son, finishes off Ben and seals the evil away in the house for good. His ex wife turns up at the end and they apparently live happily ever after.
This film is very tongue in cheek all the way through, an enjoyable romp along the lines of evil dead in some scenes with stuffed animals and strange demons. Giving this a very strong 3 stars out of 5
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