Inhabited was a good movie. Not great, not even really good, but not a horrible way to spend a couple of hours on a lazy Sunday afternoon...
...It's great if you have kids and want to watch a safe "horror" film with them.
The premise of
Inhabited is that a family of four (five if you count Simon the cat) move into a beautiful old house that needs some restoration. Of course the beautiful old house also has a beautiful old playhouse in the backyard which also contains a few creepy little house guests. Cue the freaky handyman (hmmm...I sense this movie feels like another?...oh yes,
Don't be Afraid of the Dark!).
The daughter Gina, meets the age old inhabitants of the house who she thinks are fairies. At first they are very playful and Mom encourages Gina's fantasy land to help her adjust with the move. That is until strange things start happening - "accidents" if you will. All of a sudden Gina really doesn't want to play with her little fairy friends anymore.
Mom and Dad decide that it may be time to get Gina a little reality check so they bring her to Dr. Werner (Malcom McDowell) who just so happens to have an expertise in this sort of thing. Now, I don't want to say that the doctor is a bad guy but he's not a really great guy either. He has been treating a patient who just so happens to have lived in the Russells' new house and just so happens to suffer from the same psychosis that little Gina supposedly suffers from now.
Turns out the freaky handyman has ties to the house and tries to warn Mom and Tyler Russell (the goofy brother) to keep Gina away from the Huldre who are a Norwegian troll-like race that like to steal little children. Of course they don't listen. And
Inhabited swiftly goes down the path of what happens when you don't listen to the crotchety old handyman who knows best.
Like I said in the onset not a terribly great movie, but worth watching if you've got nothing better to do.
Inhabited Movie Cast and Credits
Directed by
Kelly Sandefur
Writing credits (WGA)
Rick Drew (written by)
Cast (in credits order)
Megan Gallagher .... Meg Russell
Eric Lutes .... Brad Russell
Sofia Vassilieva .... Gina Russell
Greg Cipes .... Tyler Russell
Malcolm McDowell .... Dr. Werner
Peter Looney .... Iver Hagen
Patricia McCormack .... Olivia Hagen (as Patty McCormack)
Rosalind Chao .... Ms. Montane
Robert Joseph .... Nurse Wilson
Patrick O'Brien .... Mr. Kelly
James Otis .... Mr. Stevenson
Michael Munoz .... The Huldre (King) (as Michael A. Munoz)
Selwyn Emerson Miller .... The Huldre (as Selwyn Miller)
Joe Childs .... The Huldre (as Joseph Childs)
Steve Carter .... The Huldre
Joseph S. Griffo .... The Huldre (as Joseph Griffo)
Lori Mellman .... The Huldre
Mario Muñoz .... The Huldre
Eugene Pigeon .... The Huldre (as Eugene Pidgeon)
Donna Russo .... The Huldre
Michelle Shore .... Huldre
