At that point, the only interest the movie has is debating which is more frustrating: that David Loucka's screenplay
abandons its already shaky psychological logic for a twist (twice if one
counts the movie's pointless coda) or that it lowers the characters» intelligence to the point that they all line up on at a time to fall victim to the horrors inside the titular
house.
(A search of the Banner - Herald for the first half of 2008 reveals only one possible incident fitting Dauphine's description: «Wilford Bradford Sims, 48, pleaded guilty to 51
counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty... for leaving dozens of cats to fend for themselves in a
house he
abandoned» in the fall of 2007.