Saturday, April 24, 2021

The Curse of Hobbes House (2020)

 Jane is living in her crappy car when she gets news that her aunt is dead and the reading of the will is scheduled.  She arrives at her aunts estate to find her sister Jennifer already there with snobby husband Nigel.   She also meets the caretaker and Ms. Saul, who is handling the reading of the will.

Nigel and the sisters are put out that the caretaker is included in the will.  When Ms. Saul has an accident, they try to take her to the hospital in Jane’s car but it breaks down before they even leave the property.

The caretaker insists they get back to the house and starts locking the doors and telling them to keep the lights off. He says the dead rise and try to get in the house at night. Jane scoffs.  The caretaker says  her aunt told him the zombies are the guardians of the house.  Jane scoffs again.

Later when his prediction comes true, the group must decide how to save themselves from the undead horde.  At this point Jane mentions there is a legend about the home. Anyone who lives on the land is it’s servant and whoever dies on the land is its guardian who will rise if the land is under siege, and oh my god why did Jane scoff at the caretaker’s zombie story.

This is more story based than action oriented. It’s better than Zombie Island and there are more zombies, although still not tons of them.

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