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Leonard Lake (Stephen A.F. Day) is not the most attractive or charming man - and he knows it. But still he thinks himself entitled to all the women he wants, and thus together with his accomplice Charles Ng (Sam Leung), he just kidnaps them, and kills everybody who gets in his way, including children and babies even, and including his brother when he gets the hots for his niece. Usually the duo doesn't hold the women just as sex slaves, but also has them work for them - but once the men get tired of the girls or the girls upset them, they are killed and buried. Sonia (Naidra Dawn Thomson) is stronger than the others, learns to endure what's thrown at her, even if that means rape and torture, and even becomes something of an accomplice of Leonard and Charles, videotaping their exploits. She does this against her will, but as a means to survive. That doesn't mean Leonard and Charles don't discuss her demise every now and again, even before her very ears - but somehow they never go through with it. Sonia gets new hope with Karianna (Shannon Leade), another girl who has the will to survive, and she takes strength from praying.  But Sonia's dreams seem to be shattered when Charles kills Karianna in a freak sex accident ...

House on the Hill, based on the real killing spree of Lake and Ng in the 1980s and featuring some authentic video material of Lake explaining his "philosophy), is certainly not for the faint-hearted - not gbecause it's terribly explicit (it isn't, but has its moments still) but because it's really good in bringing across its premise, including the despair of the victims, the ruthlessness of the perpetrators, and last but not least the utterly depressing situation Sonia finds herself in. This is all thanks to a fittingly nihilistic script, a directorial effort that doesn't focus purely on sensationalism, and rather moving performances that really drag one into the story. Totally worth a look, but be warned, a rather depressing experience all the same.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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