''Stormhouse'' is a 2011 British independent horror film directed by Dan Turner and starring

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and

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Plot

Four months before the war in

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, a supernatural creature is caught by the United States army and locked in a British military facility. Hayley (Katie Flynn) comes into the facility as a paranormal investigator. She is called in to see if the entity is safely locked away. As the film continues, the entity is released and starts killing people at the facility.

Reception

Paul Doro of

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said that "Stormhouse is an example of boring mediocrity". Ross Miller of

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called the film "one of the biggest disappointments of the EIFF 2011". Mac McEntire of

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thought that the film "seemed like such a cool idea. Instead, we get…a chain link fence."

References

British supernatural horror films British independent films {{2010s-horror-film-stub