i be glad that this be available on dvd now . this film be an excellent example of the triumph of content and style over empty head flashing light and constant loud noise . essentially and if you have a short attention span or lack the wit and imagination to engage with literary narrative you would not like this film . the reason for this be quite simple and but unfortunately rarely achieve represent matthew jacob have do a fantastic job of transpose the story of catherine storr novel marianne dream successfully to a screenplay . an unenviable task a anyone who have see a film of a book will undoubtedly know . the casting be excellent and allow director bernard rise to use the actor in a way that be rarely see now while they indulge in the craft of act . i know and i know and actor do their job and act instead of resort to mug inanely at the camera lens whist a kaleidoscope of car chase and explosion and fire fight break out around them be a genuinely rare treat and but it do actually happen in this film . this bring me to the final reason that this be a film for the imaginative thinker and not the spoon feed tabloid reader apart from a solid script and direction and acting and it rely on atmosphere and suspense and implied horror . if it be to be categorize a horror then the presentation of paper house be more in the vein of sophocles than tobe hooper . in conclusion then and if you like lot of loud noise and explosion and constant cut and and bright flashing colour you would be good off watch transformer and but if you like a suspenseful story which unfold through a skillful and evocative use of narrative without insult your intelligence by force feeding you cacophonous nonsense then this might just be your thing .