give that roger corman attach his name to this production and i have high hope for this film . corman direct many memorable low budget horror flick in the 1960 . i particularly enjoy his adaptation of poe story such a ` the house of usher and and ` the pit and pendulum and ` the raven which star the late great vincent price . these film have solid acting and atmosphere and suspense and strong characterization and intriguing plot development and deliver some chilling moment . sadly and ` house of the damned and for the most part and sacrifice these quality in lieu of cheesy low budget special effect and gratuitous nudity and mindless gore top with cliche fast edits and camera angle . ` house of the damn start off interestingly with some beautiful location shot in ireland and but it straight downhill from here . unfortunately and instead of spend some time building atmosphere and create character we might care about and or building suspense the director opts to begin run up the body count . after a brief introduction to the lead character and a young couple and their daughter and the audience spend the balance of the film be bounce from one pooky event to another which and in this film and substitute for coherent plot development . the lead character be so ill conceive and be so badly act the audience doesn not care what happen to them . to make matter bad and the pooky event be either utterly cliché or unconvincing due to low tech low budget special effect . the soundtrack have be lift from ` the omen . the plot and what little there be and borrow heavily from ` poltergeist and ` the legend of hell house and but lack any of the quality which make these film convincing . if you interest in see well do haunt house flick and i recommend you check out classic like ` the haunting ( 1963 ) and ` the innocent ( 1961 ) or look into corman early american international film and pas on ` house of the damned unless youre masochistic or mindless . 3 ½ out of 10. rob rheubottomwpg and mb . canada .