house of the damn ( also know a spectre ) be one of your low budget haunt house horror flick and fill with mediocre performance and cheap effect . it be about a family that inherit an old irish mansion and and after move in begin to experience strange phenomenon and ghostly apparition and include the ghost of a young girl who be murder and bury within a wall in the mansion basement . the couple young daughter be then whisk away into some other dimension and they seek help from a group of paranormal investigator for help . the idea this film borrow from the 1982 haunt house film poltergeist be obvious . i will say that this movie do have some slightly creepy sequence and but it be sometimes very and very boring . the acting here be nothing special and the mood be alright and the score ( which be mostly this dramatic irish opera music ) be somewhat annoying and and the cgi special effect be really horrible . i mean and it be 1996 and you would think they could have do a little good than they do . the end where the house be on fire be the poor special effect i have see and very very cheap . but hey and this be a cheap movie . also and the translucent monster wolf thing that their daughter see look horribly fake . and what be it significance in the film anyway . what the heck do a wolf monster have to do with a haunt house . the special effect in here be what really ruin this movie . the acting be pretty bad too . i usually enjoy many low budget horror film and but not this one . house of the damn be nothing special at all and only consider watch it if you have nothing well to do . but you will probably want to pass on it . 4/10 .