'House on Eden' Review: A Derivative but Occasionally Promising Found-Footage Debut
- Jack Ransom
- Oct 2, 2025
- 2 min read
By Jack Ransom - October 2, 2025
What is the film House on Eden about?
House on Eden is the directorial debut of TikTok star Kris Collins. Setting out to film their next paranormal investigation, Kris (Collins), Celina (Celina Myers) and Jay (Jason-Christopher Mayer) encounter a malevolent, ancient spirit that resides in an abandoned house deep in the woods.
In all honesty I had very little hope for this due to the largely negative reviews, the TikTok/social media influencer /director centerpiece and Shudder’s output being very hit and miss. However, the found footage sub-genre of horror always piques my interest (despite how played out it has now become) and with a stellar 77-minute runtime I thought I’d give this a go.
Unfortunately, it’s not great, however in the third act/final 10-15 minutes there is a showing of genuine potential, it’s just a shame that the prior hour or so is tick box list of traits pinched from The Blair Witch Project (duh), The Exorcist, Insidious and The Conjuring. Coupled with frequently repetitive and irritating dialogue (constant “This is insane!” and “This is crazy!”) and a mostly bog standard mystery surrounding the house is frustrating as the mythology angle it taps into could have been far more interesting.
Stylistically for most of the runtime this is consistently head-ache inducing and poorly presented with bizarre edits, terrible blur and focusing and a lot of pointless swinging handheld camera shots to fill in the duration and present movement/time passing. The film is at its best in the final sequences: a standout set piece involving light up cat balls and a genuinely stellar final fiery shot are unfortunately not enough to overshadow the familiar genre tropes.
Collins, Myers and Mayer clearly are good buddies and chemistry, and enthusiasm is there, however their dialogue is riddled with cliches, repetition and a genuine sense that they are improvising/making it up on the spot at times. However, the character versions of themselves just aren’t particularly interesting at all.
Is House on Eden Worth Watching?
House on Eden certainly radiates a ‘debut feature’s feel and it is admirable in its low budget and features a couple of genuinely effective shots and tension building. Unfortunately, the pacing is off, the dialogue grates, the story is filled with ‘seen it all before’ traits and the characters (or extended versions of the actors’ selves) just aren’t particularly interesting.
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