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| Directed by | Tom Vaughan |
| Produced by | Dolly Hall Chris Uettwiller Courtney Wulfe |
| Written by | Tom Vaughan, Kristy Dobkin |
| Music by | Austin Wintory |
| Cinematography | Sean Maxwell |
| Editing by | Martin Desmond Roe |
| Studio | UV Pictures |
| Distributed by | Maya Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | February 25, 2011 (NewFilmmakers LA)[1] |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Playing House is a 2011 direct-to-video thriller film directed by Tom Vaughan starring Shelley Calene-Black, Alex Dorman and Mari E. Ferguson in lead roles.
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In order to afford their dream house, newlyweds Jen and Mitch Mckenzie ask their best friend Danny to move in with them. The plan works beautifully until Danny brings home Blair, a stunning and beautiful temptress. Blair tries to seduce Mitch with her beauty and sex appeal when she is with Danny. This makes behavioral changes in Mitch towards Jen. Later, Blair electrocutes Danny in his bath tub. Then it is revealed that Blair's earlier boyfriends had also died in same way after meeting her. After Danny's death MItch allows Blair to stay in house falling fr her temptations. This widens the gap between Jen in him. Jen leaves the house and Mitch and starts working as head chef in a hotel.
In market store Blair is confronted by Sharon who tries to blackmail her and warns her that she know how she kills her boyfriends just for the house they live in. On their next meeting Blair kills Sharon and hides her body in the house. Later that night Blair tries to seduce Mitch but he refuses her remembering of Jen. Angered by his reaction Blair then tries to kill him but is interrupted by arrival of Jen back at house. A fight ensues between two and Blair is killed by Jen when she ran her over by car. Mitch is saved and both unites when police arrives at the scene.
Horrornews gave the film a mixed review saying, "T. Vaughan’s Playing House once again stalks on the same ground as other films such as Single White Female and Fatal Attraction but does throw a left at you when you think that you have it all figured out. The characters are likeable and their situations are quite believable which does make the film quite enjoyable, its hardly original but at least it does keep your attention better than most anything released by big time Hollywood these days."[2]