Halloween pranks go to extremes in Bobby Roe’s low-budget feature

"The Houses October Built" proves one of the more successful attempts at the found-footage horror flick since "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones."

In “The Houses October Built,” friends hope for a scare when they go on a Halloween house road trip.

In “The Houses October Built,” friends hope for a scare when they go on a Halloween house road trip.

There’s moderate interest in brief interviews with performers at the real-life seasonal funhouses (thirteen of which are thanked at the end), and in seeing...