‘Grey House’ review: Horror falls flat on Broadway

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opened this week at the Lyceum Theatre, attempts to be a new horror movie on an old Broadway.Such a merger sounds smart in theory, with the genre doing reliably big business at cinemas and boasting hoards of ready-made fans.

Why not produce “M3GAN Live,” or “The Nun” in two acts?Well, for one simple reason: because the kind of paralyzing fear and gruesome death that fuels horror films is just about impossible to satisfyingly replicate at the theater.

1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission. At the Lyceum Theatre. 149 West 45th Street. Many scenes in Levi Holloway’s play — which is not based on any one film — are creepy or camp, but hardly terrifying.

At a haunted house, at least, performers get in your face and sometimes freakily touch you. However, director Joe Mantello’s production of “Grey House” only offers a few audio-based jump-scares and a vaguely spooky atmosphere.