“Murder and makeover usually don’t go together,” says host Joelle Uzyel in the new trailer for Quibi's upcoming home renovation show MURDER HOUSE FLIP. Yes, MURDER HOUSE FLIP, a show that combines the art of restoration with houses where notoriously brutal murders have taken place. The concept is as solid as the pairing of peanut butter and jelly. Well, maybe if the peanut butter was made up of ground bone marrow and the jelly mixed using an assortment of fruit and congealed blood.
I've got to tell you, as someone who grew up in Long Island, New York, where the famous Amityville Horror House is located, along the south shore, this show excites me. For as long as I can recall, my friends and I have always wondered about the families who've chosen to move into the Dutch Colonial Revival that is the storied Amityville manor. Oh sure, you can debate the stories that hail from the 112 Ocean Avenue home, but still, who would live there knowing full-well that it could be populated with poltergeists and spirits scratching from inside the walls? Well, apparently there are haunted home enthusiasts who want nothing more than to strike a killer deal for a house where psychopaths once slept and plotted their sprees of slaughter and sinful ends.
Here's the official synopsis for MURDER HOUSE FLIP:
From the Executive Producer of CSI, Murder House Flip is an unconventional new home renovation show that takes on the country’s most infamous homes: the ones known for mysterious murders committed behind their walls. Homeowners turn to high-end renovation experts, Mikel Welch and Joelle Uzyel, to remove the stains of the past and take these homes from morbid to marvelous.
Full disclosure here, folks. I'm thinking about subscribing to Quibi just so I can watch this fascinating series. Granted I'm not really into the way the hosts deliver soundbyte after soundbyte in the trailer, though I suppose that's the nature of the home renovation entertainment beast. Personally, I'm in it for the stories, as well as the bright-eyed homeowners who're able to look past all the grizzly murders for the sake of landing a good deal. Could this show quickly become one of Quibi's breakout hits? I certainly hope so!
MURDER HOUSE FLIP will make its Quibi debut on April 6.