House
AKA:
House: Ding Dong, You're Dead (USA) (video title)
Written by:
Fred Dekker (story)
Ethan Wiley (screenplay)
Directed by:
Steve Miner
Made in:
USA in 1986
Actors:
William Katt .... Roger Cobb
George Wendt .... Harold Gorton
Richard Moll .... Big Ben
Kay Lenz .... Sandy
Mary Stavin .... Tanya
Michael Ensign .... Chet Parker
Erik Silver .... Jimmy
Mark Silver .... Jimmy
Susan French .... Aunt Elizabeth
Alan Autry .... Cop #3
Steven Williams .... Cop #4
James Calvert .... Grocery Boy (as Jim Calvert)
Mindy Sterling .... Woman in Bookstore
Jayson Kane .... Cheesy Stud
Billy Beck .... Priest
Plot:
Roger Cobb is a Vietnam vet. Whose career as a horror novelist has taken a turn for the worse when his son Jimmy mysteriously disappears while visiting his aunt's house. Roger's search for Jimmy destroys his marriage and his writing career. The sudden death of his aunt brings Roger back to the house where his nightmares began. The evil zombies in the house force Roger to endure a harrowing journey into his past, at the end of which he find his son. Desperate to escape from the tortures of the house, Roger must battle the evil forces which have haunted him for a lifetime in order to save himself and his son from certain death. IMDB
Review:
A very decent movie. This is one of these that I grew up watching, so I have a close attachment to it.
Most will probably find it cheesy, but I think it has a good essence of horror and suspense. Also funny in many parts.
Not a perfect movie, but I like it!
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