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5.9/10   120 votes
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Director:
William Wiard
Writer:
David Levinson (writer)
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Release Date:
6 February 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Plot:
After having a nervous breakdown, a rock singer has to spend some time in hospital. A private nurse is hired... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
Somewhat good haunted house movie, but it lacks a real explanation. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Parker Stevenson ... Gary Straihorn
Lisa Eilbacher ... Sheila Moore
Joan Bennett ... Rag Lady
Slim Pickens ... Arthur Keene
Shelley Smith ... Tanya
Bill Morey ... Robbins
Jan Shutan ... Helen

David Paymer ... Pasternak
Jack Garner ... Feeney

K Callan ... Lucille

Barry Corbin ... Lieutenant Fletcher
John Dukakis ... Donny
Amanda Wyss ... Holly
Ivy Bethune ... Martha

Philip Baker Hall ... Clerk
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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Gary and his nurse Shelia break out of the house. Right before the hose entangles Gary, the gate slams shut, and the wheels aren't lined up, but in other shots they are. more
Quotes:
Rag Lady: This house loves you, and it will never let you go. more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Somewhat good haunted house movie, but it lacks a real explanation., 17 January 2004
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Author: Aaron1375 from Alabama

This is a movie that has this very bad rock singer who suffers from headaches. I am guessing the only reason he sells albums is his appearance, but thankfully his singing isn't the focus of the movie. He is at a hospital where he meets this really cute brunette nurse who has very pretty eyes. The rock star takes some time off and hires the nurse to watch out for him. They go driving and they end up in this town they like and he decides that this is where they will stay. They go to the realtors and ask them to show them the most possessed house in the area. Well that didn't happen, but it might as well have. At first when I learned that the house was fully automated, I figured it would be a house goes crazy movie. Then there was the scene with the blood in the shower so it had to be supernatural, hence lies the main problem of the movie. There really isn't a satisfactory explanation as to why the house is possessed. I really felt the ending was a bit abrupt as well. On the plus side I wanted to see a haunted house movie and on that it delivered. There are some death scenes, the closing gate scene being the best, but you could almost predict what was going to happen before it did. The story moves like it is going to some super finish where all is revealed, but like I said nothing is really revealed except for the houses motivation for acting up. You do, however, get to watch a very cute brunette through the whole movie and after the beginning you don't have to put up with any more songs by the awful rock star...well one more, but it really isn't a big deal. Not a great movie, but it has its moments and it was a rather good haunted house movie.

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