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14 May 1982 (USA)
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It Never Forgives Or Forgets more
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A young couple moves to a House in Kyoto, Japan. It turns out to be haunted. full summary | add synopsis
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4 nominations
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Routine, Corny Ghost Story.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Edward Albert | ... | Ted Fletcher |
 | Susan George | ... | Laura Fletcher |
| Doug McClure | ... | Alex Curtis |
| Amy Barrett | ... | Amy Fletcher |
| Mako Hattori | ... | Otami |
| Tsuiyuki Sasaki | ... | Shigero (as Toshiyuki Sasaki) |
| Toshiya Maruyama | ... | Masanori |
| Tsuyako Olajima | ... | Majyo Witch (as Tsuyako Okajima) |
| Henry Mitowa | ... | Zen Monk |
| Mayumi Umeda | ... | Noriko, the babysitter |
| Shuren Sakurai | ... | Noh Mask Maker |
| Hiroko Takano | ... | Wakako |
| Shôji Ohara | ... | Assistant Mask Maker (as Shoji Ohara) |
| Jirô Shirai | ... | Tadashi (as Jiro Shirai) |
| Kazuo Yoshida | ... | Editor |
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88 min
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Features "Jyakkâ Dengekitai" (1977)
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From reading all of the comments posted here on IMDb, this movie seems to get ragged on a lot, but I didn't think it was THAT bad. I've seen much worse, actually.
"The House Where Evil Dwells" is a ghost story about a husband and his wife, Ted and Laura Fletcher, and their daughter, Amy, who move into an old house in Japan. Little do they know, a Japanese ninja brutally murdered his wife and her lover, and then killed himself 100 years earlier with a samurai sword. As strange things happen in the house, the ghosts of the previous residents begin to possess the bodies of the living, and plan on re-enacting the bloody murder that took place 100 years back.
I saw this movie and decided to give it a chance, from the cover it looked like a decent ghost story. It was routine, and it was corny, but I've seen worse in my day. The ghost sequences were a little over-done, we get to see the translucent blue-tinted figures randomly pop up randomly around the family, and take over their bodies. To be honest, the ghosts in this movie kind of reminded me of the ghosts in the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland. I may be mistaken, but after watching this, it seemed to me that the Japanese horror film "Ju-On: The Grudge" and the American remake of that film ripped this off a little. The old Japanese home where a brutal murder took place, ghostly activity, curses put on the home, etc. But I may be wrong.
To sum it up, this is a pretty corny ghost story. Don't go out of your way to see it, but if you like this kind of thing and it happens to come on TV you can give it a shot. 4/10.