La casa 4 (Witchcraft) (1988)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Fabrizio Laurenti

Writers:

Harry Spalding (writer)
Daniele Stroppa (writer)

Release Date:

8 December 1988 (West Germany)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A pregnant woman is taken back to the house of her husband's mother. There she begins to have strange nightmare about her child and step-family...

Plot Keywords:

Witchcraft | Sequel | Female Nudity | Demon Rape | Independent Film

Cast

David Hasselhoff	...	Gary
Linda Blair	...	Jane Brooks
Catherine Hickland	...	Linda Sullivan
Annie Ross	...	Rose Brooks
Hildegard Knef	...	Lady In Black
Leslie Cumming	...	Leslie
Robert Champagne	...	Freddie Brooks
Rick Farnsworth	...	Jerry Giordano
Michael Manchester	...	Tommy Brooks
Frank Cammarata	...	Tony Giordano
Victoria Biggers	...	Secretary
Ely Coughlin	...	Satan
Kara Lynch	...	Cindy
James Haynes	...	Jon (as James Hanes)
Richard Ladenburg	...	Sheriff

Also Known As:

Evil Dead 4 (Italy) (informal title)
Evil Encounters (USA) (working title)
Ghosthouse 2 (UK) (video title)
Malefiche presenze (Italy)
Witchcraft (Europe: English title)
Witchcraft: Return of the Exorcist (Philippines: English title)
Witchery (USA)

Runtime:

95 min | USA:96 min (uncut version)

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | France:-12 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Filmirage

Goofs:

Continuity: After the helicopter leaves the island, it is the middle of the night when Leslie and Gary first go into the house, yet it is the middle of the day when they finally get upstairs - all in the space of a few seconds.

Quotes:

Leslie: God you scared me.
Gary: Who were you expecting? The Phantom of the Opera?

Movie Connections:

References Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Oh, my God!

That movie has been produced and directed by the same people, who enriched the world of cinema with such masterpieces, as Troll 2, The Crawlers... Well, although this movie is not THAT horrible and ridiculous, as Troll 2 and Crawlers, although special effects (done by the same italian "Greg Cannom" (Mrs. Doubtfire, Bram Stocker´s Dracula, Titanic, etc.) Maurizio Trani, who have done some poor FX for Troll 2 and Crawlers, this movie stinks anyway. It´s a low-budget hilarity, where the characters behave as nobody would in real life. It also contains some episodes from the first part of this masterpiece (Casa 3, or Ghosthouse (1987), and which is in no way better. All these four movies were produced by an ultra low-budget company Filmirage. By the way, they had used the SAME score in Crawlers and in Witchery! What a shame!