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Overview

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Director:
James Isaac
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Writers:
Alan Smithee (written by) (really Allyn Warner) and
Leslie Bohem (written by)
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Release Date:
28 April 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
Go to Hell. more
Plot:
Detective Lucas McCarthy finally apprehends "Meat Cleaver Max" and watches the electric chair execution from the audience... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
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 (From Hitfix. 20 March 2009, 12:29 AM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Credited cast)

Lance Henriksen ... Detective Lucas McCarthy

Brion James ... Max Jenke
Rita Taggart ... Donna McCarthy

Dedee Pfeiffer ... Bonnie McCarthy
Aron Eisenberg ... Scott McCarthy
Thom Bray ... Peter Campbell
Matt Clark ... Dr. Tower
David Oliver ... Vinnie
Terry Alexander ... Casey
Lewis Arquette ... Lt. Miller
Lawrence Tierney ... Warden
Alvy Moore ... Chili Salesman
Zane W. Levitt ... Executioner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Horror House
House 3 (Australia) (video title)
House III (USA) (working title)
House III: The Horror Show (UK) (video title)
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | USA:R (certificate #29613) | Australia:R (Banned in Queensland) | Finland:K-18 | UK:18 | Norway:15 (DVD) (2004)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Brion James (Max Jenke) has said in several interviews that of all the roles he's played, this is his favorite. more
Quotes:
Max Jenke: [on being electrocuted] All that did was give me a hard on! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Gorgon Video Magazine (1989) (V) more
Soundtrack:
The Things I Have Done To Our Love more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
not bad, 8 April 2004
Author: (callanvass@hotmail.com) from victoria b.c canada

this is a shocker rip off but it's not bad its basically just a slasher though Lance Henriksen is good as always but very is not one second and thought he was a bit too corny for my liking second of all a meat cleaver?????? how threatning is that well yes other horror villians use them but and it does work but not for a whole damn movie and the script is decent but the ending is lame and it is never scary it is actually pretty cheesy but most of the family is amiable and there is a bit of blood flow but like i said i wasnt that impressed with it yes it was watchable and fairly entertaining it's just there so overall its worth a watch on cable maybe if ya have ntohing else to rent but it's nothing special ** out of 5

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