La casa delle anime erranti (1989) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Umberto Lenzi (screenplay)
Umberto Lenzi (story)

Release Date:

1989 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Teenkill | Washing Machine

Cast

Joseph Alan Johnson	...	Kevin
Stefania Orsola Garello	...	Carla
Matteo Gazzolo	...	Massimo
Laurentina Guidotti	...	Mary
Gianluigi Fogacci
Hal Yamanouchi	...	Buddhist Monk (as Yamaouchi Haruhiko)
Licia Colò	...	Daria
Costantino Meloni
Charles Borromel	...	Hotel Proprietor
Dino Jaksic		(as Dino Iaksic)
Marina Reiner
Beni Cardoso		(as Benny Cardoso)
Fortunato Arena
Massimo Sarchielli	...	Cemetery Caretaker
Fabio Branchini
Giulio Massimini
Vincenzo Menniti

Directed by
Umberto Lenzi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Umberto Lenzi		screenplay
Umberto Lenzi		story

Produced by
Massimo Manasse	....	executive producer
Marco Grillo Spina	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Claudio Simonetti		(as Claude King)

Cinematography by
Giancarlo Ferrando

Film Editing by
Alberto Moriani

Costume Design by
Valentina Di Palma

Makeup Department
Maria Teresa Carrera	....	hair stylist
Giuseppe Ferranti	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Renato Fiè	....	production manager
Alessandro Loy	....	production supervisor (as Alessandro Loy Dona)
Massimo Manasse	....	production organizer
Marco Grillo Spina	....	production organizer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alessandra Lenzi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Francesco Cuppini	....	set designer
Roberto Granieri	....	property master
Marco Marcucci	....	assistant set designer

Sound Department
Tullio Arcangeli	....	sound effects
Sotir Gjika	....	sound effects (as Gjka Sodir)
Giuliano Piermarioli	....	sound recordist
Roberto Sterbini	....	sound effects

Visual Effects by
Aldo Mafera	....	opticals

Camera and Electrical Department
Bruno Cascio	....	camera operator
Luigi Conversi	....	assistant camera
Matt Giordano	....	key grip (as Matteo Giordano)
Maria Rosa Messori	....	still photographer
Armando Moreschini	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mirella Pedetti	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Nicoletta Leone	....	second assistant editor
Ernesto Triunveri	....	first assistant editor

Other crew
Aldo Mafera	....	titles
Massimo Massimi	....	set accountant
Olga Pehar	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Dania Film
• National Cinematografica
• Reteitalia

Distributors

• Video Instant Picture Company (VIPCO) (2002) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

House of Lost Souls (USA)

Runtime:

89 min | UK:84 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Certification:

UK:18

Company:

Dania Film

Trivia:

Fourth part of the series "Le case maledette" (Doomed Houses) also including La dolce casa degli orrori (1989) (TV), La casa nel tempo (1989) (TV) and La casa del sortilegio (1989) (TV).

Movie Connections:

Follows La casa del sortilegio (1989) (TV)

Standard haunted house story

This made for cable horror film tells the story of a handful of young geologists, who are unlucky enough to be forced to stay at a hotel in the middle of nowhere. What they don't know is that the hotel has been abandoned for twenty years, because the owner of the hotel had killed his family and all the guests two decades ago. Strange things begin to happen, and suddenly murders are committed...

Umberto Lenzi has done a decent film here, although his other made for cable feature that year, "La Casa dei Sortilegi", is superior (both films were made for a four-part-TV-series called Houses of Doom. The other two were Lucio Fulci's "La Casa nel Tempo" and "La Dolce Casa degli Orrori" - all films were made in 1989 by the way). There is one bizarre murder scene where a kid gets decapitated by a washing machine (sic!). All in all standard fare, but quite entertaining stuff.