Terror Tract (2000)

A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house they're looking at.

Directors:

Lance W. Dreesen, Clint Hutchison

Writer:

Clint Hutchison

Stars:

John Ritter, David DeLuise, Allison Smith

4 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Ritter	...	Bob Carter (segment "Make Me An Offer")
David DeLuise	...	Allen Doyle (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Allison Smith	...	Mary Ann Doyle (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Kim Correll	...	Housewife (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Kelli Mix	...	Stroller Mom (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Aaron J. Alberts	...	Lawnmower Man (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Virginia Darragh	...	Driveway Grandma (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Cathy Hutchison	...	Gun Toting Housewife (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Paul E. Short	...	Jogger (segment "Make Me An Offer") (as Paul Short)
Ray Lykins	...	Car Driver (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Katie Seals	...	Neighbor (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Kendall Green	...	Neighbor (segment "Make Me An Offer")
Laura Bryant	...	Neighbor (segment "Make Me An Offer") (as Laura Lea Bryant)
Rachel York	...	Sarah Freemont (segment "Nightmare")
Carmine Giovinazzo	...	Frank Sarno (segment "Nightmare")

Storyline

Bob Carter, a suburban real estate agent, tries to get a kindly couple, Allen and Mary Ann Doyle, to buy a house only to give them horrifying stories about the pasts of three of them. In the first story "Nightmare" a businessman discovers his wife cheating on him only to be killed by his spouse and her boyfriend in which she begins having dreams of her husband not staying dead. The second story "Bobo" involves increasing fear and paranoia from a kindly family man whose young daughter finds and adopts a stray monkey who turns out to be more than meets the eye. The third story "Come To Granny" involves a trouble teenager with psychic abilities who visits a therapist to warn her that she happends to be the next victim of a vicious serial killer called The Granny.

---

Plot Keywords:

real estate | monkey | serial killer | nightmare | murder | 

---

Taglines:

Horror has a new home.

---

Genres:

Comedy | Thriller | Horror

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/gore, a scene of sexuality and some language

Details

Official Sites:

official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 June 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

The House on Terror Tract

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Giant Leap Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

(at around 30 mins) The father is seen to be shaving and talking to his daughter. We see that his mustache is fully shaved; clean from shaving cream. 8 seconds later, we see cream magically re-appear on one half of his mustache and 6 seconds later cream disappears again, all without him doing anything at all.

---

Crazy Credits

At the very end of the credits, John Ritter's voice is heard repeating his line "Make me an offer."

---

Soundtracks

"Boy Toy"
Written by Nikki Dean
Performed by Nikki Dean
Courtesy of Big Kiss Records

User Reviews

Not scary but not bad either

Real estate man John Ritter shows three houses to a young couple (David Deluise, Allison Smith). Each one has a horrible story attached to it which Ritter tells the couple.

"Nightmare" is a predictable story about a love triangle and murder. There are too many false scares but it's fairly well-done. "Bobo" is a real stupid tale of a killer monkey. Dumb, illogical, silly but Bryan Cranston gives a good performance despite the script. "Come to Granny" is a winner. A teenage boy (Will Estes) sees killings before they're about to happen at the hands of the Granny Killer--a killer who wears a disgusting old womans mask while killing women. The mask itself is scary and the murder scenes are violent, bloody and extremely well-done. Also Estes makes for a very sympathetic protagonist (and has a surprising shower scene). The final wrap up of the framing story is also bloody, funny and really good.

All in all, it's much better than I expected. It's worth seeing for the bits involving Ritter (who's very good) and the final story.