The House Next Door (TV 2006)

Walker Kennedy and his wife Col are a happy, voluntarily childless suburban couple. Then the thing they fear the most happens: part of their green surrounding is turned into a building site... See full summary »

Director:

Jeff Woolnough

Writers:

Suzette Couture, Anne Rivers Siddons (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Lara Flynn Boyle, Colin Ferguson, Noam Jenkins

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Col Kennedy
Colin Ferguson	...	Walker
Noam Jenkins	...	Norman Greene
Julie Stewart	...	Anita
Heather Hanson	...	Claire
Charlotte Sullivan	...	Pie Harrelson
Natalie Lisinska	...	Eloise
Heidi von Palleske	...	Virginia Guthrie
Aidan Devine	...	Buck
Stephen Amell	...	Buddy Harrelson
Peter MacNeill
Mark-Paul Gosselaar	...	Kim
Emma Campbell	...	Suzannah Greene
Niamh Wilson	...	Belinda Greene
Scott Gibson	...	Roger

Storyline

Walker Kennedy and his wife Col are a happy, voluntarily childless suburban couple. Then the thing they fear the most happens: part of their green surrounding is turned into a building site, for what turns out to be the widely acclaimed first house built by attractive, brilliant, obsessively devoted architect Kim (30), who has a short affair with Col. Kim is even enchanted by his own house, just like everyone else. However each subsequent couple that moves into the house soon turns nasty, never staying for long, ending in tears and/or blood. When Kim finally buys it with his wife, Col who believes he somehow curses all his buildings insists it's time to deal with him, permanently.

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Plot Keywords:

architect | curse | suburbia | towel | urination | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime TV

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

A szomszéd ház rejtélye

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

After the woman found the dead dog in the garden. She talks in the living-room, there you can see above a microphone.

User Reviews

should have been creepier!!

From all the great comments I've read about the book (and now I want to buy the book), you'd think they would have made the movie creepier and more suspenseful. It was too tame in the shock department. I'm not saying it needed to be gory -just more suspenseful, creepy and sinister like a Stephen King movie! The architect character was really the only thing that creeped me out(just a little). Also the house should have been creepier looking. I enjoyed some of the actors' performances, especially the little girl. Some of the characters weren't too fazed about what was going on in the house and just blew it off. I'd be freaked if my neighbors were dying off one by one in the same house. All in all, it was an enjoyable two hours viewing time; I might even get the DVD if it comes out.