Gacy House (Video 2010)

A group of paranormal investigators enter the abandoned home of pedophile and serial killer John Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity. Upon entering the house they set-up ... See full summary »

Director:

Anthony Fankhauser

Stars:

James Arthur Lewis, Matthew Temple, Michael Gaglio

Cast

Cast overview:
James Arthur Lewis	...	Mike Lewis (as Jim Lewis)
Matthew Temple	...	Robby Williams
Michael Gaglio	...	Professor Roger Franklin
Brett A. Newton	...	Gary Gold
Diana Terranova	...	Janina Peslo
Sylvia Panacione	...	Tessa Escobar
Rachel Riley	...	Lena Russell

Storyline

A group of paranormal investigators enter the abandoned home of pedophile and serial killer John Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity. Upon entering the house they set-up cameras throughout the abandoned house while going room to room with hand-held cameras, performing séances and asking for John Gacy to come forward. As the evening progresses it seems the investigators are not prepared for the horror still within the house.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | ghost | chicago illinois | haunted house | murder | 

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

8213 Gacy House

Filming Locations:

Woodbury Story House, Singing Springs, Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Global Asylum, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the film, John Gacy's house is depicted as being still standing. Actually, his house was destroyed after the police found all the bodies of Gacy's victims that were buried under the home.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Professor Roger Franklin: This is it. Yep here we are, there it is.
Mike Lewis: Yeah, al-right. Oh, it's beautiful.
Professor Roger Franklin: Would you look at that, can you believe that. Wow.
Mike Lewis: Whoa, my god.
Professor Roger Franklin: We are just in time, it is just a couple of hours before dark. And, can we get this stuff unloaded.
Mike Lewis: Yeah. Oh this is already creeping me out man.

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Connections

References Ghostbusters (1984)

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Soundtracks

"Be Yourself"
Performed by Audioslave
Produced by Rick Rubin

User Reviews

Well at least the last 15 minutes were good...

...Because everything else is a waste of time. Apparently this is a sequel to Paranormal Entity, which I also disliked, but you'd not really think so as it has little in common with that. Everything just looked very slipshod visually, the camera work lacked focus, the effects while not the worst for the Asylum are still poor and somewhat half-baked and sometimes the lighting is so dimly lit. The dialogue is trite and repetitive, adding little if anything to the atmosphere, while I didn't care at all for the characters, they were annoying and you don't learn enough about them. The story did not engage in any way, the first half of Gacy House is so low-key and dull that you don't feel any tension or horror and you even question whether there is a story. The acting is stiff and phoned in in most cases. In fact, the one bright spot of Gacy House is the last fifteen minutes, while highly implausible it does have one or two good scares. All in all, a terrible movie on all levels apart from the end. 2/10 Bethany Cox