House

House

6/12/1985 1h 32m 6.2/10

Overview

Roger Cobb, a divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son, inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.

Director

Steve Miner

Top Billed Cast

Kay Lenz

Kay Lenz

Sandy Sinclair

William Katt

William Katt

Roger Cobb

Michael Ensign

Michael Ensign

Chet Parker

Richard Moll

Richard Moll

Big Ben

George Wendt

George Wendt

Harold Gorton

Mary Stavin

Mary Stavin

Tanya

Reviews

Wuchak

4/25/2022

7/10

**_Amusing 80’s haunted house flick with William Katt and George Wendt_** When his aunt suddenly dies, a grieving horror writer and Vietnam vet (Katt) moves into her manor wherein he experience strange and frightening things. What’s going on? Wendt plays his neighbor, Kay Lenz his ex-wife and Richard Moll a soldier pal in Vietnam. "House" (1985) takes the done-to-death haunted house genre and adds creativity and humor along with the expected frights. It’s an entertaining horror/comedy where everything ‘clicks,’ mixing elements of “Poltergeist” (1982), “Basket Case” (1982) and “Ghostbusters” (1984). The Vietnam sequences are odd for the genre, but the pieces of the puzzle fit by the last act. Mary Stavin (Tanya) stands out on the feminine front with a couple quality scenes. The film runs 1 hour, 33 minutes, and was shot in Monrovia, California (house exteriors), which is just northeast of Los Angeles, as well as Doheny Mansion at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles (interiors). GRADE: B

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