Are You in the House Alone?

1978

Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 27% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 27% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 1632 1.6K

psychopath 1970s teen movie slow burn movie for television

Plot summary

An average high school girl's life is turned upside down after she is attacked and savagely assaulted. When a mysterious person begins leaving her threatening messages and making unsettling phone calls, Gail realizes that the nightmare is only just beginning...

Director

Walter Grauman Photo
Walter Grauman

Top cast

Tony Bill Photo
Tony Bill as Neil Osborne
Dennis Quaid Photo
Dennis Quaid as Phil Lawver
Kathleen Beller Photo
Kathleen Beller as Gail Osborne
Blythe Danner Photo
Blythe Danner as Anne Osborne
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887.39 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 2
1.61 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Toronto85 7 / 10

Are You in the House Alone?

A young high school student begins getting creepy phone calls which eventually leads to her being stalked in 'Are You in the House Alone?". Gail Osborne is a sweet teenage girl who begins going out with classmate Steve. Eventually, she gets a phone call from an anonymous person who does the whole heavy breathing routine. It gets worse from there as Gail gets a note in her locker stating "I'm watching you". We get our list of suspects early on... is it the creepy photography teacher, Gail's current boyfriend or her ex boyfriend? Gail takes a babysitting job in town and that's when the stalker gets close and sadly Gail is raped by this person. We know who did it, and the rest of the film shows Gail trying to prove this person did this to her.'Are You in the House Alone' is actually an important film for it's time as it tackles tough topics such a rape and women's rights. It isn't so much a horror film (like the title might make it seem) as it is a suspense/mystery movie. We spend a lot of the film trying to figure out who the stalker is. Once we find out the identity of the person, it's hard to watch Gail have to prove it to her closest friend and even the courts/police. Some of the stalking scenes were REALLY well done, and add creepiness to the movie.The acting was very well done from Kathleen Beller, Scott Colomby, Robin Mattson and a young Dennis Quaid. Where the film lacks is it's pacing. It drags on quite a bit, and focuses a lot of the time on Gail's family issues and her father who's been recently laid off of his job. Good performances by her parents Blythe Danner and Tony Bill. I recommend seeing this 70's made for TV film for sure. It's only ever been released on VHS, but is online as well. It's a slower moving movie, but definitely has it's moments7/10
Reviewed by acidburn-10 7 / 10

Tense and chilling made for TV movie

This movie may not be a straight up slasher movie due to the fact that there are no deaths at all, but for a TV movie, I found this very much decent and entertaining. The opening where we see the aftermath of a high school girl beaten and raped, which really set the tone for what this movie is about and then it flashbacks to the previous events leading up to what happened.Like I said this movie is not a slasher but features several elements like the young girl getting strange phone calls, threatening notes and tense stalk scenes. However the suspense here has a very realistic feel and you do feel the raw emotions that this character is going through especially when she sees her rapist getting ready to stalk his next victim and of course we do get a list of suspects and this movie doe's display that angle well and keep you guessing throughout. While what happens is horrifying, there's not much in the way of true horror, but what we have is a pretty solid thriller with lots of build up and a great pay off thanks to its good pacing.The strongest thing about this movie is the acting which is top notch Kathleen Beller who plays the main character was very good and believable, her innocence and beauty makes you really root for her especially when she turns detective and eventually turns the tables on her attacker. Plus we get a standout performance from a fresh faced Dennis Quaid and Scott Colomby as the boyfriend also really stood out, displaying great chemistry with Gail, in fact all of the cast had great chemistry with each other, even the parents were great.All in all "Are You in the House Alone" may seem a bit dated by today's standards, but still genially creepy and frightening realistic.
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