House

1985

Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror

50
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 46% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 46% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 32427 32.4K

vietnam war vietnam veteran haunted house author new neighbor novelist

Plot summary

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 Photo
Steve Miner

Top cast

Michael Ensign Photo
Michael Ensign as Chet Parker
George Wendt Photo
George Wendt as Harold Gorton
William Katt Photo
William Katt as Roger Cobb
Richard Moll Photo
Richard Moll as Big Ben
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755.19 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 9
1.44 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 37

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Stevieboy666 7 / 10

"House - enter if you dare!"

Powerful opening scene has a grocery delivery boy discover an old woman hanging from her bedroom ceiling in her large Victorian house. Author and Vietnam veteran Roger Cobb (William Katt), nephew of the dead lady, inherits the house and he decides to work on his latest book there but finds out that not only is it haunted but it is also a portal to his past fighting in the Vietnam jungle (or at least a film set with a bunch of jungle looking plants). Producer Sean S Cunningham, who directed the classic "Friday the 13th" (1980), said that by 1985 the slasher movie was in rapid decline and that the way forward for horror was to add some humour, House delivers as many laughs as it does scares. One of the main creatures, a witch type being, is as much Muppet Show as it is scary. In fact the scariest thing on show is a creepy looking little boy called Robert, sporting a shocking mullet. His mum Tanya (Mary Stavin) is very hot mind! George Wendt of TV's "Cheers" plays Roger's neighbour and delivers some very funny lines. In terms of horror one of the best scenes has Roger under attack from a bunch of flying garden tools. I wouldn't go as far as to call House a classic but it is a good movie that delivers both horror and comedy, plus some good special effects and a Henry Manfredini musical score, the 1980's were the most fun decade for horror without a doubt.
Reviewed by cgvsluis 6 / 10

Believe it or not he's living in a haunted house!

That's right the Greatest American Hero star, William Katt, plays Roger Cobb a troubled writer. Roger's son went missing, his wife divorced him, and his aunt just passed away. All Roger wants to do is write a story drawing on his experiences in Vietnam, even though that is not what his fans or his agent wants. He moves into his aunt's Victorian home that she leaves him after her suicide to do his writing. When he moves in he meets his sweet neighbor, Harold Gorton, played by the always lovable George Wendt...who offers up some of my favorite lines in the film including this beauty: "Solitude's always better with somebody else around, ya know?"It isn't long before Roger starts to believe that his aunt might be right about her house being haunted...and it begins this whole cycle if Roger writing about Vietnam in between battling the house in full military garb. This starts to blur reality and house.Surprisingly fun haunted house story that has several plots that all come together neatly in the end. I loved seeing George Wendt in this congenial neighbor role and it was fun to see a couple of other stars that I really enjoyed in the 80's, William Katt (although I did also love seeing him in Bones) and Richard Moll who played Bull in the old Night Court. Not sure I would recommend this except to horror fans or fans of William Katt.
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