William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll

Roger Cobb is a Vietnam vet. Whose career as a horror novelist has taken a turn for the worse when his son Jimmy mysteriously disappears while visiting his aunt's house. Roger's search for Jimmy destr...( read more  read more... )oys his marriage and his writing career. The sudden death of his aunt brings Roger back to the house where his nightmares began. The evil zombies in the house force Roger to endure a harrowing journey into his past, at the end of which he find his son. Desperate to escape from the tortures of the house, Roger must battle the evil forces which have haunted him for a lifetime in order to save himself and his son from certain death.

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R, 93 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: February 28, 1986

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DVD Release Date: June 26, 2001

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  • September 28, 2007
    House is an inventive, original eighties horror comedy that has built its foundations on a thin line between laughs and scares. The effects and makeup are great for the eighties. This isn't a true Horror movie by any means, but rather silly 80s cheese--but in that sense, it is th...( read more)e best of its kind.
  • July 22, 2007
    Awesome movie. A father (William Katt) and his son move into a tricky house with hidden horrors, which ends up being a lot of fun. The revealed source of the evil really adds to the story.
  • June 24, 2007
    Alternating between outright horror and horror comedy this film contains just about every cliche in the horror filmmaker's repertoire.
  • May 25, 2007
    It seems at first to be scary, but then just turns into cheesey. I like it though.
  • March 30, 2007
    A very strange horror film quite funny at times but with some cool creatures!
  • October 23, 2009
    Perfect horror comedy
  • September 18, 2009
    what can i say about this.
  • September 13, 2009
    a writter goes crazy whilst going through his memoires, that for some reason has come to life to haunt him.....hmmm more thought in this plot please
  • September 10, 2009
    House (Ding Dong, You're Dead)
  • September 8, 2009
    House is a great horror/comedy movie to watch. It basically focuses on Roger Cobb, a man who recently divorced his wife. He moved into his aunt's old house, and that's just the beginning. Great scenes. It's quite original and very interesting with it's metaphor on how sometimes t...( read more)he past can haunt house and it's also quite H.P. Lovecraft-like in a surreal way, the monsters and spirits in this movie are fantastic. The film co-stars Richard Moll as a soldier who would later come back from the dead and George Wendt as a lovable but nosy neighbor.

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