The House Where Evil Dwells

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The House Where Evil Dwells

R

Released May 14, 1982

1h 28m

Horror

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At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex (Doug McClure), writer Ted Fletcher (Edward Albert) takes his wife, Laura (Susan George), and daughter, Amy (Amy Barrett), on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero (Toshiya Maruyama) turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Director Kevin Connor initially establishes a flavorful mood, but it gets frittered away thanks to some increasingly silly sequences and the general doltishness of the lead characters.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 9, 2023

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Scott Weinberg

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Produced in the early 1980s by a Japanese production company, yet written, directed by, and starring tons of Americans, THWED is, well, it's really quite stupid is what it is.

Rated: 1.5/5

Mar 29, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 11, 2005

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Audience Member

An American family moves into a haunted house in Kyoto Japan. "The Grudge" this film is not. The film features corny samurai and geisha ghosts terrifying the hapless family as they try to figure out how to appease the angry spirits (the wife ghost was killed along with her lover by her cruel husband who then killed himself after the double murder). Don't bother with this one.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Dumbest movie ever !0))

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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"There's a face in soup!"-Amy Fletcher (Amy Barrett) I must say, I had a hearty laugh at the soup bowl scene.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Great story, so-so execution. It had what it needed to be better, but comes across as only partially formed. Definitely doesn't feel like it reached its potential.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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I'm sure this movie inspired people what with it's Japanese haunted house and photo camera that can see ghosts... But it's just so dull! The acting isn't even atrociously over the top, it's just one-note boring. C'mon 1982, 80s it up!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Boring!!!!! The concept was good but yuck!!!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex (Doug McClure), writer Ted Fletcher (Edward Albert) takes his wife, Laura (Susan George), and daughter, Amy (Amy Barrett), on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero (Toshiya Maruyama) turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.

Director: Kevin Connor
Producer: Martin B. Cohen
Screenwriter: Robert Suhosky
Production Co: Cohen, Toei Company, Commercial Credit Holdings
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 14, 1982, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2017
Runtime: 1h 28m