House (1986)

To me, this movie is perfection.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The successful writer Roger Cobb (William Katt) is trying to write a book about his experience in Vietnam, but he is blocked after the disappearance of his son Jimmy and the divorce from his wife, the actress Sandy Sinclair (Kay Lenz). When his beloved Aunt Elizabeth (Susan French) is found dead hanged in her bedroom, Roger inherits the house and moves to live there. His snoopy neighbor and fan Harold Gorton (George Wendt) gets close to Roger and learns that his aunt claimed that the house is haunted. Further Jimmy disappeared in the swimming pool on the back of the house. While writing his memories from the Vietnam when his pal Big Ben (Richard Moll) was captured and tortured by the Vietcong, weird things happen in the house and soon Roger leans that the place is a gateway to a hellish dimension. "House" is one of the best haunted house films ever made. The plot is funny and recalls "Twilight Zone", with surrealistic situations. William Katt is great in the role of the writer that wants solitude but finds monsters while haunted by his past. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "House - A Casa do Espanto" ("House - The Frightening House")

After just listening to the podcast Shockwaves for weeks rave about the new House Bluray set of its franchise AND interviewing the producer/owner Sean S. Cunningham, I decided to visit the House(s.)It helps listening to all they had to say plus the interview because it was nice to pick up on the little details planted in the movie, like a Diet Coke® that Cunningham loves drinking and the "Craven" realty company due to Cunningham's (pretty much) start and admiration/friendship with Wes.The movie has some major tonal shifts that were more unsettling than some of the scenes in the movie. Most of the movie is straight horror, albeit just a haunted house story, while a good chunk is absolute slapstick humor which I did laugh out loud a couple of times. But often it went from deadly serious where I thought a character really couldn't come back from what he did to The Three Stooges-level jokes. Plus, some of the most outrageous things happen with the least amount of shock a normal person would have, namely from kids and our lead.But, the story of a divorced writer moving back into his Aunt's house where he grew up and immediately experiences the paranormal activity his Aunt warned about, was a tad fun to watch. He's also haunted about his vanished son and his numerous (shot-in-someone's-backyard) Vietnam flashbacks. If you don't take a lick seriously, enjoy the hilarious neighbor, NORM!, er, George Wendt and try to separate William Katt from The Greatest American Hero – which I found VERY hard to do, you'll probably have some fun here. ***Final thoughts: Along with the Diet Coke® and Craven realty, I also loved Don't Look in the Basement showing on the tele in one scene. When I was a kid and surely not allowed to watch horror movies, I would cherish my late night TV in my room and watch horror movies alone, unbeknownst to my parents. One I never got out of my head was: Don't Look in the Basement. That movie haunted me for years.Finally rewatched it as an adult years ago and yeah, it's a sh|t movie with a $5 budget, but for a 8-9 year old back in the early 80s, it was stuff nightmares were made of. I am proof of that.

Saw this when I was a youngster. Watched it recently, still great. They don't make movies like this anymore!!! Saw this when I was a youngster. Watched it recently, still great. They don't make movies like this anymore!!!Saw this when I was a youngster. Watched it recently, still great. They don't make movies like this anymore!!!

can anyone tell me if this is the movie where the 2 guys go in the house and one hands the other one a tiny gun, and keeps the big one for himself and the other guy says "what am i supposed to do with this?" and the first guy says "you shoot it" I can't remember who was in it, or the name of the movie but i'm thinking this is it, i tried to get the name of the movie by just putting in that quote from the movie, it was so funny, but it didn't work, so i'm hoping this is the movie, and also hoping someone can confirm it, my daughter was looking for it at a video store and we just couldn't remember the name, just that quote and a little bit what it was about, haunted house this guy has to go there for some reason, and how he gets help can't remember, seen it a long time ago, thanks to whoever can help