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The House Where Evil Dwells

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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.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 02/09/2023
2/4
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. Go to Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com 03/29/2006
1.5/5
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. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/11/2005
2/5
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01/28/2017 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. See more 07/02/2015 Dumbest movie ever !0)) See more 04/30/2013 "There's a face in soup!"-Amy Fletcher (Amy Barrett) I must say, I had a hearty laugh at the soup bowl scene. See more 04/12/2013 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. See more 01/22/2013 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! See more 12/23/2011 Boring!!!!! The concept was good but yuck!!! See more Read all reviews
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Kevin Connor

Director

Edward Albert

Ted Fletcher

Susan George

Laura Fletcher

Doug McClure

Alex Curtis

Amy Barrett

Amy Fletcher

Mako Hattori

Otami
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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
Toei Company, Commercial Credit Holdings, Cohen
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 14, 1982, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 21, 2017
Runtime
1h 28m