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Release Date:
28 March 1980 (USA)
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Tagline:
...an experience beyond total fear. more
Plot:
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre. full summary | add synopsis
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10 wins
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4 nominations
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(8 articles)
Martin Scorsese Picks 11 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time!
(From FirstShowing.net. 30 October 2009, 5:51 PM, PDT)
Interview: Director Ti West on ‘The House of the Devil’ at Chicago International Film Festival
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 15 October 2009, 12:46 PM, PDT)
(From FirstShowing.net. 30 October 2009, 5:51 PM, PDT)
Interview: Director Ti West on ‘The House of the Devil’ at Chicago International Film Festival
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 15 October 2009, 12:46 PM, PDT)
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Good film!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| George C. Scott | ... | John Russell | |
| Trish Van Devere | ... | Claire Norman | |
| Melvyn Douglas | ... | Senator Carmichael | |
| Jean Marsh | ... | Joanna Russell | |
| John Colicos | ... | Captain DeWitt | |
| Barry Morse | ... | Parapsychologist | |
| Madeleine Sherwood | ... | Mrs. Norman (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood) | |
| Helen Burns | ... | Leah Harmon | |
| Frances Hyland | ... | Mrs. Grey | |
| Ruth Springford | ... | Minnie Huxley | |
| Eric Christmas | ... | Albert Harmon | |
| Roberta Maxwell | ... | Eva Lingstrom | |
| Bernard Behrens | ... | Robert Lingstrom | |
| James B. Douglas | ... | Eugene Carmichael | |
| J. Kenneth Campbell | ... | Security Guard |
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Also Known As:
L'enfant du diable (Canada: French title)
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107 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Argentina:13 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:18 (video rating) |
South Africa:16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) |
West Germany:16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 (1980) |
USA:R (certificate #25883) |
Singapore:PG |
UK:15
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The movie is based on events which supposedly took place at a house in Denver, Colorado, in the 1960s. The Chessman Park neighborhood in the movie is a reference to Cheesman Park in Denver, where the original haunting transpired.
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Continuity: John's daughter's ball is red and gray with a white stripe up to the point where it bounces down the stairs the first time. When John takes it to the bridge and when it bounces down the stairs the second time, it is all red with a white stripe.
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John Russell:
It's my understanding... that there are, uh... twenty-three students registered... for this series of lectures on advanced musical form. Now, we all know it's not raining outside, and unless there's a fire in some other part of the building that we don't know about, there's an awful lot of people here with nothing better to do.
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Featured in Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film (2004) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Symphony #1 in C minor, Opus 68
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John Russell (George C. Scott), a widower who lost his wife and child in a roadside accident, moves into an opulent mansion and becomes aware of its tragic history; he works at the solving the mystery with the help of a new acquaintance, Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere, Scott's real-life wife).
Solid, mystery/horror/thriller is competently made and unlike lame junk like "The Amityville Horror", it actually manages to be spooky. And it does this without relying on special effects or any other sort of gimmickry. It just tells a simple ghost story that for once is refreshingly uncomplicated (of course, it helps that Scott's dialog is full of explanation).
It's a nice throwback to earlier classics like 1963's "The Haunting" and I can see why some people would hold it in high regard. In fact, I would put it the same league as Carpenter's "Halloween", another classic masterpiece of subtlety and dread.
Excellent cast of professional actors is a big plus.
One of the better scare movies ever made and worthy of re-discovery.
8/10