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House Where Evil Dwells [DVD] [1982] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Format: DVD-Video
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000A7LR9G
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 117,096 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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ghostly horror

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4.0 out of 5 starsThe demon that watches from the soup.
By Quackser on 16 Sept. 2009
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
Director Kevin Connor has made some very intersting movies in his time, chief among them the terrific Amicus anthology of spooky stories, "From Beyond The Grave," in which various items bought or stolen from Peter Cushing's antiques shop trigger the various tales. In a way, this film feels like an extended episode from that film, in that it's a slight enough yarn with some fairly generic elements, but told in an engaged and wholehearted way that makes it fresh and even, at moments, genuinely creepy.

Susan George and Edward Albert arrive in Japan with their daughter and move into an old house which they know to be "haunted". What they don't know is that the ghosts are the result of a samurai love triangle (how perfectly those three words go together) that ended with swords flashing, heads chooped off and blood all over the nice paper walls.

Shot on location in Japan (with local colour that suggests the second unit director may have been Alan Whicker) with the collaboration of Toei studios, the film gains a great deal of its unsettling atmosphere from the overlap of Japanese and American film-making styles. The ghosts wander around the house, visible to us but not, at first, to the newcomers. The female ghost possesses Susan George, trying her on for size as if she's an item of clothing, and it becomes clear that they're intent on replaying the events of their deaths. But to this end they'll need a third party to the triangle. Luckily for them (and you're going to think I'm making this up) family friend Doug (brother of Troy) McClure is at hand.

I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite so strange as the love scene enacted between Doug McClure and Susan George. As lovely as miss George is, I fear the world will never be ready for the sight of Doug's bum.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsOne of the most fascinating & atmospheric ghost stories ever!
By FAMOUS NAME VINE VOICE on 2 Jun. 2006
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This movie is a must for both Susan George fans and for those who just love ghost stories. Don't be fooled by this film's lack of recognition by the critics, or its small budget.

The story is introduced by a very romantic and tranquil beginning featuring the history of a Japanese house and a love story set in the middle of the nineteenth century that turns tragic. The house is then bought by a married couple with one child in the present day (then - when the film was made) 142 years later in 1982. Slowly the film progresses, and the viewer is not only left in suspense, but one could never imagine the shocking twist and climax that comes right at the end! Stay with this one, should you get a little bored. (some viewers may become impatient)

I originally sought this movie out for one reason; I'm a huge Susan George fan, and not because of her 'sex appeal'; George is so under-rated (or can be) like others of her type, who most viewers see only as a 'sex pot'. She's been one of Britain's greatest actresses, and any film she made is worth watching! Many of us who are old enough will remember that Susan George was never off the silver screen during both the 1960s and early 70s.

Top marks!
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5.0 out of 5 starsunusual japanese ghost story !
By jack firestorm "jazz " on 19 July 2007
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another movie i saw on video first time around. the transfer to dvd is very crisp & clean with a spooky japanese koto music.
the movie kicks off with the wife of a samauri doing the dirty with one of
his students & guess what? he catches them at it & strikes them dead with
his sword then commits harikiri on himself ,really graphic start! i was going to have ketchup on my chips ,ugh ! that scene was 142 years earlier now
we go to present day japan .
a couple & their daughter stay in this rented house & are told it is
haunted .they dont seem to mind but visions of the former occupants appear
the wife (susan george!)has an affair with her husbands friend ,doug mclure & it turns nasty when he finds out ! the love making scenes go on
far too long ,"is this soft porn or horror?" i ask myself .but then the
horrible scene when the giant crabs scare their daughter stupid were shocking,the dvd was not rated ,i could see why when this girl of about
ten was screaming climbing up a tree to escape these nasty big monsters !
the film comes full circle when the husband & friend fight over the wife
& the ghosts take them over turning it into a crazy martial arts blood bath ! wont say any more youll have to see it !
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2.0 out of 5 starsKwaidan it ain't...
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER on 24 April 2012
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One of the more unfortunate examples of the early 80s boom in horror films, The House Where Evil Dwells at least earns points for originality, a haunted house film where the haunted house is in Japan, drawing on classic Japanese ghost stories rather than aggrieved slashers that were the mainstay of its slice'n'dice competitors, and when heads finally roll, it's a samurai sword that does the honors.

Most of the traditional elements of Japanese ghost stories make their presence known, but it's a very flat film - Kwaidan it ain't, though it shares its lack of urgency. The ghosts don't actually do that much, seeming to have settled their differences and now directing their joint efforts on making the new inhabitants of the house relive their fatal triangle. Even in the final sword fight between their mortal proxies they're just reduced to egging them on like silent but demonstrative spectators at a boxing ring.

A confused Doug McLure wanders through his supporting role like someone having one of those dreams of being naked in a public place who's slowly realising he's not dreaming and everybody he knows is looking at him (and yes, we do get an unwelcome sight of his buttocks in a sex scene with Susan George that he plays like an anaesthetised man coming out of surgery trying to swat away an attacking grizzly bear). He also takes one of the fakest looking punches in screen history, though that's more the fault of director Kevin Connor having the camera in the wrong place. Elsewhere there's less unintentional comedy than you'd hope for, though it's even money on whether whoever decided it was a good idea to overdub shots of supposedly malicious crabs with sumo wrestler sounds was desperately trying to salvage a silly scene or just going for broke by sending it up.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 starsDumbest movie ever !

It is so dumb you won't believe it ! Not frightening at all, very poor acting, very very slow and quite uninteresting, it's the worst they could do :-))

Published 9 months ago by Lolo
2.0 out of 5 starsTwo Stars

Wasted hours sitting there watching this.
The story line is good but the viewing was not

Published 12 months ago by Mrs Tomkinson
5.0 out of 5 starsCorny film

Low budget but enjoyable film as most Susan George films are,
other newer films have been based on this and done better but
the ghosts in this are memorable.

Published on 11 Sept. 2012 by Davroz
1.0 out of 5 starsthe house where boredom dwells

House Where Evil Dwells [DVD] [1982] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

I won't bore you with telling you the plot of this film , there is enough of that in previous reviews... Read more

Published on 10 Mar. 2012 by winged avenger
4.0 out of 5 starsKevin Connor presents "A Susan George film"

I haven't seen this many many years, but vaguely remembered Susan George being pretty good in it. She is. Read more

Published on 18 Sept. 2011 by A. W. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 starsSurprisingly good!

I was pleasantly surprised by this film. I particularly like the theme of haunted houses. This one is unique though. Read more

Published on 16 July 2011 by Catherine
1.0 out of 5 starsHow Did They Manage to Make Susan George Boring??!

Look, I'm not going to knock this movie because the plot is silly and predictable, I watch a lot of horror movies, and I can accept that. Read more

Published on 24 Mar. 2011 by Vaughan
3.0 out of 5 starsKwaidan meets Rentaghost with added Doug McClure

Sure this is entertaining schlock, but a classic in any shape or form? - c'mon guys, lay off the saki! Read more

Published on 25 Jan. 2011 by Now Zoltan
3.0 out of 5 starsSupernatural Samurai silliness saved by Susan George

This film has many faults: an essentially preposterous story, a poorly written and edited script, unimaginative direction and special effects that didn't pass muster in 1982. Read more

Published on 29 Dec. 2010 by Martin Raynes

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