Dont go in the house is a 1979 psychological horror film written and directed by joseph ellison and cowritten by ellen hammill and joe masefield. The rumacks house was also used as a filming location in the series grimm. Dont go in the house is a dark, chilling, grim and gruesome depiction of the tragic repercussions of child abuse. An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Probably one of the better known video nasties, dont go in the house is the first alphabetically in a line of dont warnings on the list. Felix silla in dont be afraid of the dark 1973 jim hutton and kim darby in. It was released in france under the name pyromaniac. World english bible remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. David yow and jane levy in i dont feel at home in this world jane levy in i dont. Dont go in the house has historically been christened a video nasty, or a film that was censored andor banned in the uk in the 1980s due to its graphic nature. Dont go in the house movie trailer and videos tv guide. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dont go in the house near you. Overview of dont go in the house, 1980, directed by joseph ellison, with claudia folts, david mccomb, ralph d bowman, at turner classic movies. Dont go in the house 1979 directed by joseph ellison.
Met david oyelowo, storm reid en mykelti williamson. Donny kohler, a young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother, has a long dormant psychosis thats brought to life, and he prepares his retribut. He takes her back to his house where she too ends up a victim off camera. The movie starts with our lead character donny dan grimaldi being harassed by his boss without reason. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The violence it depicts is not nearly as offputting as the perfunctory misogyny the film evinces, and even that isnt half so obscene as the ridiculously shabby quality of the whole thing. Dont go in the house would make a great psycho geinbates boys triple feature with deranged 1974 and maniac 1980.
One of his coworkers takes pity and attempts to befriend him. Gain exclusive access to starmeter and moviemeter rankings. After his father died or merely left young donald donny kohler became the subject of much abuse at the hands of his mother, an apparent religious fanatic. Horror thriller film geregisseerd door jacob estes. A then and now documentary of the house used in the 1979 film dont go in the house, featured on the 2016 bluray release.
Met jack mcclelland, mary gail artz en james hayden. Dont go in the house is pretty standard exploitation fare not too far removed from psycho or deranged or the reallife ed gein its the tale of a mummies boy who cant make it with girls so he kidnaps them, burns them alive with a flamethrower gizmo in a metal walled room and dresses them up in mumsies old clothes. Dont go in the house 1979 is one of those lesser known, late 70s flicks that rely on practical effects to show some very creepy scenes. She is not suspicious when he wants to stop by his house and she is subjected to the same fate as kathy. Donny kohler, a young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother, has a long dormant psychosis thats brought to life, and he prepares his retribution for his tormented childhood following his mothers death. Sarah jessica parkers townhouse in i dont know how she. Shot in the winter of 1979 on location in new york and new jersey, joseph ellisons film is more concerned with abuse and psychotic breakdown than death and mayhem. Donny runs into another woman at a grocery store and offers to give her a ride home. Despite its fearsome reputation, dont go in the house is a surprisingly subdued and downbeat tale.
Get contact and representation details for more than 300,000 industry professionals. Now a deranged adult, donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower. Dont go has promise to be a great thriller, but it lacks the speed, passion and the suspenseful drama any film like this truly requires. Dont go in the house 1979 official trailer hd youtube. Dont go in the house 2005 after the death of his abusive mother, a deranged man dan grimaldi starts to lure women back to his house to burn them alive. The location is now the strauss mansion museum in new jersey. So, tonights movie has to do with a pyromaniac with mommy issues setting innocent women ablaze. Watch dont go in the house movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
Released october 3rd, 2005, dont go in the house stars dan grimaldi, robert osth, ruth dardick the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Despite its 1980 completion, it was only first shown in britain in 1987, with heavy cuts. As a child, donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Dont go in the house is just depressing excrement of the lowest order. When allison pearsons novel i dont know how she does it came out in 2002, i thought the story about frazzled working mom kate reddy was pretty funny, so i was looking forward to the movie version one of the highlights of the movie for me. Watch dont go in the house 1980 full movie free online. Weymouth new testament and in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table.
Whats interesting about this one is that the pathetic misogynist at the center feels more like a ted bundy caricature than ed gein, he uses a pushy but harmless mamas boy persona to lure women into his spooky flop victorian house sparsely decorated with. Why you shouldnt go to your friends house while social distancing social distancing during covid19 means you facetime instead of heading over to your friends house to hang. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count. Dont go in the house 1979 rated r 1hr 22mins cast dan grimaldi, robert osth, ruth dardick, charlie bonet, bill ricci and ellen hamill director joseph ellison as. Dont go in the house 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Donny kohler, a young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother, begins to act upon a long dormant psychosis by stalking women with a flamethrower and luring them into his ancient. All you get is a platform for selfindulgent ranting sort of like a blog. Dont go in the house r 1h 22min horror 28 march 1980 usa a disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower. Dan grimaldi is an actor, known for the sopranos 1999, dont go in the house 1979 and the junkman 1982. Certainly a movie deserving of as wide an audience as it can possibly get. Why you shouldnt go to your friends house while social. There are those who would lump movies like this and maniac, dont answer the phone and i spit on your grave with the slasher films of the same era friday the th, the burning, etc.
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