Stranger in Our House
A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda; one that possibly includes witchcraft.
Why it matters
A quietly unsettling blend of Southern Gothic suspense and supernatural dread anchored by a young Linda Blair’s simmering paranoia.
- Early Wes Craven TV work that hints at his flair for creeping dread before his slasher breakthrough.
- Subtle witchcraft and family secrets brew a slow-burning folk horror atmosphere in sunny Southern California.
- Blair’s performance captures adolescent suspicion and vulnerability with surprising depth for a TV movie.
- For fans of unsettling cousin-invasion tales and ’70s horror that favors mood over cheap shocks.
Director
21 horror films in catalog
The Last House on the Left 1972
The Hills Have Eyes 1977
Stranger in Our House 1979
Deadly Blessing 1981
Swamp Thing 1982
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
Invitation to Hell 1984
Chiller 1985
The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 1985
Deadly Friend 1986
The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988
Shocker 1989
The People Under the Stairs 1991
Wes Craven's New Nightmare 1994
Vampire in Brooklyn 1995
Scream 1996
Scream 2 1997
Scream 3 2000
Cursed 2005
My Soul to Take 2010
Scream 4 2011
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
71
Supernatural
80
Creature
0
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
0
Survival
50
OccultPossessionWitchcraft
