Are You in the House Alone?
An average high school girl's life is turned upside down after she is attacked and savagely assaulted. When a mysterious person begins leaving her threatening messages and making unsettling phone calls, Gail realizes that the nightmare is only just beginning...
Why it matters
A tense late-70s stalker thriller that captures suburban dread with a TV-movie polish but unexpected bite.
- Kathleen Beller anchors the film with authentic vulnerability, a portrait of teenage fear before the slasher boom.
- Early example of horror’s fixation on invasive technology and anonymous threats — landline phone calls as instruments of terror.
- Rooted in SoCal’s sunlit veneer, it undercuts safety with creeping paranoia, a prelude to the stalking subgenre’s rise.
- TV-bound constraints limit scares but sharpen character focus, making it a time capsule of 70s women’s horror anxieties.
Director
4 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
57
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
28
Survival
33
