The House Where Evil Dwells (1982) movie poster

The House Where Evil Dwells

1982 ·1h 28m · ★ 4.0 (40)

At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.

Why it matters
3 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
0
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
0
Supernatural
100
Creature
0
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
0
Survival
17
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Content Warnings

Child in Danger

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

adulteryapparitionduelhaunted housejapanlove affairmasksmurdersamuraiwitchwriter

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