The House Where Evil Dwells
– At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daught..
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.
14 May 1982
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Kevin Connor
Robert Suhosky (screenplay), James Hardiman (novel)
Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure, Amy Barrett
In 1840, a samurai comes home to find his wife in bed with another man, so he kills them both and then himself. Flash-forward to the present day, and an American family of three moves into this since-abandoned house and starts to experience incidents of haunting and possession.
4 nominations.
MGM