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Don't Go in the House

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5.7/10 • 117

1979-11-011h 22m

Horror

In a steel room built for revenge they die burning... in chains.

As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.

Directors
Joseph Ellison
Editors
Jane Kurson

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  1. Dan Grimaldi

    Dan Grimaldi

    Donald 'Donny' Kohler

  2. Robert Carnegie

    Robert Carnegie

    Bobby Tuttle

  3. Ruth Dardick

    Ruth Dardick

    Mrs. Kohler

  4. Charles Bonet

    Charles Bonet

    Ben

  5. Bill Ricci

    Bill Ricci

    Vito

  6. Johanna Brushay

    Johanna Brushay

    Kathy Jordan

  7. Ralph D. Bowman

    Ralph D. Bowman

    Father Gerritty

  8. Mary Ann Chinn

    Mary Ann Chinn

    Woman in Street

  9. Susan Smith

    Susan Smith

    Girl in Market

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Wuchak

Dec 26, 2022

6/10

Norman Bates meets Carrie meets Willard… with a flamethrower A troubled young man (Dan Grimaldi) living with his mother in the Northeast develops a penchant for bringing attractive women home for questionable reasons. Robert Carnegie plays his only friend at work, the local incinerator. "Don’t Go in the House" (1979) is psychological horror with the mother/son base of “Psycho” (1960), the parental abuse with religious undertones of “Carrie” (1976) and the mentally disturbed young man in an old house angle of “Willard” (1971), yet with the haunting Northeast milieu of “Silent Night, Bloody Night” (1972). While not great like the first two, it’s arguably superior to “Willard” and almost on par with “Silent Night, Bloody Night.” Blonde Gail Turner stands out on the female front as Patty, but there are a few other notables, like Johanna Brushay (Kathy) and Nikki Kollins (Farrah). Because the bulk of the film focuses on solitary Donny’s mental issues, and effectively so, the disturbing story is kind of one-dimensional. Yet it occasionally perks up, like with the discotheque sequence. The film runs about 1 hour, 22 minutes and was shot in the New Jersey/New York area as follows: Strauss Mansion in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey (Donny's House); downtown Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey (florist); New Rochelle, New York (clothing store & Disco); Jersey City, New Jersey; and Port Monmouth, New Jersey. Despite these locations, the story is curiously set in Maryland, as evidenced by the license plate on Donny’s truck. GRADE: B-

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$250,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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