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Don't Go in the House( 1979)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Dan Grimaldi

      Donald 'Donny' Kohler

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      Robert Carnegie

      Bobby Tuttle

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      Ruth Dardick

      Mrs. Kohler

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      Charles Bonet

      Ben

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      Bill Ricci

      Vito

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      Johanna Brushay

      Kathy Jordan

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      Ralph D. Bowman

      Father Gerritty

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      Mary Ann Chinn

      Woman in Street

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      Susan Smith

      Girl in Market

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      Darcy Shean

      Girl in Car

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      Ken Kelsch

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Mon Dec 26 2022
    **_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 Nigh...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    250000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • new york city
    • dancing
    • new jersey
    • sadism
    • flashback
    • revenge
    • murder
    • priest
    • serial killer
    • slasher
    • gasoline
    • church
    • maniac
    • flamethrower
    • disco
    • old house
    • psychotic
    • burn victim
    • video nasty
    • abusive mother