jacobjohntaylor1 I am glad to see this got a good ratting. 6.2 is good. But still this such great movie the 6.2 is underrating it. This a 10. It has great acting. It also has great special effects. It also has a great story line. It is very scary. It is scarier then The Exorcist. And that is not easy to do. Carrie is a great movie but it is not William Katt's best movie. This is. This is Steve Miner's best film to. Share some of the more popular films like Halloween H2O or Friday the 13th II or Friday the 13th III or Lake Placid were good movies. But this is better. This is one of the scariest movies of all time. If you like good horror movies see this movie.

SnoopyStyle Vietnam vet and successful horror writer Roger Cobb (William Katt) is quietly suffering after his son Jimmy's mysterious disappearance in the swimming pool. The case is cold and the police avoids him. In turn, he avoids his loving actress ex-wife Sandy Sinclair (Kay Lenz). It's 3 years since his big book and he plans to write about his Vietnam experiences. He is haunted by the war and his buddy Big Ben (Richard Moll). He moves into her aunt's home after she hangs herself. She had raised him after his mother's death. She claimed that the house is responsible for Jimmy's disappearance. Harold Gorton (George Wendt) is his nosy next door neighbor and his biggest fan.Coming off Friday the 13th Parts 2 and 3, director Steve Miner makes a well constructed haunted house movie. This is probably my favorite of his full length features. It's not groundbreaking but there is something about William Katt's performance as a haunted dad that is so compelling. It has a few scares but it is more about rooting for Roger. It's one of those lesser known horrors that really strikes a cord with me.

John Johnson Richard Cobb (William Katt) is a famous horror novelist and Vietnam vet. He has just inherited his aunt's large house after a suicide. He moves into the home in order to work on his new book about his experiences in Vietnam. At first things go well and he meets his sexy neighbor, Tanya, and the good-natured Harold Gorton. Things quickly go badly as he's confronted with a monster in the closet and hallucinates his ex-wife who then turns into a monster. Richard is continually confronted with flashbacks from Vietnam and the memories of his disappeared son. He's eventually able to find a secret portal into another dimension where his son was being held. He's able to defeat "Big Ben" his army-buddy-turned-monster and rescue his son. I really like the Motown soundtrack. It keeps things relaxed and fun - what a good horror movie is. I also like the haunted house atmosphere and that it isn't a slasher. It feels like it could be based on "Tales from the Crypt" and is a good example of what imagination can do for horror films. The monsters and comedic elements (babysitting, soap-opera, and neighbor Harold) make a good combination.It's obviously a vapid tale, and nowhere near as good as many of the horror masterpieces. I still liked it and it's a recommend to any horror fan.

cteavin-1 The film follows an author who is in the middle of writing a book about his experiences during the Vietnam war. His son disappears in The House. Through a convenient series of events he decides to live in the house which is populated with 80's latex monsters. Riffle shots, screams, all sorts of loudness and only one neighbor notices. (It's that kind of movie.) Eventually he comes to realize that the mental monsters he's been dealing with in writing his book have become reality -- The Boss Fight is with the zombie/monster/ghost of a soldier he betrayed. He finds courage, gets his son back, his wife comes, happily ever after. I saw this on its first release when I was boy. I really can't recall how well I liked it, but I definitely do not like it now. The actors read their lines off each other; the script has a complete arc but there's no craft but formula in this movie; the monsters are ridiculous, even for the 80's; and it takes itself seriously too, too often.Oddly, House Two, The Second Story is a much better film. It's more a comedy with a few monsters you can laugh with. House wants to be a serious film but the creators didn't have the skill.