Boardinghouse

Boardinghouse (1982)

Where the rent won't KILL you, but something else WILL!

A boarding house is reopened years after gruesome murders were committed there. Suddenly, the body count begins once more!

Date of release
1982-12-31
TMDB
3.7 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Horror
Director
John Wintergate

Casting

Interesting facts

Boardinghouse is a 1982 American supernatural slasher film directed, written by, and starring musician John Wintergate. Its plot follows a group of aspiring actresses and models who begin to die mysteriously in a Los Angeles boarding house, which was once the site of a series of bizarre deaths. It carries the distinction of being the first horror film to be shot-on-video.

Production

The original idea for the project was developed by John and Kalassu Wintergate at the end of 1978 and the script was started with the idea to film a comedy horror movie. A year or so later Elliot Van Koghbe read an article in American Cinematographer. The article mentioned that George Lucas was experimenting with producing films shot originally on video.

Boardinghouse is notable for being the first horror film to be shot on video.

The film also used a movie gimmick titled Horror Vision, wherein a warning would pop up on the screen to let audiences know that a violent scene was happening soon.

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