The House Where Evil Dwells

The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)

An ancient curse has turned their lives into a nightmare of lust and revenge.

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.

Date of release
1982-05-14
TMDB
4.1 / 10 (43)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Horror
Director
Kevin Connor

Casting

Interesting facts

The House Where Evil Dwells is a 1982 supernatural horror film directed by Kevin Connor and starring Edward Albert, Susan George, and Doug McClure. It follows an American family that moves into a reputed haunted house in the hills of Kyoto, Japan, where a samurai committed a murder-suicide in 1840. It was based on a novel by James Hardiman and turned into a screenplay by Robert Suhosky.

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