Donny kohler, a young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother, has a long dormant psychosis thats brought to life, and he prepares his retribut. Met jack mcclelland, mary gail artz en james hayden. She is not suspicious when he wants to stop by his house and she is subjected to the same fate as kathy. After his father died or merely left young donald donny kohler became the subject of much abuse at the hands of his mother, an apparent religious fanatic. Now a deranged adult, donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower. All you get is a platform for selfindulgent ranting sort of like a blog.
The violence it depicts is not nearly as offputting as the perfunctory misogyny the film evinces, and even that isnt half so obscene as the ridiculously shabby quality of the whole thing. David yow and jane levy in i dont feel at home in this world jane levy in i dont. Dont go in the house 1979 official trailer hd youtube. Dont go in the house is a dark, chilling, grim and gruesome depiction of the tragic repercussions of child abuse. Dont go in the house is pretty standard exploitation fare not too far removed from psycho or deranged or the reallife ed gein its the tale of a mummies boy who cant make it with girls so he kidnaps them, burns them alive with a flamethrower gizmo in a metal walled room and dresses them up in mumsies old clothes. Certainly a movie deserving of as wide an audience as it can possibly get. There are those who would lump movies like this and maniac, dont answer the phone and i spit on your grave with the slasher films of the same era friday the th, the burning, etc. He takes her back to his house where she too ends up a victim off camera. Felix silla in dont be afraid of the dark 1973 jim hutton and kim darby in. Weymouth new testament and in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table. Whats interesting about this one is that the pathetic misogynist at the center feels more like a ted bundy caricature than ed gein, he uses a pushy but harmless mamas boy persona to lure women into his spooky flop victorian house sparsely decorated with. Get contact and representation details for more than 300,000 industry professionals. Despite its fearsome reputation, dont go in the house is a surprisingly subdued and downbeat tale.
Gain exclusive access to starmeter and moviemeter rankings. Released october 3rd, 2005, dont go in the house stars dan grimaldi, robert osth, ruth dardick the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a. The movie starts with our lead character donny dan grimaldi being harassed by his boss without reason. Met david oyelowo, storm reid en mykelti williamson. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count. Watch dont go in the house 1980 full movie free online. The rumacks house was also used as a filming location in the series grimm. An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Dont go in the house 1979 directed by joseph ellison. Dont go in the house has historically been christened a video nasty, or a film that was censored andor banned in the uk in the 1980s due to its graphic nature. As a child, donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. One of his coworkers takes pity and attempts to befriend him. The location is now the strauss mansion museum in new jersey. Watch dont go in the house movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Despite its 1980 completion, it was only first shown in britain in 1987, with heavy cuts.
Dont go in the house 1979 is one of those lesser known, late 70s flicks that rely on practical effects to show some very creepy scenes. Shot in the winter of 1979 on location in new york and new jersey, joseph ellisons film is more concerned with abuse and psychotic breakdown than death and mayhem. When allison pearsons novel i dont know how she does it came out in 2002, i thought the story about frazzled working mom kate reddy was pretty funny, so i was looking forward to the movie version one of the highlights of the movie for me. Horror thriller film geregisseerd door jacob estes. So, tonights movie has to do with a pyromaniac with mommy issues setting innocent women ablaze. It was released in france under the name pyromaniac. Why you shouldnt go to your friends house while social. Dont go in the house 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sarah jessica parkers townhouse in i dont know how she. Donny runs into another woman at a grocery store and offers to give her a ride home.
Dan grimaldi is an actor, known for the sopranos 1999, dont go in the house 1979 and the junkman 1982. Dont go in the house would make a great psycho geinbates boys triple feature with deranged 1974 and maniac 1980. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dont go in the house near you. Overview of dont go in the house, 1980, directed by joseph ellison, with claudia folts, david mccomb, ralph d bowman, at turner classic movies. Dont go in the house 1980, horror the official trailer for dont go in the house, a slasher film about a victim of child abuse dan grimaldi who grows up to become a maniacal construction worker. Dont go has promise to be a great thriller, but it lacks the speed, passion and the suspenseful drama any film like this truly requires. Probably one of the better known video nasties, dont go in the house is the first alphabetically in a line of dont warnings on the list. Dont go in the house 2005 after the death of his abusive mother, a deranged man dan grimaldi starts to lure women back to his house to burn them alive. World english bible remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Dont go in the house r 1h 22min horror 28 march 1980 usa a disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other.