Ghosthouse

1989 "We dare you to go inside..."
4.8| 1h35m| R| en
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A group of unlikely companions receive a radio call leading to a deserted house with a grisly past.

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Also starring Mary Sellers

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Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling
Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
iamwhitewica This should be in a bargain bin. I have rarely seen such idiotic characters. If they would not have died I would kill them myself for such bad acting, makes you want to punch them and kill them yourself. Especially the 3 girls, actually forget this, all characters are acting like dumb idiots with no brains and no nerves.Besides the cast that keep screaming at everything, they don't react. None of the actors in this movie seems real. NO ONE would react like these pathetic zombies, and if they do; they deserve to die!The movie plot is good and with good acting and directing this could be a very strong movie. The directing and acting makes this version so lame that it should be burned.I love B movies cause there is something in them you don't get in the Hollywood big flicks; soul. This movie however has no soul, no body, not much besides the amazing story idea. I wish someone would pick it up and make a real movie with real actors. (Is is so bad that you need to really want to see the end to endure the acting, again, it is soooooooooooo bad I couldn't believe it.)A movie to watch, painfully, just to get the story behind it, good story, destructive acting and directing.
geminiredblue Once again, let me say "Thank God for RiffTrax." They tackled this one and came up with a gem! There are so many laughable moments, and their comments just add to the quirkiness of it all. Now then, those crazy Italian directors are at it again. This time, Umberto Lenzi (under the confusing pseudonym Humphrey Humbert) steals liberally from much better films, like POLTERGEIST, in telling a completely nonsensical story. Many years ago, a creepy little girl and her equally hideous clown doll go on a rampage and kill her parents. 20 or so years later (though it's never made clear because in Italian horror flicks, details are annoying) a ham radio operator named Paul (uh-oh!) and his bland girlfriend Martha sit around eating chili (cuz that's what us Americans do, right?) Then Paul's radio picks up a strange message. So out they go, attempting to find the source of the mysterious signal. Along the way, they pick up an annoying hitchhiker named Pepe. And finally come across the Ghost House. There, they meet up with a group of campers in an RV (cuz that's so American) and together, they decide to investigate the Ghost House. Now, I won't give anything else away, because this film has to be seen to be believed. Just know it's one of those unhinged Italian movies, so there's bound to be weird occurrences and violent deaths. But then again, that's why we love those crazy Italians. So track down RiffTrax's version, or invite your own motley crew of comedians over for a laugh riot!
bfan83 Ghosthouse (La Casa 3) is a decent, yet flawed haunted house chiller directed by Umberto Lenzi (under the painfully obvious pseudonym, Humphrey Humbert. The story concerns a young girl and her demonic clown haunting a house just outside Boston. 20 years earlier, her mother and father were brutally murdered by the evil clown, and the daughter died under mysterious circumstances. 20 years later, two college students hear a distress call coming from a short wave radio. The trace it to the now decrepit and dilapidated house and soon meet two brothers, their annoying sister, and one of the brother's girlfriend camping at the house. Soon, they all begin to die at the hands of the evil clown and the little girl.For the most part, Ghosthouse succeeds at being atmospheric and suspenseful, mostly due to the creepy nursery rhyme that either the little girl or the clown sings (it was hard to determine who it was). The house was played a major part in the film's dreadful, melancholic atmosphere. For trivia, it was the same house used in Lucio Fulci's less than desirable, HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY.Ghosthouse had it's fair share of gore, unfortunately not too much of it, and it was difficult to see it due to the poor lighting. The acting was also a bit uneven and the dubbing of the actors poor. But that's to be expected with any Italian horror film. The ending was a bit downbeat, but a neat way to close the film. Another issue I had with Ghosthouse was that the actors were extremely annoying, and they all deserved to bite the bullet. The ending also felt rushed. Perhaps, their budget ran low, and they had to come up with something less expensive at the last minute.Overall, Ghosthouse is worth seeing if you are a die-hard fan of Italian horror. Like most Italian horror films, it succeeds in being atmospheric and melancholic. Unfortunately, it ends up just becoming a run-of-the-mill haunted house slasher flick with uninspired performances and ludicrous situations. It is quite rare on video but it receive a DVD release in the UK. Seek it out only if you enjoy these kinds of films.
slayrrr666 "Ghost House" is a really enjoyable supernatural haunted house film.**SPOILERS**Working with a radio receiver, Paul Rodgers, (Greg Scott) keeps receiving strange transmissions over the radio, which begin to get to Martha, (Lara Wendel) his wife. Tracking the source to a small town-house in the country, he finds that Jim, (Martin Jay) Susan, (Mary Sellers) Mark, (Ron Houck) and his girlfriend Tina, (Kate Silver) are living in the house where he received the transmissions, and after looking around, they all get a weird vibe from the house. When they suddenly start to die mysteriously, they discover that the house is haunted by the spirit of a young girl who was driven insane and murdered her grandparents years ago, and that the spirit doesn't take too kindly to them coming in her house. As the deaths continue, they try to find out how to stop them before they all wind up dead from her rampage.The Good News: This was a really nice supernatural entry. One of the best facts is that there's a great ability to remain so creepy while it's so cheesy. The main house where everything takes place is incredibly creepy, with the basement set-up, the decorations placed down there and the way that they're set-up make this a wonderful setting. From the great method of letting the main hauntings get started, with the demonic-looking clown that is just down-right creepy because of the twisted smile and the white face paint being involved it has a just never-ending manner of setting up an atmosphere to this that manages to make the real haunting scenes all the better. The scene in the bedroom with the dolls coming to life and then all the other stuff reverting back to hide the truth manages to make the scene great. The last assault on the friends stuck inside is even better, from the howling wind to the really great method of the supernatural instances coming to life and the simply incredible scene where the hooded figure comes down the stairs carrying a knife, and it's revealed to be a skull-headed grim reaper with the bony features melting down. It's a great scene, and combined with everything else the film throws into the last half of the film, it's got a lot to like about it. The other thing that really works for this is the great deaths, which are really nice and bring about some nice gore. There's a fan blade flying on it's own to slice a throat open, an ax rammed into the top of the head, a knife impaled in the neck, a guillotine slicing in half at the waist, stabbing in the back with hedge-clippers and another is run over by a bus, among others. These here are all the really good parts to this.The Bad News: There really isn't all that much wrong with this one. The only flaw in this is rather big but non-detrimental, is the film's incredibly slow burn to get going. There's some nice stuff early on, but the film does take it's time to get to the great areas that occur in the second half. The encounter with the hitchhiker, who disappears after a couple minutes, the long walk-through of the house when they first arrive, and especially the scenes of him playing around with the noise transmissions are full of scenes that go on for a long time before they lead into anything of excitement, which really works here to make the first half a little slow-going. There's a really big problem there, and it's the biggest and most impacting on the film.The Final Verdict: A rather enjoyable entry that really has a lot to like about it with only a few mild flaws to bring the film down. Give this a shot if you're into creepy haunted house films, a big fan of European horror fare or the creative cast or just plain interested, while those who aren't into this type should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language