Written by Fred Dekker (Night of the Creeps, Monster Squad), this 1986 comedy/horror certainly revels in the ridiculous.
Plot: Recently estranged author- Roger Cobb (William Katt), moves into his auntie's house after she hangs herself and soon after his only son vanished from said house. Seeking to put the bits of his life back together, Cobb starts experiencing random, monster/ghoul infused nightmares, that also include tenuous flashbacks to his time in 'nam. Trying to figure out why he's having these flashes, Cobb sets up a series of cameras and aims them at the door the monsters keep escaping from. He fails to photograph any of them, so in an effort to gain sanity and proof, he invites his number one fan and coincidentally, his next door neighbour- George Wendt (Cheers), around to witness his efforts. When the monsters and the battle hardened, rather miffed, 'Big Ben'- his irrate buddy, come to have a go, Cobb meets 'em head on.
I saw this film on the shelves of the local video shop when I was a pre-teen and instantly thought, 'this looks scary'...I was wrong. Funny though.
Budget: $3,000,000
Gross: $19,444,631 (incredible!)
Fun Fact: A sequel, imaginatively entitled, House II: The Second Story, followed a year on and promised to get even weirder. I shan't be watching that one for ya though.
Plot: Recently estranged author- Roger Cobb (William Katt), moves into his auntie's house after she hangs herself and soon after his only son vanished from said house. Seeking to put the bits of his life back together, Cobb starts experiencing random, monster/ghoul infused nightmares, that also include tenuous flashbacks to his time in 'nam. Trying to figure out why he's having these flashes, Cobb sets up a series of cameras and aims them at the door the monsters keep escaping from. He fails to photograph any of them, so in an effort to gain sanity and proof, he invites his number one fan and coincidentally, his next door neighbour- George Wendt (Cheers), around to witness his efforts. When the monsters and the battle hardened, rather miffed, 'Big Ben'- his irrate buddy, come to have a go, Cobb meets 'em head on.
I saw this film on the shelves of the local video shop when I was a pre-teen and instantly thought, 'this looks scary'...I was wrong. Funny though.
Budget: $3,000,000
Gross: $19,444,631 (incredible!)
Fun Fact: A sequel, imaginatively entitled, House II: The Second Story, followed a year on and promised to get even weirder. I shan't be watching that one for ya though.
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