The House Where Evil Dwells

May 14, 1982

1h 28m

★ 4.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Cohen

Commercial Credit Holdings

Toei Company

United Artists

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The House Where Evil Dwells Trailers

Cast

Ted Fletcher

Edward Albert

Laura Fletcher

Susan George

Alex Curtis

Doug McClure

Amy Fletcher

Amy Barrett

Otami

Mako Hattori

Masanori

Toshiya Maruyama

Shugoro (as Toshiyuki Sasaki)

Shunji Sasaki

Majyo Witch

Tsuyako Okajima

Zen Monk

Henry Mitowa

Noriko

Mayumi Umeda

Wakako

Hiroko Takano

Noh Mask Maker

Shuren Sakurai

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