House

(1986) ****

I loved this movie when it came out in ’86, I still love it today. Writer and Vietnam veteran Roger Cobb (William Katt) inherits his Aunt’s house after she commits suicide. He and his wife are recently separated after their son mysteriously disappeared from that very house. As soon as he moves in strange things begin to happen, weird visions and creatures appearing just to fuck with him. He begins to believe his son is somewhere within the house. He must endure zombie like disgusting creatures as well as flashbacks forcing him to face his past.

This dude comes walking down my main stairs, he can have the damn house, I'm outta there!

This movie is fun, just plain old fun. Yes it’s quirky, often downright silly but still there is a frightening element that keeps popping up amongst the fun. Roger never has a moment of peace, at one point he thinks his wife has come to visit, he turns around and when he turns back, a hideous she creature is standing there in his wife’s dress mocking him. It springs into attack and Roger ends up fighting for his life and this thing just won’t give up. He finally has to chop it into pieces and bury it in the yard just to get rid of it. So he thinks, until the neighbor’s dog digs up a hand that takes on a life of it’s own. Big Ben played by Richard Moll is the main creep, he’s Rogers old buddy from Nam and he just keeps cropping up making Rogers life a living hell. It’s great stuff, very entertaining and so, so much fun.