Don't Go in the House (1979) Horror Drama

Rated R | Threatrical Mar 28, 1980 (US) | Genres Horror, Drama | Runtime 1h 22m
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Don't Go in the House Plot Synopsis:

Donny works in a factory which has incinerators but his coworkers are not aware that he is obsessed with fire and that he is a mentally disturbed man because as a child his mother punished him with burning to remove the evil outta him. After his mother's death, Donny gets excited as he is finally freed from her and starts playing loud music n lights a cigarette in the house but his excitement fades away soon when he begins to hear a voice in the house that seems to be his mother's. The voices n delusions about his mother being still alive makes Donny go crazy n he soon starts kidnapping women n later burns them alive.


Synopsis / Plot Summary: A slasher film about a victim of child abuse (Dan Grimaldi) who grows up to become a maniacal construction worker. He stalks women at discos, takes them home, then chains them up in a special steel-walled room and sets them on fire.

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Don't Go in the House Movie Information:

Type: Movie
Year: 1979 (more 1979 movies)
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 82 minutes /
Genres:  Horror, Drama
Sub-Genres:  Serial Killers
Horror Genres:  Possession, Twisted Mystery
Horror Subgenres:  Drama, Maniac
Directors: Joseph Ellison
Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Carnegie, Dennis M. Hunter … (cast list)
Release Date: Theatrical Release Date Mar 28, 1980
Production Co.: Film Ventures International
Language: English
Country: United States
Release Dates: Movie Release Dates / Don't Go in the House Release Dates In Theaters: Mar 28, 1980, DVD: Nov 24, 1998
Writers: Joe Masefield, Joseph Ellison, Ellen Hammill
Producers: Ellen Hammill, Matthew Mallinson, Edward L. Montoro, Dennis Stephenson
Musicians: Richard Einhorn
Cinematographers: Oliver Wood

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