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1981
Directed by William Wiard
Synopsis
Something terrifying is falling in love with Sheila...
A sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion of rock star Parker Stevenson, who has had a nervous collapse, that the house is alive and determined to keep her prisoner.
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Cast
Parker Stevenson Lisa Eilbacher Joan Bennett Slim Pickens Shelley Smith Bill Morey Jan Shutan David Paymer Jack Garner K Callan Barry Corbin John Dukakis Amanda Wyss Ivy Bethune Philip Baker Hall Doug Johnson Brad Baker
DirectorDirector
William Wiard
ProducerProducer
David Levinson
WriterWriter
David Levinson
EditorEditor
Leon Carrere
CinematographyCinematography
Thomas Del Ruth
Executive ProducerExec. Producer
Leonard Goldberg
Production DesignProduction Design
Jack De Shields Dale Koeppe
Art DirectionArt Direction
Jack De Shields Dale Koeppe
Set DecorationSet Decoration
Dave L. Love
ComposerComposer
Billy Goldenberg
Studio
Mandy Films
Country
USA
Language
English
Alternative Title
Das Haus der tausend Augen
Genres
TV Movie Horror
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06 Feb 1981
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Review by Sonny_Jim ★★ 11
This week as part of my day job I've been playing around with some of the "AI" tools now freely available online, with mixed results. Generating a few paragraphs on a specific technical topic? Sure, it's not too bad. Creating an image of Fonzie doing the thumbs-up gesture while dressed like a Jedi Knight? It failed spectacularly.
Lately though, I've seen the occasional review on this site that made me...well, a little suspicious. So I thought I'd try an experiment and see if ChatGPT could generate a interesting review. And what better test than This House Possessed, a relentlessly lethargic TV horror movie from 1981 that itself concerns a 'smart' home gone rogue?
I asked it for two paragraphs. Here…
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Review by FakeVoorhees ★★½
A musician suffering from exhaustion hires a personal nurse and escapes to his newly purchased, secluded home. It turns out the house has a mind of its own and uses its state of the art security system and automation features to keep unwanted visitors away. The house seems to spend a lot of time peeping on people showering and making out. Maybe if this wasn't made-for-TV, it would have been more exciting. Things play out predictably once you realize the house has an attachment to the nurse and will try to scare off anyone that might take her away from it. A watchable TV movie but not one of the better ones I've seen, and the least interesting of the three made-for-TV horrors directed by William Wiard.
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Review by Ryan McSwain ★★★ 1
Those of you following along at home probably noticed I'm a sucker for made-for-TV horror. Please treat me as you would an enthusiastic bird watcher; yes, it was just a sparrow, but it was a really neat sparrow.
A recovering rock musician (IT WASN'T DRUGS, OKAY?) moves into an ultra-modern home with the private nurse he hired on the spur of the moment. Between ignoring medical ethics and huge relationship red flags, they notice the house keeps killing people. Oh, and the nurse has childhood amnesia — you know, as one does.
My favorite parts are when you watch entire scenes from the house's cold and detached perspective, on a boxy old television sitting on the floor. Adding that extra…
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Review by Patrick Pryor ★★½
Blood shower screaming forever and ever. I also liked the wobbly mirror that splintered and moaned like a specter breaking through to our awful mortal realm. This House Possessed contains some striking gothic haunted manse imagery straight out of some page turner like Rebecca. Too bad turgid made-for-TV romance'n'drama'n'shenanigans bog down the ghastly spell.
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Review by Bloodspiller🩸 ★★½
Not particularly chilling or interesting but Parker Stevenson is becoming the prince of unintentional laughs in movies. Watch him perform a song called "Sensitive, You're Not" and try to keep a straight face.
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Review by Adam Waldowski ★½ 1
Parker Stevenson shrieks at one point and nearly rivals Mark Patton as a male scream queen. The premise is a muddled mess of technological anxieties and the supernatural. So much silliness ought to be so much more fun.
26/100
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Review by MarkMcCoy ★★½
Oh my god the air conditioning is on—THE HORROR
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Review by adelaideblair ★★★
Honestly, the house would make a better husband. Probably a better singer too.
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Review by Kimberly Lindbergs ★½
Why did I stick with this until the end? I guess I suffered so you don't have to. The modern design of the "haunted house" appealed to me and the movie had a few unintentional laughs early on (Stevenson is hilarious as the "rock star") but man, this thing was awful. Avoid unless inebriated.
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Review by Tim Mitchell ★★
Dumpy, corny TV mystery schlock. Tech-wise it’s impressively ahead of its time & Eilbacher’s captivating, but it’s still a turd-fest.
A nurse with partial amnesia ends up in the possessive haunted tech-saavy house that won’t let her leave now that she’s returned.
Other than foreshadowing Alexa-gone-wrong, there’s not much to interest the non-Lisa fans. Gimpy story & a lackluster ending.
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Review by _Lili_
Googling James Garner lead me to this, well I won't be doing that again!
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Review by rache1izabeth ★★½
love this alternate universe with Parker Stevenson as a rockstar
