The House Where Evil Dwells

The House Where Evil Dwells

88 mins | Horror | May 14, 1982

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.

The House Where Evil Dwells

88 mins | Horror | May 14, 1982

The House Where Evil Dwells
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.
IMDb rating 4.5
Producers Toei Company, Ltd., Cohen, Commercial Credit Holdings
Original title The House Where Evil Dwells
Directors Susan De Nym, Kevin Connor
Writers Robert Suhosky, James Hardiman

Cast

Edward Albert

as Ted Fletcher

Susan George

as Laura Fletcher

Doug McClure

as Alex Curtis

Amy Barrett

as Amy Fletcher

Mako Hattori

as Otami

Tsuiyuki Sasaki

as Shugoro

Toshiya Maruyama

as Masanori

Tsuyako Okajima

as Majyo Witch

Henry Mitowa

as Zen Monk

Mayumi Umeda

as Noriko

Hiroko Takano

as Wakako

Shuren Sakurai

as Noh Mask Maker

Shoji Ohara

as Assistant Mask Maker

Jiro Shirai

as Tadashi

Kazuo Yoshida

as Editor

Kunihiko Shinjo

as Assistant Editor

Gentarô Mori

as Yoshio

Misao Arai

as Hayashi

Chiyoko Hardiman

as Mama-San

Hideo Shimado

as Policeman

Tomoko Shimizu

as Aiko