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Overview

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5.7/10   5,105 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Fred Dekker (story)
Ethan Wiley (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 February 1986 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Ding dong, you're dead. more
Plot:
Roger Cobb is a Vietnam vet. Whose career as a horror novelist has taken a turn for the worse when his... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
If This House Is Rockin, Don't come Knockin!! more (94 total)

Cast

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William Katt ... Roger Cobb
George Wendt ... Harold Gorton
Richard Moll ... Big Ben
Kay Lenz ... Sandy Sinclair
Mary Stavin ... Tanya

Michael Ensign ... Chet Parker
Erik Silver ... Jimmy
Mark Silver ... Jimmy
Susan French ... Aunt Elizabeth
Alan Autry ... Cop #3
Steven Williams ... Cop #4
James Calvert ... Grocery Boy (as Jim Calvert)

Mindy Sterling ... Woman in Bookstore
Jayson Kane ... Cheesy Stud
Billy Beck ... Priest
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Also Known As:
House: Ding Dong, You're Dead (USA) (video title)
A Casa do Espanto (Brazil) [pt]
Chi è sepolto in quella casa? (Italy) [it]
Det spökar hos grannen (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Dom (Poland) [pl]
House - Das Horrorhaus (West Germany) [de]
House, una casa alucinante (Spain) [es]
Naapurissa kummittelee (Finland) [fi]
Titta vi spökar (Sweden) [sv]
To spiti (Greece) [el]
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93 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Glenn Close and Sigourney Weaver were considered for the female lead role. more
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Continuity: When Roger and Jimmy are surprised by Skeleton Ben at the front door, their clothes and hair are dripping wet. Two seconds later, their clothes and hair are perfectly dry. more
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Grocery Boy: Mrs. Hooper?
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If This House Is Rockin, Don't come Knockin!!, 25 July 2000
10/10

Truly one of the best of the 80's horror-esque films, House uses a unique blend of suspense, horror, and humor to create a quite enjoyable movie experience. House is definatly the best film of William Katt's career(well known for his work in the Perry Mason made for TV movies) In House, he plays a recently divorced man who is haunted by the disappearence of his son. In order to get back on track, he returns to the site of his son's dissapearence, a supposedly "haunted" house which was left to him. Of course, things go arwy, and soon he is plauged by an obnoxious neighbor(played fantasticly by George Wendt) and several strange ghosts and ghouls intent on playing with his fragile sanity. There are some really errie moments, but the film as a whole maintains a playful atmosphere. This is a movie that depending on your mood will either have you jumping in your seat, laughing your head off, or both. Definately worth the hour and a half. I would reccomend this to anyone who likes to lie down, relax, and be entertained. 9/10 Stars. Have fun.

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