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User Rating:
3.6/10   1,071 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jeff Begun (story)
Howard R. Cohen (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
30 October 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Just when you thought it was safe to look at the calendar again.
Plot:
A Family moves into a house inhabited by scary creatures and a number of close calls ensue. full summary | full synopsis
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NewsDesk:
More special screenings of new fear fare
 (From Fangoria. 6 November 2009, 8:20 AM, PST)

User Comments:
I enjoyed it as a kid. more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Richard Benjamin ... John
Paula Prentiss ... Mary

Jeffrey Tambor ... Waldemar
Severn Darden ... Van Helsing
Kari Michaelson ... Debbie (as Kari Michaelsen)
Kevin Brando ... Billy
Rosemary DeCamp ... Aunt Lucille (as Rosemary De Camp)
Stacy Keach Sr. ... Attorney
Carole Androsky ... Marge, the Real Estate Lady (as Carol Androsky)
Roberta Collins ... Cousin Rhonda
Nancy Lee Andrews ... Yolanda

Paul 'Mousie' Garner ... The Major
Annie O'Donnell ... Annette Muldowney, the Next Door Neighbor
Thomas Newman ... Cousin Phil
Allen Joseph ... Uncle Bert
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Additional Details

Runtime:
75 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Metrocolor) | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Ryder Sound Services)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Norway:15 (video premiere) | UK:15 | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Van Helsing: Selling the house now would be like closing the barn door after the horses eat your children. more
Movie Connections:
References Rosemary's Baby (1968) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
I enjoyed it as a kid., 17 August 2009
Author: Aaron1375 from Alabama

Can not really rate this one a score as I have not seen this movie in ages. From the score here it appears that while I may have enjoyed the movie as a kid, it may have been more for the simple fact there was monsters in it than it was for the fact it was a good movie. I recall basic plot points of it such as a book that I think causes all the problems to there being some vampires that were there to try and help stop the monsters from taking over or whatever they were trying to do. I saw this movie a lot as a kid and I would rather watch it again so I can see if it is as bad as most people claim it is here. Other things I remember is a scene where the creature from the black lagoon comes out of a bathtub. The plot other than the fact the book caused stuff is mostly a blur. Which may be the reason the score here is so low, it may be that the plot is incoherent and terrible. I would wait to review this movie till I saw it again, but chances are I will not ever be able to find it again.

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