
Wilford Butler returns home on Christmas Eve and his house had been turned into a mental institution for the criminally insane. But the day of his return, he is set on fire and dies. The towns people believe his death was an accident, and the institution-house is later closed down. Wilford leaves the house to his grandson Jeffrey. A few years later, Jeffrey finally decides to sell this grandfather's house, but the towns people including the Mayor have mixed feelings on keepin... (Full plot summary below)
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Wilford Butler returns home on Christmas Eve and his house had been turned into a mental institution for the criminally insane. But the day of his return, he is set on fire and dies. The towns people believe his death was an accident, and the institution-house is later closed down. Wilford leaves the house to his grandson Jeffrey. A few years later, Jeffrey finally decides to sell this grandfather's house, but the towns people including the Mayor have mixed feelings on keeping people away from the house, especially when a serial killer escapes from another institution and finds refuge there. The killer makes frightening phone calls and kills anyone coming near the house. But what does the killer have in common with what happened to Wilford Butler years before?
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| User ReviewZackLove the older horror movies, very good one |
| User Reviewdalton lWhy isn't this movie famous? I just don't get it. This is not a explotation flick like some would precive it to be, due to it not really exploting anything big like in the "last house on the left" case. But the main thing is that people are not taking in about this movie, is that it is an art movie. The plot is binding and twisting (almost like a joel and ethan coen film) into a creepy climax (wich the climax appears in dark room with halve the movie questons still unanswered). The cinematography is i admit "cheap" it still captures the holiday creepyness within this flick. i really recomend it. |
| User ReviewRuby &The shoestring budget can be frustrating at times, particularly during the creppy flashback sequences, and the late night darkness makes viewing more difficult, but it also adds to the atmospheric quality of the production. This was VERY good. A story that as you on the edge of your seat the whole time, guessing over and over again. This film has such a good style to it. |
| User ReviewJames (good horror, a little different than expected definately worth a try |
| User ReviewSarah HOne of the best horror movie I have seen. Even has some interesting editing things with the reds. |
| User ReviewBilly PI thought this was a good film. It had a good atmosphere, there was really only one gory scene but it was truly a blood bath. This film had no nudity which sort of bummed me out cause they kept making it seem like there would be some. Perverted doctors getting murdered by lunatics with wine glasses...enough said. Great movie. |
| User ReviewStephanie MIt's hard to find a decent viewable version of this movie... but it is available on the Chilling Classics 50 Movie Pack (1984). |
| User ReviewShantel DAn excellent film. I'm really glad I found it!! |
| User ReviewJacob FNo, this isn't the "Garbage Day" movie. And if I had not seen the release date on this film I would have missed this horror gem. Made in '72 this may be one of the earliest of the maniacal killer returns home on anniversary of (insert holiday related trauma here) films. But this is not a slasher film. The story is quite complex, rooted more in 19th century short stories or Grand-Guignol theater than in a typical killer set-piece horror film that this film prefigures. Here, a simple, red-hearing-like, premise leads to the discovery of a dark and terrible family secret. Its aesthetic impulses rest somewhere in between the Corman Poe films and the gritty New York City productions of the early-mid 70's. The film is rare in its use of still images which create an uncanny and creepy atmosphere during its use of voice over narration (which is surprisingly effective, and also interesting in it predates the most famous use of voice over prologue in horror, in Texas Chain Saw), and there is an extended and gorgeously filmed sepia toned flashback scene which feels ghost-like (the deterioration of the print actually enhanced this). This is an able cast, essentially taken from Andy Warhol's collaborators, and one wonders how much input Jack Smith had on some of the scenes, plus John Carradine who plays a silent role yet still manages to steal every scene he's in, and a terrific score. What all of this adds up to is this is a horror masterpiece hardly anyone's seen and few know exists. It's creepy more than scary, tragic more than demented, and its low budget forces it to rely on collision montage suggestion rather than all out gore shock cuts, which is, in my opinion, far more effective, especially with a lower budget. All the more surprising is that this sometimes artful (accident, excess, or intention?) film was the production of soon to be exploitation figureheads; this is one of Lloyd Kaufman's first credits. This deserves a remaster, the print I saw was too dark to see some of the night exteriors, and was showing signs of some decay. |
| User ReviewDuane Ca very early influence on Halloween and Black Christmas(1974) Hard to find but worth the effort creepy shit |