
A young couple, just married, rents a house in a village in Louisiana. But they are not welcome because the inhabitants of the village look upon them with distrust. Meanwhile, in the house they rented, were happening strange things from the past...... (Full plot summary below)
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A young couple, just married, rents a house in a village in Louisiana. But they are not welcome because the inhabitants of the village look upon them with distrust. Meanwhile, in the house they rented, were happening strange things from the past...
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussCould be a metaphor for the notion that the insular, suspicious South would rather evict -- exterminate -- a stranger or outsider than risk being contaminated by alien, progressive ideas. |
| User ReviewAlex r-I want you to move- A little dry, when it's not being spooky as Hell. Chilling score as well. I first noticed Michael Parks as Texas Ranger Earl McGraw in FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, and have been a fan since. |
| User ReviewTim SThe Evictors is another film from Charles B. Pierce, the man responsible for the very silly film The Town That Dreaded Sundown. I found nothing scary whatsoever about that particular film, but The Evictors, thankfully, is a different affair altogether. It's more of a psychological thriller than a horror film, and contains a twist that I managed to pick up on early in the story. It didn't spoil the film for me though. What I found refreshing about it was that when the terrible things begin to happen to Ruth, played by Jessica Harper, that her husband doesn't treat her like she's crazy. He does what a real husband would do: protect his wife and help her to protect herself. The film's plot plays upon the notion that this old house that they have moved into is cursed, and that everyone who has ever lived in it has met some terrible end. It's not the most effective film in the world, but it does generate enough atmosphere for chills. If you can manage to find yourself a copy (it's out of print, as of this writing) then check it out. Definitely a crowd pleaser. |
| User ReviewMatt SAn spooky little supernatural/horror tale that relies more on suspense and atmosphere than gore and over the top scares and that has one of the creepiest house ever with a brooding killer that lurks outside the property. The acting was pretty good for a not well known horror movie and there were some scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat but most of it was very slow paced and takes alot of patience and low expectations to appreciate it. The thing that pulls it all together is its startling story that just kept me intrigued for the most part. Overall it was simple, moody, suspenseful, atmospheric and chilling and for a movie that came out during The Amityville Horror craze its pretty solid just watch it with an open mind, low expectations and alot of patience because its a slow build up and doesnt have alot of action but its watchable for a rainy night. This one though begs for a rated R remake! Check it out. more of a 2.5 out of 5 stars. |
| User ReviewAllan CI have always said this, you can have a strong female character in a movie without having her be a gun touting, spandex wearing, male ass kicking super chick. What you do need is a person who is likeable, well rounded, and someone the audience can sympathize with. Never has that sentiment range truer than in The Evictors. The main actress, and the true main character of the film played by Jessica Harper, is everyman's grandmother, not that that's a bad thing. She looks and behaves like every story you where ever told about your grandma from when she was "your age" and to see her put through these harrowing situations really makes you sympathize with her and feel for her plait. It's also why the films ending, was the first in a long time to make me literally yell out, "man that sucks!" Not because it was bad, but because you care so much about her that to see her ultimate fate brings you more discomfort than if she'd let the psycho finish her off. I mean after all who wants to see their grandma attacked and stalked by a maniac? |
| User ReviewBill BFromt he director of The Town That Dreaded Sundown, this similarly set small town creepfest shows a young couple moving into an old home that may still have some squatters who aren't quite ready for anyone else to take over the family manse. Worth a rental for sure. |
| User ReviewRobert BThe Evictors (Charles B. Pierce, 1979) There are a whole lot of directors at work in America today who should be sat down-with as much force as necessary-and made to watch The Evictors, which is an excellent example of how to make a stylish, effective thriller on a basement budget. But since that's not going to happen, I can distill what they need to learn from this movie into a single sentence: look backward, not forward. Look, if you dare, at the plague of Asylum pictures and Syfy Original Movies and all that sort of dreck, and one thing you will likely notice is that everyone's waving around CGI like it's a brand-new toy they can't get enough of. It's a very loud, flashy toy, and it annoys the hell out of mom and dad five minutes after the box is opened. Now watch the opening sequence of The Evictors, which is filmed in sepia-tone; the sequence takes place in the thirties, and Pierce was going for that kind of look. It's very well-shot, it's obviously out of place, and it does what it sets out to do. If this movie was made in 2013, that sequence would probably be CGIed to death, and the movie would be the worse for it. This is not to say that The Evictors is a perfect film, not by any stretch of the imagination, but for what it is, it is a very good one. Ben and Ruth Watkins (Kill Bill's Michael Parks and Suspiria's Jessica Harper) are a newly-married couple who get transferred to a little town in the sticks for Ben's job. They're still not rolling in cash, so the local realtor, Jake Rudd (The Bad News Bears' Vic Morrow), shows them a cheap house not far outside of town. You've seen this movie before. As soon as they move in, the townsfolk start treating them oddly, and soon they begin hearing rumors that awful things have happened in that house. With most of the town unwilling to help them, can they figure out what's going on with their erstwhile dream home before they end up being another story the locals tell their kids to keep them from going out at night? A number of reviews I've read of the movie have as their main criticism that it isn't actually a horror movie. Compared to most of today's horror films, especially in America, it's easy to understand why people might raise this as an issue. Even something like the first half of The Descent, which has as its main fear-inducer simple claustrophobia, has a grittier, scarier feel to it than The Evictors. This is much more an exercise in atmosphere, tension, and suspense than it is horror. I do not in any way consider that a bad thing; quite the opposite. This is a horror film for people who appreciate Bèla Tarr and Krzyzstof Kieslowski movies. Better, then, to bring up some wooden acting-the more I see of Jessica Harper, the more I wonder why she continued getting roles in movies-and some set decoration that was kind of silly even for a zero-budget movie. (Just wait till you get a load of the neighbor's sitting room.) Still, despite problems, there is a great deal about The Evictors to like. *** |
| User ReviewSuper KIt's something that could have and could happen and thats the appeal. |
| User ReviewKevin RI want you to move. A young married couple rents out a house in the country in Louisiana. The couple doesn't know that a strange family once lived there that murdered strangers. A shootout between the killers and the police occurred and lots of people died. When strange things start happening to the couple around the house, it would be easy to blame the events on the history of the home, but is the house really haunted or do the locals just want them gone? "I knew we'd have our revenge." Charles Pierce, director of The Legend of Boggy Creek 1 & 2, Bootleggers, Chasing the Wind, The Town that Dreaded Sundown, The Winds of Autumn, and The Norsemen, delivers The Evictors. The storyline for this picture is just okay and fairly predictable. The villains were well done but the overall acting was mediocre. The cast includes Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper, and Dennis Fimple. "We killed three people yesterday. We can't get away with that." I came across this on Netflix and decided to give it a shot since it seemed to have an old school grindhouse feel to it. It was just okay and fairly straightforward. The villains were fairly well done, but they were not good enough to carry the film. This was fairly disappointing and is not a must see. "You should vacate the premises immediately." Grade: C- |