HOUSE (1982) – Episode 256 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

"Damn! Come out of the grave and run out of ammunition!" Resurrection without ordinance? Such a disappointment. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss House (1986), a comedy horror picture with its acting roots in Eighties television. Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 256 – House (1986) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! Click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine Gruesome Magazine is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https://wickedhorrortv.com/) which now includes video episodes of Decades of Horror 1980s and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. A Vietnam vet/horror novelist's son disappears while visiting his aunt's house. His search for his son destroys his marriage and his writing career. When the troubled writer moves into the haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt, the evil ghosts in the house force him to endure a harrowing journey into his past.   Directed by: Steve Miner Writing Credits: Ethan Wiley (screenplay); Fred Dekker (story) Produced by: Sean S. Cunningham (producer) Music by: Harry Manfredini Cinematography by: Mac Ahlberg (director of photography) Production Design by: Gregg Fonseca Special Paintings by: William Stout (as Bill Stout), Richard Hescox Special Effects by: James Cummins (creature design/creature effects designer: Backwood Films) Kirk R. Thatcher (creature designer: Backwood Films) (as Kirk Thatcher) Visual Effects by: Mark Sullivan (stop-motion animation) William Reilly (motion control technician) Stunt Coordinator: Kane Hodder Selected Cast: William Katt as Roger Cobb George Wendt as Harold Gorton Richard Moll as Big Ben Kay Lenz as Sandy Sinclair Mary Stavin as Tanya Michael Ensign as Chet Parker Erik Silver as Jimmy Mark Silver as Jimmy Susan French as Aunt Elizabeth Alan Autry as Cop #3 Steven Williams as Cop #4 James Calvert as Grocery Boy (as Jim Calvert) Mindy Sterling as Woman in Bookstore Jayson Kane as Cheesy Stud Billy Beck as Priest Bill McLean as Mr. Jones Steve Susskind as Frank McGraw John William Young as Would-be Writer (as John Young) Dwier Brown as Lieutenant Joey Green as Fitzsimmons Stephen Nichols as Scott Donald Willis as Soldier Ronn Carroll as Policeman Robert Joseph as Robert Curt Wilmot as Skeleton Big Ben Peter Pitofsky as Witch Elizabeth Barrington as Little Critter Jerry Maren as Little Critter Felix Silla as Little Critter The rallying cry from the Grue Crew is, "Chad is back!" For his return episode, the crew picks an 80s movie that surely everyone has seen. Well, everyone but Jeff. The film is HOUSE, released in 1985… or is it 1986? Covered seven years ago by Doc Rotten, Christopher G. Moore, and Thomas Mariani in episode 105, the current crew decided to revisit this comedy-horror feature. Starring some 80s TV icons – William Katt (The Greatest American Hero, 1981-1983), George Wendt (Cheers, 1982-1993), Richard Moll (Night Court, 1984-1992) – the cast, crew, and effects give them plenty to talk about and there's plenty of taglines for Chad's return. Welcome back, brother! At the time of this writing, House is available to stream from Tubi, PlutoTV, and Amazon Prime, as well as multiple PPV sources, and on physical media as a Blu-ray from Arrow Video. Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode's film chosen by Chad, will be Spookies (1985), a film whose making-of story might be more interesting than the movie itself.