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The House Where Evil Dwells

The House Where Evil Dwells

1982 · Movie · 1h 28m · R

It runs a compact 1h 28m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.

Synopsis

At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.

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SourceRatingWeight
IMDb4.5/1071%
TMDB4.1/1043 votes29%
Balasaur Score44100%

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