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I expected a very bad b-class italian horror movie, and it is, but is enjoyable. It´s well filmed & the actors are acceptable. Music is very good, just listen to that demoniac sound that is heard from the basement (not joking, one of the best horror sounds ever heard by me). There are also some good deaths (the first two & one in the middle), the others are average. Plot is bad, but you cannot expect more. What I did not understand are the stupid reasons for entering again and again the Ghosthouse (example: a girl wants to take a shower) when those kids know that there is a killer or somewhat (I won´t tell what). Scenery is good, so the other places of the shots. Summarizing, I watched the film till the end, that hardly happen when I see this type of movies and are bad.

I could recommend it if you are a horror-movie fan, or if there is anything to watch...

Rate this movie with a 5.5 out of 10 .-

From director Umberto Lenzi (using the riotous Americanized pseudonym of Humphrey Humbert) comes this dopey, low grade, but engagingly dumb haunted house flick.

Things begin with a prologue of young Henrietta (Kristen Fougerousse) being chastised by her father for butchering the family cat, and then being locked in the cellar. Soon after the parents are brutally murdered. Flash forward 21 years, and HAM radio operator Paul (Greg Scott) picks up radio signals of what sounds like people being terrorized. He traces the signals to an isolated manor, meeting up with other young adults. Soon these unfortunate souls are set upon by the demonic forces residing within the walls.

A banal script (by Cinthia McGavin), truly silly dialogue (by Sheila Goldberg), lame attempts at horror, and some delicious moments of gory violence combine in this enjoyably bad movie. The acting is likewise lousy from most everybody concerned, although it's nice, as it always is, to see the great character actor Donald O'Brien (a.k.a. Dr. Butcher, M.D.) as a hilariously unsubtle, menacing axe-wielding caretaker.

The young actors *are* attractive, in any event. Lara Wendel of Dario Argento's "Tenebre" is top billed as she plays Paul's girlfriend Martha. The adult performers don't fare much better, but there are some great character faces among them: William J. Devany as a detective, Alain Smith as Henrietta's father, Robert Champagne as a mortician.

The music, by Piero Montanari, is very bad, but amusingly so, while cinematographer Franco Delli Colli works to give the movie a decent look. At least "La Casa 3" ("La Casa 1" and "La Casa 2" being the Italian titles for the first two "Evil Dead" movies) gets much mileage out of a creepy clown doll, much like "Poltergeist" did six years previous.

Filmed in the same house as Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery".

Six out of 10.

Ghosthouse is a chilling haunted house tale with twists and turns that eventually lead up to confusion and unanswered questions. However, the film when it is not incoherent, is actually very enjoyable. It has many effective scare scenes and a twisted musical hymn, that will send chills down your spine for sure. So, in short, a relatively above average haunted house tale, rather good compared to late 80's horror, but an amateurish cast and a plot that tends to jump around emphatically, almost sinks the film. Almost. Worth a look.

Recently I picked up this title as an absolute bargain on eBay for just 99p & to be honest I wasn't expecting much as I'm a huge horror movie buff but haven't heard much about this title.

The director is credited as Humphrey Humbert - but to my surprise this was a pseudonym for the legendary Umberto Lenzi (better known for the notorious Cannibal Ferox). But those of you expecting a cannibal gut-crunching movie will be disappointed. In fact the film doesn't really have much gore in it but for what it lacks in human entrails it certainly makes up for in creepy atmosphere & an unforgettable spooky soundtrack.

Now I don't know about you but clowns have always been sinister to me & Ghosthouse is basically about the spirit of a young girl who carries around this clown doll & when she appears in front of unsuspecting victims they are soon dispensed of. Its at these moments that the creepy 'nursery-rhyme-esque' theme tune kicks in & it'll play in your mind for days on end!

Don't get me wrong this aint no Exorcist or Dawn Of The Dead but its a little known movie which if you get the chance is definitely worth watching.

Maybe if the director had used his real name & billed it as 'From The Director Of Cannibal Ferox' then it would've done much better financially.

This should be in a bargain bin. I have rarely seen such idiotic characters. If they would not have died I would kill them myself for such bad acting, makes you want to punch them and kill them yourself. Especially the 3 girls, actually forget this, all characters are acting like dumb idiots with no brains and no nerves.

Besides the cast that keep screaming at everything, they don't react. None of the actors in this movie seems real. NO ONE would react like these pathetic zombies, and if they do; they deserve to die!

The movie plot is good and with good acting and directing this could be a very strong movie. The directing and acting makes this version so lame that it should be burned.

I love B movies cause there is something in them you don't get in the Hollywood big flicks; soul. This movie however has no soul, no body, not much besides the amazing story idea. I wish someone would pick it up and make a real movie with real actors. (Is is so bad that you need to really want to see the end to endure the acting, again, it is soooooooooooo bad I couldn't believe it.)

A movie to watch, painfully, just to get the story behind it, good story, destructive acting and directing.

I expected this film to be nothing more than your very average 80s horror flick but it was much more.Admittedly the acting was well below par but the shocks certainly weren't.Any film encorporating clowns in my opinion can't help but be sinister there was no exception here the clown was terrificly scary,and the little girl dressed in white just added to it.The film also boasted some rather gruesome deaths especially the guillotine!This movie certainly surpassed its expectations.Deserves to be seen.

Hiding behind the ridiculous soubriquet Humphrey Humbert, Umberto Lenzi (of Cannibal Ferox fame) directed this lame late 80s Italian/US co-production that starts off bad, and then rapidly goes downhill.

The film is a mish-mash of dumb, illogical, spooky (and sometimes deadly) happenings which occur to a group of teens staying at a deserted house. The cause of these supernatural events: the tormented spirit of a girl who is cursed to haunt the building because her father, a funeral director, gave her a clown-doll which he stole from the coffin of a dead child (what a great father: bringing home his daughter an ugly-as-sin present lifted from a corpse!).

Also mixed-up in the strange occurrences are a young couple who have followed a mysterious signal that they picked up on their ham radio set; they arrive at the house just as the weird and grisly deaths begin.

Lenzi's film is totally devoid of suspense, has plenty of elements which make no sense whatsoever (including a disappearing Doberman and a killer caretaker with a limp), features lousy acting, some dreadful special FX and some even worse examples of 80s fashion, and completely rips off the Tobe Hooper/Spielberg hit Poltergeist for several scenes (however, with a much smaller budget and a less talented crew, the results are laughable).

Lenzi's next film, Le Porte dell'inferno, was further proof--as if we really needed it--that the director's best days behind the camera had long since gone.

I first saw this in the late 80s on a vhs.

Revisited it recently.

This one is a decent horror film with a creepy house.

The movie starts off in a fast paced manner n we get to see two gory kills.

It has sufficient body count n the ending is shocking.

At times the demonic doll in an isolated n creepy house does gives goosebumps.

A father who works in a funeral house has a nasty habit of stealing things of the dead and he gifts his daughter a stolen doll which turns out to be demonic.

At times we dont know whether the girl was doing all the killings, or the doll does the killings or the person to whom the doll originally belongs to, does the killings?

The confusion is there cos we dont get to see the killer or entity but jus killings and out of nowhere a doberman appears n disappears.

The voice on the radio, was it really from the future?

Nevertheless, i enjoyed it cos of the atmosphere n some bizarre stuff.

A mysterious ham radio signal (!) draws a group of curiosity seekers to an abandoned house which (naturally) was the site of several murders twenty years ago. Soon they discover that the house is inhabited by the angry spirit of a long-dead little girl and her creepy killer clown doll. This Italian horror flick (from Umberto "Nightmare City" Lenzi) certainly doesn't skimp on the gore, which is a good thing because it's the only thing that made it watchable. The characters are all idiots, the acting/dubbing sucks and the story and dialogue are a complete mess. A better title for this one would have been "Outhouse," or "Sh*thouse."

I will never understand how this film manages to be so cheesy yet so creepy at the same time, but Ghosthouse pulls it off with ease. Right from the start we get some nice gore scenes and that creepy carnival music. Then we get some terrible acting.

The house has a very ominous feel to it, no doubt this is more down to the creepy music used (some of it taken from Stagefright). The acting ranges from OK to completely inept - several of the characters are just unconvincing in everything they say. For example there's the girl who says "Look, it's that horrible man!" The bad acting however makes the film more entertaining to watch and gives you plenty of laughs. The little girl and her doll are also very creepy, but I think the main winner in this film is the weird carnival music that makes it stand out from all other films. I love the scene with the "grim reaper" in and his maggot infested skull.

If you love 80's horror flicks, you can't go wrong with Ghosthouse. It has that nasty Italian feel to it, but also plenty of cheesy fun.

i went into this movie with high hopes. i had heard a lot about it and most of it was good. what i ended up with was a so-so Italian horror film.

the plot is simple. i didn't like the whole ham radio aspect, thought it was slightly cheesy. the acting was OK for the most part. i love Mary sellers and she does a great job. Lara Wendel got on my nerves with her accent. they should have gotten a better actress for the lead.

the pacing was off and the cast was hit or miss. Lenzi's direction was much better in black demons in my opinion.

too much going on in one film.

not what i expected but pretty OK film.

I really loved this movie. The first time I saw this movie, I was over my aunt's house. I still am wondering where my aunt placed this movie because I am trying to get it back to be able to watch it. The noise that the little girl's doll made was silly and funny, but overall the gore, the plot, and the scenery (of the haunted house especially) was just breathtaking. The movie may be a little boring to you at times but not a whole lot. The movie does look like it has a cheap setting because it is a foreign film, but it is a must-see and it is better than most american made gory films. My rating is 8.5 out of 10 stars.

When people saw the film "Day of the Dead" for the first time, some said that it should be burned on a pyre... I think that they really meant Ghosthouse.

I don't know what is worse about this film... The fact that the cast attempts to act or that it actually tries to be a horror movie. The premise is horrible, the acting is worse and I am not even going to comment on the directing or editing. (When you see the shadow of the sound man in a shot, you should be shot). AND WHAT IS THE OBSESSION WITH CHILI?????

Don't ever bother... ever....

Italian horrors are flicks that stand on their own. Mostly they have their typical score (Goblin is famous for making sounds and music) and the overall look immediately says , this is an Italian flick. On the other hand most of them look cheesy and not everybody loves them. Therefore the Italians knew what to do. Give the release another title clocking in on other successes. There are many examples and this one here surely fits in it. When Evil Dead (1981) was released in Italy it was called La Casa 1. Later on of course Evil Dead II (1987) was released as, you guessed it, La Casa 2. To be sure of selling Ghosthouse it was released as La Casa 3.

Naturally it had nothing to do with Evil Dead but it wasn't that bad after all if you can dig Italian gore. The main lead was Lara Wendel who we knew from Tenebre (1982). The other actors aren't that well known, some made it into the B-flick scene's and some are still busy up to today, a thing we couldn't say from our main lead who stopped in 1994. The director was Umberto Lenzi, famous from the gory Cannibal Ferox (1981). It all looks promising but for a flick made in 1989 the effects are rather cheap and even laughable.

The thing that sticks to your mind is in fact the creepy soundtrack. The vicious doll wasn't scary or whatsoever but combined with that particular score it did work. The flick itself starts of pretty gory and one slashing of a throat is done on-screen. From there on it falls a bit on the gory parts but it does work storywise. The acting isn't always top notch but that's also typical Italian, isn't it.

A nice flick surely to catch full uncut, only two versions aren't cut, the VIPCO release and the extreme limited 666 copy release (B cover) from X Rated Kult. The latter I viewed, included was the soundtrack. If this flick would have been released early eighties it would have fit into that era but for 1989 it's way to cheesy.

Gore 2,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

Hoping to strike gold, the filmmakers of Ghosthouse throw in everything they possibly can - violent giallo/slasher style murders, the creepy clown doll from Poltergeist, eerie radio messages, the most haunted house since Amityville, and creepy kids. To my surprise, it ends up sort of working in its own oddball way, feeling like one of those eager to please haunted attractions that pops up around Halloween season. It's silly, goofy, but sometimes creepy in spite of itself.

I first saw Ghosthouse around 1996, and while I sat through it, not much of an impression was made. But the memories of the movie remained, and specific shots remained in my mind. Eventually I watched it again, and was struck with how charming it is. The script is unpretentious, with some incredibly simplistic writing. But the horror elements are a bizarre mix of fairly disconnected clichés. But it will stick with you, not in its entirety, but just little things.

I watched the movie a third time recently, and I'm willing to concede a few more substantial faults. The pacing is awkward and it slows down a whole lot during some sequences. Some of the things - like the little storm in the bedroom - are laughable.

Despite these faults, the fact is that this cheap movie is a memorable one. For a horror movie, the ability to remain in our memory is a really important one.

A girl : Lara Wendell and her boyfriend : Rhodes, hear strange voices by radio, it leads them to a weird and deserted house where rare happenings take place. Then visions of a deceased little girl and her clown muppet bring creepy doom to the innocent visitors of the strange place. Meanwhile, a nutty man, Donald O'Brien, on the loose is carrying out a criminal spree. We dare you to go inside.. Death holds the mortgage and if you move... They'll be hell to pay. Horror has found a new home. Enter at your own risk. Don't come alone!

Scary and eery film about haunted house made in the peculiar Umberto Lenzi style. This Italian director often uses pseudonyms as Humphrey Logan or Humphrey Humbert and made a number of cannibal, horror and Gialli films , many of them, nowadays, deemed cult movies. However, this terrifying picture is full of flaws, gaps and failures, in spite of it, resulting to be entertaining and surprising enough. There is a lot of gore, blood, including beheading, slashing, guillotining and anything else . Ghastly events taking place when protagonists show up at the creepy mansion with a bizarre small girl and her fantastic doll appearing spontaneously and causing horrible slaughters , while frightening to spectator with her scary abilities. The flick ripps off and takes parts here and there of other films, as Steve Miner's House, Evil dead, Exorcist, Dawn of the dead, Amytiville saga, among others. Features an unknown cast , exception for the slightly known Lara Wendell, Mary Sellers who starred various terror, dramas in the 70s, 80s and Donald O'Brien who performed a number of Spaghetti Western and horror movies in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

This horrifying motion picture was middlingly directed by Umberto Lenzi. He was an Italian craftsman who directed all kind of genres such as Wartime: Bridge to hell, The biggest battle, Tempi di guerra, Wild team, The damned brigade, From hell to victory, Desert commando, The damned brigade. Poliziesco : Roma a mano armade, Napoli Violenta, Manhunt in the city , From Corleone to Brooklyn, The executioner, Brothers till we die. Eurospy : Superseven chiama Cairo, 008 operation exterminate, Kriminal. Terror and Cannibal fims : Sacrifice! Cannibal Feroz, Comidos vivos, House of witchcraft, Hell's gate , Invasion of Atomic Zombies. Giallo : Wide-eyed on the dark, Orgasmo, Spasmo, Paranoia. Spaguetti Westerns : Tutto per tutto, Pistol for a hundred coffins. Adventures : Invincible masked rider, Catalina of Russia, Triumph of Robin Hood, Temple of the white elephant, Adventures Mary Read, Sandokan, Pirates of Malasya, Zorro versus Maciste, among others. Ghosthouse rating : 5/10.