House of Terror

I felt compelled to write up a review for this cool little potpoiler upon seeing that it has nothing but negative reviews from closed-minded individuals here on IMDb. If you have no tolerance for low-budget movies, then: why are you even watching this? -- But if you dig 70's style indies, Giallos or even US "Lifetime TV" type thrillers, this one may be right up your alley.

When a young lady arrives at an old mansion to care for a cantankerous elderly woman, she finds herself embroiled in romance, gold-digging and murder - care of the patient's husband, and old boyfriend and a family relative. The characters in this one are both nasty and kooky and definitely keep you entertained and intrigued for the duration as the story weaves its way through it's plot turns. Of special note here is Miss Jacquelyn Hyde (read that again) who is definitely a character, playing two very different roles. This lovely little theatrical scene-stealer really makes the movie!

Of course, these kinds of regional horrors hold other delights than just their intended ones. When done right, they captured a time and essence of an era so much better than most higher-budgeted, slicker productions. And this one certainly is a little time-warp experience. If you've seen and enjoyed other movies from the era that also mixed elements from Noirs and Italian Giallo films into a uniquely American sleaze experience (like "Point Of Terror" and "Blood Mania"), then I'm pretty sure you'll like this one as well. Check it out!

An undistinguished and instantly forgettable picture, HOUSE OF TERROR presents an undercooked Agatha Christie-ish plot to kill a recently-widower-ed millionaire. The suspects at hand include his own sister, his dead wife's nurse, and her scummy lover. In a sleazy swirl of lust, deceit, and murder, the plot thickens...albeit not very much. The film's sole highlight is the presence of underrated cult figure Jaqueline Hyde in a dual role. She's a strong performer, and in this case she steals the show with little effort.

A few fleeting scenes of mild violence pepper the overall ennui of HOUSE OF TERROR, a film of visibly unconcerned craftsmanship which one might stumble upon as a "Late, Late, Late Show" presentation.

4/10

Quite a few low budget horror films have a couple of bad actors but how did they manage to fill this one full of them?! Is their a casting school just for crap actors? This movie sent for them...

The old guy who the nurse first works for and then marries is an Omar Sharif lookalike with a Frank Zappa tash, just spends his time sat down drinking booze. I don't blame him either. The nurse just gets hysterical now and then, the old guy's wife emotes and chews the scenery. And the nurse's murderous boyfriend has all the charm of week old pizza, although we are supposed to believe he has the charisma to induce his girlfriend to help murder the old guy, now husband.

Story tries to be a cross of 'The Postman always rings twice' or 'Body of Evidence,' fails and is strictly very amateur hour.

I was losing the will to live when the late wife's identical twin sister turns up to add to the plot. This shock twist didn't help and I was so pleased when the sad sorry mess finally finished.

Give this a miss and do something more worthwhile like counting your toenail clippings.

A nurse and her homicidal boyfriend plot to kill her rich and seriously ill boss while they too are being stalked by some undefined horror.When the woman turns up dead in a bathtub full of blood the couple begin to search for the money,but they soon begin to suspect that the woman isn't really dead.Perhaps her ghost has come back to avenge her death."House of Terror" by Sergei Goncharoff is quite reminiscent in tone to S.F Browrigg's "Don't Look in the Basement",but it's nowhere nearly as effective.The plot is extremely tedious,the action moves at snail's pace and there is not enough horror for my liking.Apart from the beginning where elderly couple is savagely knifed to death there is almost no blood in "House of Terror".Very boring and common talkfest with pretty eerie denouement.4 out of 10.

not the worst i ever saw but not your cup of tea at all

i mean it's not the kinda of movie to spend your evening watching or your weekend for suree

its not phsyco for the great director Alfred Hitchcock , & its not based on a novel for Agatha Cristie either so don't expect much

there is not much to talk about in that senseless picture weather in the plot or the acting or the photography or even the directing , the production was poor too so it didn't help in that sense

so i'll be short .. if you are bored & need to spend sometime watching an exciting movie, this one had no suspense or excitement guaranteed

no luck in that one sorry