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Don't Go in the House (1979)

A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Charles Bonet ...
Ben (as Charlie Bonet)
Bill Ricci ...
Vito
Robert Carnegie ...
Bobby Tuttle (as Robert Osth)
Dennis M. Hunter ...
Worker
John Hedberg ...
Worker
Ruth Dardick ...
Mrs. Kohler
Johanna Brushay ...
Kathy Jordan
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Girl in Car
Mary Ann Chinn ...
Woman in Street (as Mary Ann Chin)
Lois Verkruepse ...
Woman with Kids
Susan Smith ...
Girl in Market
Jim Donnegan ...
Clerk
Claudia Folts ...
Body #1
Denise Woods ...
Body #2
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Storyline

A slasher film about a victim of child abuse (Dan Grimaldi) who grows up to become a maniacal construction worker. He stalks women at discos, takes them home, then hangs them upside-down in a special steel-walled room and sets them on fire. Written by Ørnås

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28 March 1980 (USA)  »

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A Casa do Terror  »

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$250,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Star Dan Grimaldi didn't have to audition for the part of Donny Kohler. At the time, he was the lead in an Off Broadway play titled "Mama's Little Angels". The director and producers came to see it several times and ended up asking him if he was interested in doing their picture. See more »

Goofs

When Donny is in the steel room, he obviously is able to exit the room after the death of his first victim. But when Suzanne and Patty are in the steel room, neither of them can escape despite the one woman not being chained to the floor and ceiling. See more »

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Referenced in Brad & Jerrid: Brad and Jerrid Watch the Room (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

Straight Ahead
Produced by Murri Barber
Composed by Ted Daryll
Performed by The Daryll/Barber Band
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mean spirited & sick
23 May 1999 | by (bklyn ny) – See all my reviews

I remember seeing Don't Go in the house in the movies when I was younger. This is a warped and sick movie about a guy who burns women alive because his mother did this to him when he was bad. The movie is in a way a statement against child abuse. Now I'm trying to be nice and trying to find something positive about this film. I saw it when I was 12 years old, thinking it was a haunted house movie. My father was wrong on that one!! Hey look, watching this did not turn me into a killer and did not warp my mind! It made me a low budget horror fan instead !! Still this is not for everyone.


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