JKlein9823 On YouTube, I was lucky to come across an excellent, clear, high resolution print of this film. I see that there are several other poor quality, scratched, blurry copies of it on YouTube, which is what happens when a film slips into public domain. It gets shown widely on TV and the prints get old and worn out, and then anyone can transfer a bad copy of it to DVD and legally sell it, with the statement "guaranteed excellent quality recording", but what they don't tell you is that the SOURCE PRINT was bad. I see several other user reviews that complain about the poor quality of a DVD release. For those of you who are very enthusiastic about this film, you'll be happy to find out that a high quality print does exist. Just keep looking for it. I found the film a little too long and slow moving, but it had great atmosphere and the musical score was eerie and effective. Fans of Edward G. Robinson will especially enjoy his fine performance, which carries the film. I did not LOVE this film as some other user reviewers have stated. I "LIKED" it and it was worth watching once.

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS*** Tough guy Edward G. Robinson as farmer Pete Morgan goes psycho here much like he did as "Wolf" Larson in the movie "The Sea Wolf" as he tries to keep of what the mysterious and creepy Red House-That's on his property-has hidden in it. All hell breaks loose when he hires his step daughter Meg's, Allene Roberts, boyfriend Nath Storm,Lon McCallister, as a farm hand who get's not only very romantic with Meg, whom control freak Morgan wants to keep all to himself, but insists to check out the area where the red house is located in.It soon becomes apparent that both Morgan and his live in sister Ellen, Judith Anderson, have a skeleton hidden in the closet that they've been hiding from the world for at least 15 years and in Pete Morgan's case is more then willing to kill to keep that secret from seeing the light of day. There's also both the sexy and hot to trot Tibby, Julie London, who's got the hots from the boyishly handsome Nath and the devilishly handsome local sh*t kicker Teller played by an Elvis Presley looking, some seven years before anyone ever knew of him, Rory Calhoun whom Morgan uses to terrorize anyone from finding out the secret about his red house that he keeps hidden deep in the woods.****SPOILERS**** You can see that Morgan is not all there to begin with but as the secret of the red house and what's hidden in it starts to leak out, due to the efforts of both Meg & Nath, that he completely cracks up.From at first being a kind and gentle soul who wouldn't hurt a fly to a crazed out of control lunatic going so far as murdering his own sister Ellen. It was Ellen who was about to go to the local authorities and have him committed before he did any more damage. The mentally deranged Morgan even attempts to rape, in thinking that she's his former girlfriend, and murder Meg for walking out on him by getting overly friendly with Nath whom he also attempts to murder. With the secret of the red house now known all over the papers and news outlets-radio & TV- and the police about to take him into custody Morgan makes a dash for it in his jalopy of a pick-up truck and ends up drowning himself. That as he burst into the red house's ice house-with the ice melting in the summer heat- where all the evidence of his many crimes-of some 15 years ago-are hidden.

Byrdz I have obviously seen a different movie than many of the other user-reviewers. They have praised this as one of the best, great music, fantastic performances etc etc etc.I watched it knowing absolutely nothing about it and expecting nothing and that is what I got.The "wonderful" music was omnipresent, loud and intrusive. When you want to say "turn down the music" something is definitely wrong.The casting ? Robinson and Dame Judith as siblings ? Really? In which gene pool ? Typically the "high school" aged kids are too old, especially Julie London.Then there is the "plot". It just made no sense. It was not "mysterious" it was just vague, muddled, annoying and dumb.Seeing a young Rory Calhoun was one of the only pluses in this mess of a movie.

Leofwine_draca THE RED HOUSE is an odd little mix of Southern Gothic and western adventure, featuring a young cast tangling with a kooky old-timer. The latter role is played by familiar gangster movie star Edward G. Robinson in a lip-licking performance that makes the whole movie; to say that he's hiding some pretty dark secrets is an understatement, and the whole story hinges on his highly entertaining performance.The rest of the film isn't quite in Robinson's lead, although it's watchable enough. The fresh and likable Lon McCallister falls for the pretty Allene Roberts, who is Robinson's likable daughter. An air of mystery hangs over Robinson's estate, in particular the titular dwelling which nobody is allowed to go near. The mystery, as it transpires, is quite straightforward, although there are shades of REBECCA and GASLIGHT in the build-up. Watch out for future western star Rory Calhoun as a thuggish type who prowls the woods with his rifle.