azathothpwiggins THIS HOUSE POSSESSED starts off w/ a couple of amorous kids trespassing on the title property. They are hastily moved along by what appears to be supernatural means! The scene switches to rock icon, Gary Straihorn (Parker Stevenson) rocking like nobody's business. Oh no! He collapses on stage! He wakes up in the hospital, screaming like only a rocker can. He needs a rest. Some time away from the rock scene, man. Doctor's orders. His nurse, Sheila (Lisa Eilbacher) massages his rock-hard muscles. Somehow, the possessed house watches all this on TV. Now, that's rock and roll! Miraculously, Gary and Sheila head for the house, though they know not why. On a whim, Gary buys the place, which has a state-of-the-art security system. Gary works on his power ballads, while Sheila massages his forehead. The house watches. A Raggedy Ann doll attacks! Sort of. A scenic bike ride ensues. We're introduced to "The Rag Lady". Back at the hacienda, odd occurrences... occur. When Gary's rockin' "lady friend", Tanya (Shelley Smith) shows up unannounced, the house objects. More power ballads reverberate like curdling mayonnaise, while Sheila cries. A very interesting shower-bath takes place. Love blooms for a rocker and his nurse. Fiery death -finally- results, when a librarian stops by. Send more librarians, says I! Let the mayhem commence! There's a big revelation toward the end, but by then our will to live has ebbed. We are one power ballad away from eternity now. Aloha. Barry Corbin is the Sheriff and Slim Pickins is Gary's manager. Watch for Amanda Wyss (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) in her tiny role at the beginning...

hungerartist i love horror films, low budget, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's.. but how can anyone think this is a very good horror film? let's compare it to titles in a similar vein- haunted house films. the haunting, the changeling, the shining. or for a similar technology based horror film that was FAAAR better, (though still FAR from great) Demon Seed. OK, i'll be fair.. let's compare it to made-for-TV horror films! don't go to sleep.. waaay creepier and better done. salem's lot, the night stalker, night gallery, even don't go in the basement or crowhaven farm were far better. *SPOILERS* first of all, for as good a scene as the bloody shower scene was, you have a scene like the opening scene.. oh boy! the garden hose comes alive to hose down some frisky teenagers! TERRIBLE. also, just what we understand about the house.. it apparently needs to use its video cameras to see what is going on, and it's a very emotional house. not a spirit, or demon, or entity, it's a house thats "possessed", but by what? we are led to believe an inanimate object learned to love suzie/margaret, our protagonist? now that I'm on the topic of suzie.. another scene that totally bothered me, this poor old crazy lady comes, tells you she was your nurse, pours her heart out, falls in the boiling pool, struggling in agony for 45 seconds, and what does margaret do? does she risk her hands being burnt to save this poor elderly woman that came there to warn her's life? no, she stands there and watches! the acting for the most part was better than average for a horror film, but that's where the positives end. for at least a more interesting, and fun horror film about an inanimate object that kills people watch death bed: the bed that eats. i have a feeling the people who rated this so highly either haven't watched it since it originally aired, or remembered it scaring them as children. this film was pretty much merit less.

lamk69 I have watched this movie long time ago, and I think I have watched it twice, I really enjoy this movie and been searching to see if they ever show again on TV, but I guess I have no luck to see this movie or maybe I have miss it when it replay it on television. I watch this movie as when I was young and not so quite remember all the detail of this movie but I think Parker Stevenson did a great job in This House Possessed. I would like to get a hold of this movie, so anyone know where I can get this movie please let me know and very appreciate your help. I think someone out there has a copy of this movie oh VHS. Please email me and let me know at lamk69@yahoo.com

zoltanc666 A haunted house where the haunting manifests most of the time through the computer that controls nearly every part of the house... fascinating. Yet the haunting is so powerful it can kill/watch/manipulate people miles away, and it seems the force inside the house has feelings, since it's main aim is to bring the person it loves into it's power. The script of this movie is highly original and most of the scenes are really great - the "bloody shower" scene or the very atmospheric scenes at the beginning, when the house watches the people through some monitors at night...just sitting there and waiting... - this movie really gets in your mind and stays there. Throw in a very good performance by the female leads and a convincing performance by the male lead, a really great score that helps much to enhance the thick atmosphere created by the extremely good directing, editing and photography, and here you have it: a really outstanding haunted house movie! One reviewer here criticized the use of "suddenly opening doors" in this movie: Well, yes, at one point a door opens itself, but since the house is alive a lot of stuff moves itself here, so you can't criticize that, unless you want to criticize that the movie doesn't need a lot of blood and gore to create tension... Yes, the fire at the end looks not so good at the indoor shots, but, since most of this seems to be shot outside a studio in a real (great-looking) house, I guess they just couldn't burn this great house down! But just look at that cool "breathing-wall" shot! And maybe they were low on budget, too, and if this is true, then it makes the movie even more greater, since to create such a great movie with a low budget is really a masterpiece!