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The House Where Evil Dwells (1982) [R]

Release Date:
May 14, 1982

Original Title:
The House Where Evil Dwells

Alternate Titles:
Das Haus der Verdammten
Ghost in Kyoto
La Morada del Diablo
La casa donde habita el diablo

Genres:
Horror

Production Companies:
Cohen
Commercial Credit Holdings
Toei Company

Production Countries:
Japan | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 88

An ancient curse has turned their lives into a nightmare of lust and revenge.

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At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.

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Art Direction:
Yoshikazu Sano

Camera Operator:
Junichi Fujisawa
Masaru Fujita
Kanekazu Higuchi

Casting:
Mikiya Kashima

Director:
Kevin Connor

Director of Photography:
Jacques Haitkin

Editor:
Barry Peters

Hairstylist:
Masako Yamada

Makeup Artist:
Hatsuo Nagatomo

Novel:
James Hardiman

Original Music Composer:
Ken Thorne

Producer:
Martin B. Cohen

Production Manager:
Tadashi Noguchi

Screenplay:
Robert Suhosky

Script Supervisor:
Susan De Nym

Sound:
Teruhiko Arakawa

Sound Editor:
Graham Harris

Translator:
Michiko Tsuma
Michiko Kamishima
Kimiko Nakazawa

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