USA, 1980
94m
35mm film, Metrocolor
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Herb Freed.
Plot Summary
An architect and his wife move move into a new house where she is possessed by a ghost.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Herb Freed
© IFI/Scope III, Inc. 1980
Production Companies: An IFI/Scope III presentation. IFI/Scope III in association with Milano Films Int’n’l presents a Herb Freed film
Executive Producer: Rooven Akiba
Produced by: David Baughn and Herb Freed
Written by: Paul Ross and Herb Freed
Based on a story by: David Baughn
Director of Photography: Ken Plotin
Film Editor and Second Unit Director: Rick Westover
Music by: Pino Donaggio
Production Sound Mixer: Al Ramirez
Wardrobe Designer: Jan Walcher
Make-up and Hair Dresser: Mela Schneider
Special Effects: Joe Quinlivian
Art Director: Gordon Rattray
Production Advisor: George “Buck” Flower
Cast
John Saxon (Larry)
Lynda Day George (Barbara)
Michael Dante (Del)
Mario Milano (Albanos)
Anne Marisse (Leia)
Janice Lynde (Alma)
David Opatoshu (Dr Soloman)
Zitto Kazann (Esteban)
Beverly Dixon (nurse)
Alan Caillou (inspector)
Edward Ansara (Broido)
Jennifer Italiano (Jennifer)
Peggy Stewart (lady patient)
Mickey Carouso (construction worker)
Chuck Hicks (hospital attendant)
Lisa Antille (bride)
Richard Herkert (groom)
Verkina Flower (girl patient)
Kiku Hamada, Anne Gaybis, Anna Marlow (harlots)
Johnny Mendez (native boy)
Alternative Titles
Les Forces de l’au-delà – France
Jenseits des Bösen – West Germany
To nisi ton hilion kindynon – Greece
Pahan vallassa – Finland
References
Periodicals
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.261 no.35 (9 May 1980) p.3
- Sight and Sound vol.3 no.3 (March 1993) p.60 – video note
- Variety 12 September 1979 p.406
- Variety vol.297 no.10 (9 January 1980) p.100 – note (Of 219 film openings in 1979, 170 preemed in West End sites)
- Variety 7 May 1980 p.10
Books
- Film Review 1980-81 by F. Maurice Speed (ed.) p.122 – credits, review
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.43 – credits, synopsis
- Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films by James Robert Parish pp.28 – credits, synopsis, review
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.30
- Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis p.23-24
- Horror Films of the 1980s by John Kenneth Muir pp.68-70 – credits, synopsis, review
- Nightmare USA by Stephen Thrower p.516 – note
