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Plot

A mild box-office hit for New World Pictures, this lightweight attempt at horror parody from Friday the 13th producer Sean S. Cunningham stars former Greatest American Hero William Katt as a best-selling pop-horror novelist Roger Cobb (à la Stephen King) who suffers an insurmountable case of writer's block after separation from his soap-star wife (Kay Lenz) and the disappearance of their young son. Hoping to purge his personal demons by writing his Vietnam War memoirs, he moves into the massive mansion once occupied by his deceased aunt (who hanged herself in her bedroom), and finds himself surrounded by demons of a completely different kind. Roger takes the weirdness in stride, attempting to face down marauding monsters, interdimensional trap doors, and other supernatural horrors while concealing his predicament from the neighbors (except for the befuddled Harold Gorton [George Wendt], who tries gamely to play along with Roger's hare-brained monster-fighting schemes).
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy,Horror,Thriller
Run Time:
93min.
Theatrical Release Date:
02/28/1986
DVD Release Date:
06/26/2001
Distributor(s):
New World
Director(s):
Steve Miner
Starring:
William Katt , George Wendt , Richard Moll , Kay Lenz , Mary Stavin
Themes:
Missing Persons,Haunted By the Past,Demonic Possession
Tone:
Creepy,Menacing,Moody,Macabre,Eerie,Humorous,Quirky
Keywords:
aunt,creative-block,demon,demonic-possession,flashback,ghost,haunted-house,home,house,missing-person,monster,solitude,veteran [military],war,writing
Country of Origin:
USA (02-28-1986)
Language:
English