Product Details

• Actors: James Houghton, Albert Salmi, Lynn Carlin, Larry Pennell, Jacquelyn Hyde
• Directors: James W. Roberson
• Writers: Brad White, Bret Thompson Plate, Galen Thompson, Michael O. Sajbel
• Producers: Andrew G. Vajna, Ed Carlin, John D. Schwartz
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: October 10, 2006
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000H1RFH8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,196 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description
The Victims who died were the lucky ones. Something horrible is happening at the old house on Mill Road. A series of ghastly ‘accidents’ has occurred near the site where a witch was drowned centuries earlier. But when an alcoholic minister and his family move into the cursed residence, an idealistic young priest (James Houghton) and a cynical police detective (Albert Salmi of EMPIRE OF THE ANTS) start their own investigation into the unexplained violence. Has the daughter of Satan returned for a rampage of vengeance? Will the laws of the Church be strong enough to cast out this blood-crazed demon? And if Evil has truly found a new home, is the entire neighborhood headed straight to Hell? Lynn Carlin (DEATHDREAM), Larry Pennell (BUBBA HO- TEP) and Heidi Bohay co-star in this gruesome tale of possession and the occult, packed with nasty splashes of awesome ‘80s gore!

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little gem, September 30, 2006

By	Gordon C. Tait (OSNABRUCK, OSNABRUCK Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of those movies that you saw as a kid, thought it was the most scary movie ever, then you watch it again 20 years thinking it'll be just a load of rubbish. Wrong. This movie wastes no time in delivering.
A family move into a house by a lake fraught with a violent history and the legend of a witch thrown in. So quick do the killings happen that even the removal men get bumped off. The story, perhaps not the most original premise, is held together by human characters and a classy production. Definetly one to watch with your girlfriend. And the witch is really mean. Check out the girl having a wooden stake hammered into her head. Brutal. If you're a horror fan you have to buy this. They just don't make 'em like this anymore. A nice clean transfer in 1:1.85. Pity it's in mono.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Meanest Witch in any direction, November 18, 2006

By	Nathan Christian (New Stanton, PA USA) - See all my reviews

I saw this as a rental years ago, and it has haunted me ever since. Packed with gore and a forboding atmosphere, this movie was one 80's slasher pic that was cool and scary at the same time. This witch is mostly out of sight most of the movie, but for her blackened, claw like hand that suddenly appears throughout to do it's violent deeds. The girl getting impaled though her head was the scariest part. Her body flopped as the spike went in while her family screamed on the floor beneath her. Now THAT was scary!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great and very underrated low budget 80's horror film., February 25, 2009

By	Puzzle box "smockey_421" (Kuwait) - See all my reviews

This was an excellent and very underrated low budget 80's horror film, I must admit that I had not heard of this flick before, I discovered it when I was searching through some obscure 80's horror, this flick managed to turn up so I decided to check it out and I'm glad I did. This one started off with a decapitated head that explodes in a microwave followed by a window chopping a teenager in half and that just happens during the first ten minutes, now that's how you start a movie!. James Houghton stars as David Thompson, the new reverend in a town that contains a haunted house where mysterious deaths keep occurring. Upon visiting the house he meets the token crazy old lady and her token mentally challenged son (who is a mute in this case). The pieces begin to fall together that the grounds were once the site of a witch-burning and the witch still haunts the property and harms those who try to occupy the house. David of course is a skeptic and has decided to put another priest named George and his family into the house until they can find a permanent residence as they have just moved into town. The doubts of the reality of a ghost witch begin to wear off after someone loses a fight with a circular saw, a teenage girl is grabbed by a severed hand while swimming and a variety of other strange and scary events happen. This is one of those flicks that may not be the most original story in the world but makes up for it with inventive kills, some great gory make-up effects and an unpredictable plot where everyone has the potential to meet a gruesome end. We are also treated to a flashback sequence to 1692 that looks like it came out of a bad Hammer movie but was still a surprise that I was not expecting. I really found this to be an entertaining haunted house flick that I liked more than the original Amityville Horror but I wouldn't put it on the same level as Poltergeist but it was still a brilliant, gory and fun 80's horror flick that does not disappoint it was also fast paced and unintentionally hilarious at times, I highly recommend this.