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...

MartinHafer When this film begins, Parker Stevenson (Frank from "The Hardy Boys") is performing some rock-n-roll song, as he's apparently some big music star. However, he soon collapses...a victim of exhaustion from his demanding lifestyle. Soon he awakens in the hospital where he's taken care of by a very pretty nurse (Lisa Eilbacher). When he's able to leave the hospital, he asks this nurse to accompany him as his own private nurse and...well...who knows--she sure doesn't! He then very impulsively buys a smart house--one loaded with cameras and gadgets. But after a while, it becomes apparent that his house has a mind of its own...as if it's possessed. And then...bad things happen!If this sounds familiar, much of the film is like the made for Disney Channel movie "Smart House" (1999) but with a more malevolent house and an emphasis on spookiness as well as the relationship between the two leads. "Smart House" was fun and for the kids..."This House Possessed" is certainly more adult and not exactly fun. Plus, the nurse has a bizarre back story that comes out late in the film that left me feeling a bit annoyed as it sounded very contrived. So, apart from this and Stevenson's singing, did I like the film? Well, I didn't hate it...but that's probably it. It's gotten 'time-passer' written all over it with nothing all that interesting about it other than seeing Joan Bennett in a small role.

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.

Carlin I haven't seen "This House Possessed" in almost twenty years, but it definitely made an impact on me. Along with the movie "The Entity", the imagery from this film made its way into my subconscious pre-teen mind and lingered in my nightmares for quite some time as one of the truly scariest films I'd ever seen. If horror means "gore" to you, then you probably won't care for this film. But if horror means "capturing the imagination in truly frightening ways" to you, then (as with me) this is your kind of film. Like I said before, it has been a while since I saw it, so I don't remember many of the details clearly, but I will never forget the shower scene. The whole movie made me look at my house in frightening new ways, and it made me glad that we were the house's first occupants. Then I saw "Poltergeist" and everything changed. ;)