The House Where Evil Dwells

The House Where Evil Dwells

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

Directed by Kevin Connor

Produced by Cohen, Commercial Credit Holdings

198288 min4.1 / 10

A supernatural horror film where a vengeful samurai ghost forces a family to relive a tragic past of murder and betrayal in a haunted Japanese house.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is The House Where Evil Dwells scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does The House Where Evil Dwells end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is The House Where Evil Dwells easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is The House Where Evil Dwells violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is The House Where Evil Dwells sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

13/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity55

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love3

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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