Are You in the House Alone?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#996699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="043467d1erlcll.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><B>YikesHorror.com</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="YikesHorror.com"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Horror beginning with A"><U>Horror beginning with A</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Abominable Dr. Phibes"><U>The Abominable Dr. Phibes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="After Midnight"><U>After Midnight</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Alchemist"><U>The Alchemist</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alice, Sweet Alice"><U>Alice, Sweet Alice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alligator"><U>Alligator</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Alien Dead"><U>The Alien Dead</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alligator II: The Mutation"><U>Alligator II: The Mutation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alone in the Dark"><U>Alone in the Dark</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alisons Birthday"><U>Alison's Birthday</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alien Prey"><U>Alien Prey</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="An American Werewolf in London"><U>An American Werewolf in London</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="American Gothic"><U>American Gothic</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Amityville Horror"><U>The Amityville Horror</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amityville 1992: Its about Time"><U>Amityville 1992: It's about Time</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Amityville Curse"><U>The Amityville Curse</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes"><U>Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Amityville Horror"><U>The Amityville Horror</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amityville 3D: The Demon"><U>Amityville 3D: The Demon</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amityville: A New Generation"><U>Amityville: A New Generation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amityville II: The Possession"><U>Amityville II: The Possession</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Andy Warhols Dracula"><U>Andy Warhol's Dracula</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Andy Warhols Frankenstein"><U>Andy Warhol's Frankenstein</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Angel Heart"><U>Angel Heart</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anguish"><U>Anguish</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ants!"><U>Ants!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Appointment"><U>The Appointment</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Appointment"><U>The Appointment</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appointment with Fear"><U>Appointment with Fear</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Apprentice to Murder"><U>Apprentice to Murder</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April Fools Day"><U>April Fool's Day</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arachnophobia"><U>Arachnophobia</U></A>   |   <B>Are You in the House Alone?</B>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Army of Darkness"><U>Army of Darkness</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Asphyx"><U>The Asphyx</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Asylum of Satan"><U>Asylum of Satan</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Attic"><U>The Attic</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Audrey Rose"><U>Audrey Rose</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Awakening"><U>The Awakening</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/serve?bfmid=2181&sourceid=39400659&categoryid=dvd_scifihor2" BORDER="0" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1" NOSAVE > <A HREF="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=2181&sourceid=39400659&categoryid=dvd_scifihor2" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="http://a1204.g.akamai.net/f/1204/1181/24h/www.affiliate.net/affnet/images/vid_dvd120X90C.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="90" ALT="Check Out Our Horror Collection"></A>  </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Are You in the House Alone?</B></div> <div> Are You in the House Alone?    (Rape/Stalker/Sitter)     4****skulls</div> <bR> <div> 1978/Color/96 Min./Worldvision Home Video, Inc. & /Not Rated</div> <bR> <div> Director.........Walter Grauman (Nightmare on the 13th Floor)</div> <div> Teleplay.........Judith Parker</div> <div> Music............Charles Bernstein </div> <div> Producer.........Jay Benson</div> <div> Executive Producers.....Dick Berg & Charles Fries</div> <div> Based on the Novel by Richard Peck</div> <bR> <div> Dramatis Personae</div> <div> Gail........Kathleen Beller (Fort Apache - The Bronx, Movie, Movie)</div> <div> Mother......Blythe Danner (The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides)</div> <div> Father......Tony Bill (Ice Station Zebra, Less than Zero) </div> <div> Mrs. Eldon..Robin Mattson (Island of the Lost, Namu, the Killer Whale)</div> <div> Allison.....Tricia O'Neil </div> <div> Phil........Dennis Quaid (Frankenstein, Midnight Express,Quick Change)</div> <div> Mr. Eldon...Alan Fudge (The Children of An Lac, My Demon Lover)</div> <div> Steve.......Scott Colomby (Porky's, Porky's II, Porky's Revenge)</div> <div> Rouillard...Ellen Travolta (Elvis - The Movie, Human Experiments)</div> <div> E.K. Miller.Randy Stumpf</div> <div> Malevich....Magda Harout</div> <bR> <div> Critique: Not really a horror movie although due to certain elements (namely the combination of sitter-motif and telephone terrorism as in "When a Stranger calls" it sometimes winds up on the rack. Add to this the bleeding introduction full of cop cars and lack of police story or legalese and the elements of a horror movie are there. The moral apostacy of the rapist, although it makes him more of a monster than a human being, is most often the stuff of drama or suspense/mystery, which this actually is. The scary or true part, on the other hand, is that the piece is much more a painful reminder of 70's-style after school specials and hearkens to a time when pieric victory was sought in rape cases. That's horror enough for us. Check out that seventies teacher ogling the high school girls. The 70's was a time before comments such as his would have been grounds enough for the dismissal of the teacher. Someone should perhaps talk with that guidance counseler too. Her picking on the problem boys may not be helping their self esteem The singers and the intended positive portrayals of mimes (although brief) struck terror in the reviewers and are also horror elements as alienation effect. We don't like mimes.</div> <div> The distributors are careful to add that they are "not affiliated with World Vision International, A religious and Charitable organization."</div> <bR> <div> * Blood * Violent (Rape) * No Strong Language * No Nudity *</div> <div> * Sexual Situations * Not Gory *</div> <bR> <div> Plot Summary: Oldenfield. The film opens with the high school student, Gail, lying on the floor, saying "He raped me! He must have been watching me the whole time." We then flash back to more carefree days when Gail and Allison were out diving off the dock. Gail recalls her date with Steve Pastorinis where we are treated to the specter of high school kids discussing Indecent Proposal (1978)? Steve and Gail hit it off all right and the night ends with a good night kiss or two. However, when she gets in the door there is a phone call with only heavy breathing on the line. Gail seems to have fallen for Steve. Gail walks around the school grounds photographing. E. K. Miller, Gail's old boy friend, drops by and bothers her in the cafeteria, suggesting that this may be our phone caller and rapist. Gail finds a note that says "I'm watching you" stuck in her locker. Gail shows her note to Allison, but she says not to worry. Gail's problems are compounded when Gail's father, Neil, and her mother begin bickering openly. To make matters worse, another call without a caller, this time answered by the parents. Gail baby sits for her much too familiar photography teacher, Mr. Elden, and gets a call while babysitting. The voice says "I'm getting closer". Gail doesn't answer the next time and soon the Eldens get back wondering what's wrong--why didn't she answer the phone?. The kids show up at Phil's sumptuous house for a party. As Gail and Steve have an intimate moment by the fire, someone watches from outside. Gail continues to receive threatening notes, and decides to show the note to the guidance counselor. When she can't come up with any candidates, the guidance counselor says she'll have a word with some of the problem boys. While Gail is in the dark room, Mr. Elden, who has a problem with borders, comes by and is again disturbingly casual with her. Things go from bad to worse when Gail tries to find her father and discovers that he's been fired, and is sitting alone across the street in the bar in the middle of the day. When Gail goes to her locker, she finds not a note, but a photograph of herself with "RAPE" scrawled across it. While baby sitting, she gets a call from Steve, but the next call is from the stalker who asks the titular question. Moments later, Gail unwittingly receives the stalker-rapist, glad to have the company. Afterward, there is a struggle bringing the perpetrator to justice because Gail had let the man in and Gail is no virgin, prompting her to move in with aunt Meg in Connecticut, but Miss Malevitch convinces Gail to go back to the school. When one of the other girls, Sanya, starts to receive notes, Gail sets up a time lapse camera on her locker to try to catch him in the act, which sets up the conclusion.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>