Aka "House 3", despite having nothing to do with the House movies. The house in this movie is hardly a character, but to yoink from imdb:
According to Sean S. Cunningham, the film was going to be named 'House III', but the new distributor, MGM, wanted a fresh start with potential new series with a new iconic villain, so the script was modified to reflect the new approach, and it was re-titled "The Horror Show" for the US theatrical release, while the title "House III" was maintained for the non-US market.
So if it isn't a haunted house movie, then what is it? Obviously, it's a Shocker rip-off. (??) Brion James plays a maniac (as usual), and he gets the chair. He loves it, of course, and vows revenge against Lance Henriksen for being a cop.
There's a bunch of filler and boring nightmare scenes with this one-dimensional villain, and it's easy to zone out. I do remember seeing the kid in Amityville 4. I always thought he was a tool and made fun of his hair, but now I feel bad, because the actor Aron Eisenberg died a few years ago. That's not why I feel bad for him though. I feel bad because his last pic on imdb has him bald. I blame myself. I must have transmitted my thoughts a lot louder than I meant to.
But yeah, House 3 sucks. House 1 would be ashamed. Well, it probably already is ashamed, because I remember thinking House 2 was pretty lame. I did fixate on Lance Henriksen's face when I was paying attention though. It definitely is a face.
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