Probably one of the better known Video Nasties, Don’t Go In The House is the first (alphabetically) in a line of “Don’t” warnings on the list. The film was first released in UK cinemas in 1980 after heavy cuts from the BBFC, and this version was released by Arcade Video in 1982. Later Arcade Video released the uncut version for home video, and this was added to the Video Nasties list in July 1983. The film was soon removed from the list, and re-released on the promise that only the BBFC cut version be sold. The film was once again re-released in 1987 with 3:05 seconds of cuts, and eventually released completely uncut by Arrow this year for the DVD & Blu-ray release. Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: "Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town. DVD Talk gave the film a three and a half out of five, writing that, Don't Go in the House "is one of those rare films that works really well despite the fact that rips off better-known movies" and "it's a bitter, ugly, and nasty little horror movie that doesn't pull any punches and is just as seedy today as it was when it was made. It's effective in that it gets under your skin despite its low budget origins and obvious flaws". [9] Hysteria Lives! gave the film a similar rating, writing, "Grim is the only word for Joseph Ellison's psychological terror movie" and "It's easy to forget just how nihilistic much of American genre cinema was as the 70s turned into the 80s (especially with the avalanche of cheese that was just round the corner), but Don't Go in the House is a chilly reminder of times when practically anything went". [10] In a retrospective, Dave J. Wilson from Dread Central felt the film was underappreciated, and called it "a dark, chilling, grim and gruesome depiction of the tragic repercussions of child abuse". [11] Home media [ edit ] and he on the housetop, do not let him come down into the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house; Jane, Ian (11 January 2006). " Don't Go in the House". dvdtalk.com. DVD Talk . Retrieved 3 May 2013.

The film doesn’t follow a victim. It doesn’t have a final girl. Instead, we begin with Donny Kohler (Dan Grimaldi), a man in his mid thirties who works at the local incinerator facility, burning trash. Straight away we see that Donny’s isn’t your typical guy; when an accident results in a coworker being engulfed in fire Donny watches on, mesmerised rather than helping. These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not. On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the return for anything he has left behind.UK VHS first issue in cut form: The censored 1982 edition with a BBFC X rating, which will be detailed in a separate report.

These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: Made in 1979 with some shaky camera moves, this creepy curio looks pretty good on Blu-ray, even if the script is far less polished. Donny's co-worker, Ben, phones him that night and warns him that their boss will fire Donny if he fails to show up to work again. Meanwhile, Donny is haunted by apparitions of his burnt mother, who appears to stalk him inside the house. Donny spends hours regaling stories of his life to the four corpses, which he has arranged and posed in chairs in a bedroom. Riddled with guilt over what he has done, Donny visits Father Gerritty, his local priest, to discuss the nature of evil. Donny confesses to Father Gerritty that his mother repeatedly burned him to rid him of his innate "evil." Someone who is on the roof of a house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take along.

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House" Keeping, a brand new featurette by Severin Films interviewing associate producer Matthew Mallinson and cowriter/producer Joe Masefield Again, a few frames are missing in the transition of the shot of the dress on the bed and the shot of the bridge. In addition to all these versions of the film there are a number of extras including interviews with cast and crew members, trailers, featurettes about the house where it was filmed, archival interviews, video essays, and documentaries about the film and its place in horror cinema. These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans,Strong's 1427: Twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to. From duo and deka; two and ten, i.e. A dozen. and here are comparisons for the last two images from the UK 35mm version of disc 3 of the Arrow release in its 1.85:1 option. As mentioned, this is exactly how the film was released on the German Subkultur Blu-ray, while the open matte version is available there in the bonus as a "Rohfassung". After watching a colleague almost burn to death in an accident, he’s berated by his homophobic boss and goes home from his factory job to find his abusive mother has died. “Shaky” It being not just a killer running around hunting victims, but an actual study of a person’s descent into evil actions, particularly with the themes of how abuse can beget abuse, make this film an interesting watch. It’s hard to see why the film was ever banned, as it is clearly more than some gore-filled horror cash grab like many slasher films of the era. The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;