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Scene from Don't Go in the House (1979)
Scene Details
| Duration: 163 sec. | Nudity: yes | Creator: Ruffah |
| New Filesize: N/A | Sound: yes | Old Filesize: 62 mb |
| File Format: AOMedia Video 1 (WebM/AV1) | Resolution: 720x544 | Added: 2015-Sep-08 |
Actresses in this Scene
Johanna Brushay
Birth Name: Johanna Brushay
Birth Date: N/A
Birth Place: N/A
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Full Biography
Johanna Brushay, best known for her role in the 1979 horror film 'Don't Go in the House', plays the character of Donny, a disturbed individual obsessed with fire. In the movie, Donny works at a factory with incinerators and harbors deep-seated mental issues stemming from his childhood experiences with his mother who punished him by burning him to remove perceived evil. After his mother's death, Donny's obsession escalates as he begins hearing her voice in the house, leading him down a path of kidnapping women and ultimately killing them by setting them on fire.
About the Movie: Don't Go in the House (1979)
Release Year: 1979
Nation: United States of America
Alternative Title: Op de Drempel van de Gruwel, La casa del terror, Pyromaniac, Maniac 2: Non andare in casa, El maniático, No entres a la casa, Nie chodz do tego domu, A Casa do Terror, Eve girme, The Burning, Das Haus der lebenden Leichen
Director: Joseph Ellison
Writer: Ellen Hammill, Joe Masefield, Joseph Ellison
Production & Genre
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Companies: Film Ventures International, Turbine Films Inc.
Genre: Drama, Horror
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Keywords
Keywords: abusive mother, burn victim, church, dancing, disco, flamethrower, flashback, gasoline, maniac, murder, new jersey, new york city, old house, priest, psychotic, revenge, sadism, serial killer, slasher, video nasty
Story
Don't Go in the House follows Donald 'Donny' Kohler, a disturbed man with a traumatic past involving his abusive mother who used fire as punishment when he was young. As an adult, Donny stalks women at clubs and takes them to his old house in New Jersey where he kills them using a flamethrower. The movie involves a series of these stalking and murder scenes, interspersed with flashbacks of Donny's childhood trauma.
Summary
Released in 1979, 'Don't Go in the House' is an American horror film directed by Joseph Ellison. The film is known for its exploitative content and was once considered a 'video nasty'. It explores themes of abuse, mental instability, and revenge through the character of Donny Kohler, who becomes a serial killer targeting women after experiencing severe emotional trauma from his mother's sadistic punishment methods involving fire. Despite being set in New Jersey, some scenes were shot in New York City, including disco club sequences.