Completely credulous (not to say credible) haunted house thriller, based on a documented case. The spacious Long Island house -- an attractive object which favors the side, or profile, view -- seems to affect devout Catholics (a priest and a nun have to vomit after merely breathing its air) more readily than it affects the spaced-out James Brolin and the coquettish Margot Kidder who represent the average American couple. Their travails as first-time homeowners (odors, houseflies, backed-up plumbing, etc.) arouse a mild degree of interest on the way to a nonexistent climax fabricated out of rain, thunder, and hysterical cross-cutting. With Rod Steiger, Michael Sacks, and Don Stroud; directed by Stuart Rosenberg. (1979) — Duncan Shepherd
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