One of my brothers has for years occasionally brought up memories of some movie he claims he saw. He described it thusly:
It is about a family who have just moved to a new (to them) house, and the house turns out to be cursed in some way. The grass won't grow in spite of their best horticultural efforts. The shower or hot water heater takes to adjusting itself anf nearly scalds the lady to death. Throughout the movie the garbage disposal seems menacing and it might succeed in injuring some one. The climax of the film has the family trapped in the garage after the door has shut and trapped them. They eventually make a heroic drive through the closed garage door and get the heck out of there.
He says it may have been a TV movie and he remembers seeing it on TV at least twice during the 70s to early 80s. Another detail he provided was that at the beginning they show some neighborhood kids talking among themselves about how spooky or scary or ominous the house is, as the family is arriving to do the move-in.
Thoughts anyone? He thinks he has memory of just one movie here, but if anyone can even think of some movies where one of the elements he describes happens but not the others, it's possible he has some memories combined. Possible he dreamed the whole thing up for that matter I suppose. It could be an episode of a horror anthology show I guess too.
Thanks for any insights on this any one. It sounds like one I would have enjoyed, but I sure don't remember seeing it and haven't gotten anywhere googling keywords from his description.
It is about a family who have just moved to a new (to them) house, and the house turns out to be cursed in some way. The grass won't grow in spite of their best horticultural efforts. The shower or hot water heater takes to adjusting itself anf nearly scalds the lady to death. Throughout the movie the garbage disposal seems menacing and it might succeed in injuring some one. The climax of the film has the family trapped in the garage after the door has shut and trapped them. They eventually make a heroic drive through the closed garage door and get the heck out of there.
He says it may have been a TV movie and he remembers seeing it on TV at least twice during the 70s to early 80s. Another detail he provided was that at the beginning they show some neighborhood kids talking among themselves about how spooky or scary or ominous the house is, as the family is arriving to do the move-in.
Thoughts anyone? He thinks he has memory of just one movie here, but if anyone can even think of some movies where one of the elements he describes happens but not the others, it's possible he has some memories combined. Possible he dreamed the whole thing up for that matter I suppose. It could be an episode of a horror anthology show I guess too.
Thanks for any insights on this any one. It sounds like one I would have enjoyed, but I sure don't remember seeing it and haven't gotten anywhere googling keywords from his description.
