The Red House (1947)

Directed by

Delmer Daves

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman lives with her brother and sister who keep a dark secret about a red farmhouse hidden in the woods on their land. Someone new arrives and starts asking questions that threaten to uncover the mystery.

tensemysteriouscreeping dreadmelancholicslow-burnunsettlingbroodingatmospheric

What happens

The Red House is a 1947 American psychological horror film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, Allene Roberts, and Julie London. Its plot follows a young woman raised by a brother and sister who are concealing a secret involving an abandoned farmhouse located deep in the woods on their sprawling property. It is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by George Agnew Chamberlain, which was popularly serialized in The Saturday Evening Post. The screenplay was adapted by Daves and Albert Maltz, the latter uncredited. Principal photography of The Red House took place in the spring of 1946, largely in Sonora, California. The film was released theatrically through United Artists, and received largely favorable reviews from film critics. Retrospective assessment of the film has noted its genre-defying elements, surreal musical score, and provocative themes. In 2019, Paste magazine declared The Red House the best horror film released in 1947. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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