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Stranger in Our House is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Wes Craven released in USA on 31 october 1978 with Linda Blair

Stranger in Our House (1979)

Stranger in Our House
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Released in USA 31 october 1978
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Horror
Rating55% 2.750312.750312.750312.750312.75031

Stranger in Our House (also released as Summer of Fear) is a 1978 made-for-television horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Linda Blair. It tells the story of a teenage girl who begins to suspect that her cousin may be a practitioner of black magic and witchcraft after she comes to live with their family. The film is based on the book Summer of Fear by Lois Duncan.

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The story concerns a young woman named Julia (Lee Purcell) who goes to live with her aunt's family after she loses both her parents and their housekeeper in a car crash. Although they haven't seen her in ten years, Julia's aunt Leslie, her husband Tom (Jeremy Slate), her son Peter (Jeff East), daughter Rachel (Linda Blair) and youngest son Bobby (James Jarnigan) are all eager to make the new member of the house feel welcome. Rachel is especially thrilled at the thought of having a girl her age around the house. She even offers to split her bedroom with the cousin. Julia seems painfully shy. The family takes note of her strange accent. It's not the way most people who live on the east coast speak. Trying to open up a bit, Julia gets a makeover and develops a more sophisticated façade.

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