The Horror Show

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The Horror Show

Directed by	James Isaac
Produced by	Sean S. Cunningham
Written by	Allyn Warner Leslie Bohem
Starring	Lance Henriksen Brion James Rita Taggart Dedee Pfeiffer Aron Eisenberg Thom Bray Lewis Arquette Lawrence Tierney
Music by	Harry Manfredini
Cinematography	Mac Ahlberg
Editing by	Edward Anton
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	April 28, 1989 (USA)
Running time	95 minutes
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Gross revenue	$1,738,897 (USA)
Preceded by	House II: The Second Story
Followed by	House IV
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The Horror Show (1989) is a supernatural horror film starring Lance Henriksen and Brion James. Although titled House III: The Horror Show for the non-US market, and being produced by Sean S. Cunningham, it has no other connections with the first two House films. As a consequence, the third "true" House film was named House IV.

[edit] Storyline

Detective Lucas McCarthy (Lance Henriksen) finally catches the serial killer named "Meat Cleaver Max" (Brion James) and watches his execution. However, Max has made a deal with the devil in order to return from the grave and frame Lucas for a series of grisly murders. He also scares the McCarthy family (who have moved into a new house) and the parapsychologist they hire.