The Red House

About The Red House

An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.

The Red House (1947) is a mystery thriller film directed by Delmer Daves. The film is filed under film noir, woods, guilt, and abandoned house.

Edward G. Robinson takes the lead as Pete Morgan, Lon McCallister as Nath Storm, Judith Anderson as Ellen Morgan, and Rory Calhoun as Teller. It runs 100 minutes and was released in February 1947.

The screenplay is by Albert Maltz and Delmer Daves. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix.

The Cabin in the Woods, Antichrist, and Calvaire make useful companions to The Red House. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 91 votes and it carries a NR rating.