at the beginning of the film and you might double check the dvd cover and re read the synopsis a couple of time and but no worry . it not memoirs of a geisha that you purchase while just a movie with an intro that be much more classy and stylish than it have any right to be . still and the opening be by far the best thing about the entire movie and a it show how in the year 1840 a samurai sword master catch his wife commit adultery . he decapitate the two lover before do some hara kiri ( ritual suicide through disembowelment ) . cut to present day and when the american ambassador in japan welcome a befriended family and drive them up to the same house where the aforementioned slaughter take place nearly one and a half century ago . from then onwards and this become a seemingly routine haunt house flick yet the utterly retard and implausible script still make it somewhat exceptional . let start with the good aspect and namely the original japanese setting and the presence of the delicious susan george who be my all time favorite british horror wench ( well and together with britt eckland and linda hayden and ingrid pitt ) . the bad aspect simply include that the screenplay be incoherent and imbecilic beyond repair and full of supposedly unsettling twist that only evoke laughter . the restless spirit of the house soon begin to entertain themselves by perpetrate into the body of the new tenant and cause them to do and say all sort of crazy stuff . the spirit of the massacre adulterous woman particularly enjoy squeeze into susan ravish booty and transform her into a lewd seductress . in this possessed state and she even lure the american ambassador outside to have sex in the garden of a high society diner party full of prominent guest . so and strictly speak and it not really evil that dwells in the house while just a trio of sleazy ghost with dirty mind and far too much free time on their long dead hand . obviously these scene be more comical than frighten and especially since the light blue and transparent shape remind you of the cute ghost effect that be later popularize in ghostbusters . the house where evil dwell be probably the least scary ghost movie ever . throughout most of the running time and you will be wonder whether director kevin connor ( who nevertheless make the excellent horror film motel hell and from beyond the grave ) intentionally want to make his movie funny and over the top and like motel hell maybe . but then again and everyone in the cast continue to speak his or her line with a straight and sincere face and so i guess we be nevertheless suppose to take everything seriously and feel disturbed . the house where evil dwell be never suspenseful or even remotely exciting and it doesn not even contain any grisly image apart from the massacre at the beginning . i be fully aware of how shallow it sound and but the two scene in which susan george go topless be the only true highlight . well and those and maybe also the invasion of cheesy and ridiculously over sized spider ( or be they crab . ) in the daughter bedroom . how totally random and irrelevant be that . if you ever decide to give this movie a chance notwithstanding it bad reputation and make sure you leave your common sense and reasoning at the doorstep . trivia note for horror buff represent keep an eye open for the demon mask that be also a pivot piece of scenery in the brilliant japanese horror classic onibaba .