after too many year of wait and anne river siddons note 1979 book the house next door have finally be film . the result veer a bit from the novel which and especially in the first story of the trilogy be understandable if unsatisfying a it a tv film and the whole of which be absorb and actually very good and just not as great a the book and one of stephen king favorite and one of mine a well . with more running time and few constraint a a theatrical release and all the richness inherent in the original three part story of the ominous ultramodern house could have be explore and nurture and especially the climactic revelation near the very end . still and the whole cast do well in this thoughtful tale of mindless malevolence . there be a few unnecessary cheap shock but the grow atmosphere of dread be well develop . actually and one of the most disturbing scene involve an abstract painting of the house by it next door amateur artist neighbor who be try to visualize it corruption on canvas . be sure to read the great novel .