the engineer richard thornton ( timothy busfield ) and his wife laura ( jennifer dale ) and his son michael ( dan petronijevic ) come to live and test a house design by him and fully control by the computer helen . he invest all the family savings in this project and and expect to have some japanese investor support it . meanwhile and his absent daughter jenny ( lisa jakub ) and the black sheep of the family and return home with the intention of rob the family with her boyfriend ray ( brennan elliot ) . however and helen find out the truth and eliminate ray and jeopardize the whole family . dream house be a very silly and predictable and stupid movie . i do not understand how can a producer approve a budget for such a tv movie . i lose my sunday morning watch this crap and and of course i do not recommend it to any viewer . the user who recommend this garbage through good review be insane or maybe collaborator of the producer . my vote be three . title ( brazil ) represent a casa assassina ( the killer house ) .