La Casa (film series)
La Casa (lit: The House) is the name given to a collection of mostly unrelated horror films which were retitled and marketed in Italy as one single series.[1] They include movies from both the Evil Dead film series and the House film series.
Background
When first released in 1981, the Sam Raimi-directed horror film The Evil Dead was distributed in Italy under the title La Casa, where it was a box office success. The 1987 sequel Evil Dead II was thus distributed under the similar title La Casa 2, and also did well in the Italian box office.
Attempting to capitalize on the successes of the Evil Dead films, Italian filmmaker Joe D'Amato produced an unofficial sequel titled La Casa 3 (later released in English-speaking countries as Ghosthouse). This in turn was followed by two more "sequels", La Casa 4 (also known as Witchery) and La Casa 5 (also known as Beyond Darkness).
Two additional films were released in Italy under the La Casa series name, both unrelated to either the Evil Dead series or Joe D'Amato's films.
Films in the series
- La Casa (a.k.a. The Evil Dead) (1981)
- La Casa 2 (a.k.a. Evil Dead II) (1987)
- La Casa 3 (a.k.a. Ghosthouse) (1988)
- La Casa 4 (a.k.a. Witchery) (1989)
- La Casa 5 (a.k.a. Beyond Darkness) (1990)
- La Casa 6 (a.k.a. House II: The Second Story)
- La Casa 7 (a.k.a. House III: The Horror Show)
See also
References
- ^ Maçek III, J.C. (2013-04-26). "Books of the Dead: The Followers and Clones of 'The Evil Dead'". PopMatters.