The House Next Door (2006 film)

The House Next Door is a 2006 Lifetime Television film, directed by Jeff Woolnough and starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Lara Flynn Boyle and Colin Ferguson.^[1] The film is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Anne Rivers Siddons.

The House Next Door
Theatrical release poster
Based on	The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
Written by	Suzette Couture
Directed by	Jeff Woolnough
Starring	Mark-Paul Gosselaar Lara Flynn Boyle Colin Ferguson
Theme music composer	Matt Zoller Seitz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Barbara Lieberman Michael Prupas
Producers	Wendy Grean Philip K. Kleinbart Noelle Volpintesta
Cinematography	David Herrington
Editor	Mike Lee
Running time	86 minutes
Production companies	Muse Entertainment Enterprises Cinema Sound Design Barbara Lieberman Productions CBS Paramount Network Television
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)

Plot

The peaceful and happy life of Walker and Col Kennedy is interrupted when Kim, a brilliant and attractive male architect, builds a dream house next to theirs. All the people who move into the house turn evil or end up having "accidents" and unexplainable deaths. They realize that the house targets their fears and feeds off of them until it drives them insane. In the end, the Kennedys succeed in destroying the house, killing the architect in the process. In the final scene another couple is seen eyeing a new house identical to the old one. This is the greatest departure from the novel, in which the Kennedys kill the architect before trying to destroy the house – in the epilogue it is revealed that they themselves lost their lives and the house is still intact.

Cast

• Lara Flynn Boyle as Col Kennedy
• Colin Ferguson as Walker Kennedy
• Noam Jenkins as Norman Greene
• Julie Stewart as Anita
• Heather Hanson as Claire
• Charlotte Sullivan as Pie Harrelson
• Natalie Lisinska as Eloise
• Heidi von Palleske as Virginia Guthrie
• Aidan Devine as Buck
• Stephen Amell as Buddy Harrelson
• Peter MacNeill
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Kim
• Emma Campbell as Suzannah Greene
• Niamh Wilson as Belinda Greene
• Scott Gibson as Roger
• Trevor Bain as Tyler
• Evan Williams as Toby
• Michael Scratch as Josh
• Megan Vincent as Natalie
• Kasia Vassos as Chrissie
• Sean Orr as Charles
• Victoria Fodor as Client
• Jef Mallory as Courier
• Sal Scozzari as TV Installer
• Ben Lewis as Pizza Boy

Release

The film premiered on 30 October 2006 at Lifetime in the United States^[2] and was released of DVD in Germany on 29 May 2007.^[3]

Awards

Niamh Wilson was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for a Young Artist Award.^[4]

Critical reception

The House Next Door was seen as "uninspired" by critics.^[5]