Boardinghouse (film)

Boardinghouse aka Boarding House or Housegeist or Bad Force is a 1982 horror film written, directed and starring John Wintergate.

The idea for the project was developed by Elliot Van Koghbe as a result of an article he read in American Cinematographer. The article mentioned that George Lucas was experimenting with producing films shot originally on video. Van Koghbe approached Wintergate with the idea of producing a lowbudget horror film on video reserving the major portion of the budget for the expense of making the transfer to film. Wintergate funded the project and wrote the script. As an assistant casting director in Hollywood, Van Koghbe had extensive experience with video equipment. It was he who chose the camera and under an alternate name Obee Ray shot most of the admittedly cheesy special effect sequences.The film also used a movie gimmick titled Horror Vision, wherein a warning would pop up on the screen to let audiences know that a violent scene was happening soon. ........

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