History Film / DontGoInTheHouse

%%* SweaterGirl: Winter, so yeah.

* ManOnFire: Of course. Donny himself becomes on at the end, dying in the midst of a psychotic episode.

* WeaponOfChoice: Donny's is a flamethrower, unsurprisingly.

* LockAndLoadMontage: Occurs offscreen, when Donny stops by military surplus store (a "serial killer shop" as one review put it).

* LockAndLoadMontage: Occurs offscreen, when Donny stops by a store that seems to exclusively specialize in weaponry (a "serial killer shop" as one review put it).

After his father died (or merely left) young Donald "Donny" Kohler became the subject of much abuse at the hands of his mother, an apparent religious fanatic. She would verbally abuse the boy, and repeatedly burn him when she believed he was being bad, or even just ''thinking'' about mischief. She convinced herself and Donny that she was "burning the evil out of him" and that fire was the ultimate cleanser, causing Donny to grow up with both a deep fascination with and fear of fire.

--> ''If you do... then don't say we didn't warn you.''

* YourCheatingHeart: Bobby sneaks out to the disco with Donny and few girls, though we never do learn if he actually intended cheat on his wife with one of them.

* EightiesHair

* AmbiguouslyGay: The clothing store clerk.
* BadSamaritan: How Donny acquires most of his victims.
* BarBrawl: Averted. Donny is already in the parking lot by the time Anthony catches up with him.

* CatapultNightmare: Donny has a justifiably disturbing one.

* CurbstompBattle: Anthony attacking Donny after Donny non-fatally burns his sister Farrah in the disco.
* DangerousWorkplace: Especially when you work with a bit of a space case.

* TheEighties: The nightclub scene is so eighties it hurts.
* EvilMatriarch

* FatalFamilyPhoto: Right before being engulfed in flames, Ben mentions having a child. He survives, though.
* FireBreathingWeapon

* {{Gorn}}
* {{Hallucinations}}: They start off as just auditory, but quickly escalate to visual.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Suzanne and Patty.
* HearingVoices

* HollywoodAtheist: Bobby, possibly.

* ICantDance: Donny.

* IronicNurseryTune: Played at several points.
* {{Jerkass}}: Donny's boss, Vito. There's probably better ways of reprimanding an employee than shoving them and calling them a crazy son of a bitch faggot.
* {{Joisey}}
* KillItWithFire: How Donny tries to fight off his victims and mother when he hallucinates them returning to life.

* MalevolentMaskedMen: Donny's fireproof suit.
* {{Manchild}}: After discovering his mother's body, Donny, after the initial freak out, proceeds to crank up his music, bounce on the furniture, light up some cigarettes, and put them out on his mother's statuettes. Of course, he quickly escalates to...
* ManOnFire: Of course.

* MuggingTheMonster: See BlatantLies above.

* NoSocialSkills: Being raised by a crazy woman will do that to you.

* PornStache: Ben.

* {{Pyromaniac}}: Donny.
* ReactionShot
* SanctuaryOfSolitude: As his mind begins to go, Donny visits a church, to confide in Father Gerritty.

* ScarsAreForever: The burns on Donny's arms.

* TheStoic: Father Gerritty.
* StrawMisogynist: Donny, if some of his dialogue ("You're all bitches! Selfish and vain! Don't you dare laugh at me!") is any indication.
* {{Stripperific}}: One of the disco patrons has a pretty nice outfit.
* StuffBlowingUp: In Donny's nightmare.
* SweaterGirl: Winter, so yeah.
* ThousandYardStare: Donny is quite prone to them, especially if fire is involved.
* TortureCellar: The steel room.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: It does come across as pretty Ed Gein inspired, which would probably explain the similarities to ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
* VillainousBreakdown: As the film progresses, Donny grows increasingly unstable, but mid-way through, after a talk with Father Gerritty, he actually tries to be normal and good, but it doesn't last.
* VillainProtagonist

* WeaponOfChoice: A flamethrower.

''Don't Go in the House'' is a 1980 horror film and VideoNasty. It was released in France under the name ''Pyromaniac''.

* {{Recut}}: Like most VideoNasties.

* VideoNasties: It's not hard to see why it was labeled one. Although this wound up on the non-prosecuted list, not the prosecuted list.

* VideoNasties: It's not hard to see why it was labeled one.
** Although this wound up on the non-prosecuted list, not the prosecuted list.

** PsychopathicManchild

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'''''Don't Go in the House''''' is a 1980 horror film and VideoNasty. It was released in France under the name ''Pyromaniac''.

* LadyInRed: Farrah.

* MommyIssues

QuentinTarantino has apparently stated this is one of his favorite films, and one that really disturbed him when he first saw it.

* StrawmanPolitical: Mrs. Kohler gives off this vibe.

* XMeetsY: ''Psycho'' meets ''Film/{{Maniac}}''.

* HadDrinkingPartyGirl: Suzanne and Patty.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuDc7Bn7iM Don't... GO IN THE HOUSE!]]

* BottleFairy: Suzanne and Patty.

At first shocked and saddened by his mother's death, Donny soon realizes that with her gone he can now do what he wants. He finds himself receiving messages from disembodied voices, who tell him that with his mother dead, he is now "the keeper of the flame" and the one who can use it to punish "evil". At the insistence of his new "friends", Donny takes some time off from work, steel-plates one his rooms, and purchases a fire retardant suit and a flamethrower. Once he is done with the preparations, Donny uses what little charm and social skills he possesses to get a florist named Kathy Jordan into his house where he burns her to death in the steel room, keeping her charred corpse as a "guest" in his home.

QuentinTarantino has apparently stated this is one of his favorite films, and one that really disturbed him when he first saw it.

* OldDarkHouse: Very [[{{Psycho}} Bates]]-ish.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: It does come across as pretty Ed Gein inspired, which would probably explain the similarities to ''{{Psycho}}''.

* {{Manchild}}: After discovering his mother's body, Donny, after the initial freak out, proceeds to crank up his music, bounce on the furniture, light up some cigarettes, and butt them out on his mother's statuettes. Of course, he quickly escalates to...

* [[BottleFairy Bottle Fairies]]: Suzanne and Patty.

* [[StrawmanPolitical Strawman Religious]]: Mrs. Kohler gives off this vibe.

* {{Stripperific}}: One of the disco patrons has [[FetishFuel a pretty nice]] outfit.

'''''Don't Go in the House''''' is a 1980 horror film and VideoNasty.

After his father died or merely left, young Donald "Donny" Kohler became the subject of much abuse at the hands of his mother, an apparent religious fanatic who would verbally abuse the boy, and repeatedly burn him when she believed he was being bad, or even just thinking about mischief. She convinced herself and Donny that she was "burning the evil out of him" and that fire was the ultimate cleanser, causing Donny to grow up with both a deep fascination and fear of it.

As the years passed, Donny and his mother lived in a shaky state of co-dependence in their slowly rotting New Jersey home, supported by Donny's job at a garbage incinerator. Due to his upbringing, Donny is a meek, awkward and submissive shut-in, the closest thing he has to a friend being a co-worker named Bobby Tuttle, who continually tries to get Donny to be more outgoing, only to be brushed off at every turn.

One cold winter day, while at work, Donny witnessed a co-worker named Ben be engulfed in the flames of an explosion caused by a heated aerosol can. Idly standing by instead of helping the burning man, Donny, after being told off by his boss and after brushing off another request for a night out (in an attempt to cheer him up) by Bobby, returns home, and discovers his ailing mother had died while going about his daily routine. At first shocked and saddened by his mother's death, Donny soon realizes that with her gone, he can now do whatever he wants, and after some fun, finds himself receiving messages from disembodied voices, who tell him that with his mother dead, he is now "the keeper of the flame" and the one who can use it to punish "evil". At the insistence of his new friends, Donny takes some time off from work, steel-plates one his rooms, and purchases a fire retardant suit and a flamethrower. Once he is done with the preparations, Donny uses what little charm and social skills he possesses to get a florist named Kathy Jordan into his house, where he burns her to death in the steel room, keeping her charred corpse as a "guest" in his home afterward. As Donny begins picking off other women, his mental state deteriorates, with the voices growing more insistent as he begins suffering hallucinations of his overbearing mother. As Donny spirals, local priest Father Gerritty, who Donny confides in one day, grows worried, as does Bobby, who continually tries to get in touch with his now mad "best friend".

QuentinTarantino has apparently stated this is one of his favorite films, and one that really disturbed him when he first saw it. ''Film/{{Maniac}}'', released a few months after this, totally copied the ending.

Not for the pyrophobic. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Seriously]].