''The House Next Door'' is a 2006

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film, directed by

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and starring

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles, most notably as Zack Morris in ''Saved by the Bell''. In 1991, he won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Pri ...

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and

Colin Ferguson Colin Ferguson (born July 22, 1972) is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer.
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. The film is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by

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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

as Col Kennedy *

Colin Ferguson Colin Ferguson (born July 22, 1972) is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer.
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as Walker Kennedy *

Noam Jenkins Noam Jenkins is a Canadian actor, voice actor, and television director. He is best known for his portrayal as Aiden Pearce in the 2014 video game ''Watch Dogs'', and Detective Jerry Barber on Global's ''Rookie Blue ''Rookie Blue'' is a Canad ...

as Norman Greene *

Julie Stewart Julie Anne Stewart (born 1967) is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actress, and director. She is most commonly known for her role as Sgt. Ali McCormick from the CTV television series ''Cold Squad''. Life Stewart was born in Kingston, ...

as Anita * Heather Hanson as Claire *

Charlotte Sullivan Charlotte Sullivan is a Canadian actress. Career Sullivan began acting professionally as a child. Her first on-screen role was an extra in a Liza Minnelli music video. She has had starring roles in the film ''Harriet the Spy'' (1996) and the ...

as Pie Harrelson *

Natalie Lisinska Natalie Lisinska (born 11 January 1982) is a British-Canadian actress. Lisinska was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England and grew up on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, attending St. Michaels University School St. Michaels University S ...

as Eloise * Heidi von Palleske as Virginia Guthrie *

Aidan Devine Aidan Devine is an English–Canadian film actor. He was born in England and immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 15. He studied at Dawson College's Dome Theatre in Montreal, Quebec and began his acting career in Montreal. He woul ...

as Buck *

Stephen Amell Stephen Adam Amell (born May 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He came to prominence for playing the lead role of Oliver Queen on The CW superhero series ''Arrow'' (2012–2020). Amell also appeared in subsequent Arrowverse franchise media, along wi ...

as Buddy Harrelson *

Peter MacNeill Peter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor and voice-over artist who has starred in numerous television series and films. His film credits have included '' The Hanging Garden'' (for which MacNeill won a Genie Award for Best Support ...

as Kim * Emma Campbell as Suzannah Greene *

Niamh Wilson Niamh Wilson (; born March 9, 1997) is a Canadian film and television actress from Oakville, Ontario, known for her role as Corbett in ''Saw III'', reprised in ''Saw V''; the Canadian horror film '' The Marsh'' (2006); and the title role in the ...

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

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in the

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and was released of DVD in Germany on 29 May 2007.

Awards

Niamh Wilson was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for a

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Critical reception

''The House Next Door'' was seen as "uninspired" by critics.Cutler, Jacqueline, October 30, 2006
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''The Baltimore Sun''.

References

External links

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