Satan War

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Satan War
Directed by Bartell LaRue
Written byBartell LaRue
Produced byBartell LaRue
Starring Sally Schermerhorn
Jimmy Drankovitch
CinematographyLaura Andrus
Walter Klein
Music byWilliam Eucker
Production
company
Janus Studios
Release date
  • October 24, 1979 (1979-10-24)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Satan War is a 1979 American horror film written and directed by Bartell LaRue. The film is similar to The Amityville Horror .[ citation needed ]

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Plot

Newlyweds Bill and Louise Foster move into the house of their dreams but it quickly becomes a nightmare. Goop oozes out of cabinets and coffee pots, little earthquakes keep happening, things go bump in the night, kitchen chairs keep running into Louise, and worst of all, the Foster's cross keeps inverting itself over and over on their wall.

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