The House of Dies Drear (1984)
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
Director: Allan A. Goldstein
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Howard Rollins as Walter Small |
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Shavar Ross as Thomas Small |
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Gloria Foster as Sheila Small |
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Moses Gunn as River Lewis Darrow |
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Clarence Williams III as Mayhew Skinner |
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Joe Seneca as Pluto |
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Frances Foster as Great-Grandmother Jeffers |
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Hardee T. Lineham as Edgar Carr |
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Tichina Arnold as Pesty |
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Kadeem Hardison as Mac Darrow |
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Hank Ross as Wilbur Darrow |
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Eugene Clark as River Ross Darrow |
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Richard Mills as Kenneth Small |
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Alan Rose as Bounty Hunter |
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Gene Mack as Russell Darrow |
| Directing | Allan A. Goldstein | Director |
| Writing | Richard Wesley | Writer |
| Editing | Victor Kanefsky | Editor |
| Camera | Marc Champion | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Edward Bland | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Joseph Dennis | Producer |
| Production | Chiz Schultz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Valerie Shepherd | Producer |
| Art | Barbara Dunphy | Production Design |
| Art | Martin Weinryb | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Virginia Hamilton | Novel |
