Review of The Evictors (1979) by Kevin R — 14 Mar 2015

I want you to move.

A young married couple rents out a house in the country in Louisiana. The couple doesn't know that a strange family once lived there that murdered strangers. A shootout between the killers and the police occurred and lots of people died. When strange things start happening to the couple around the house, it would be easy to blame the events on the history of the home, but is the house really haunted or do the locals just want them gone?

"I knew we'd have our revenge.".

Charles Pierce, director of The Legend of Boggy Creek 1 & 2, Bootleggers, Chasing the Wind, The Town that Dreaded Sundown, The Winds of Autumn, and The Norsemen, delivers The Evictors. The storyline for this picture is just okay and fairly predictable. The villains were well done but the overall acting was mediocre. The cast includes Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper, and Dennis Fimple.

"We killed three people yesterday. We can't get away with that.".

I came across this on Netflix and decided to give it a shot since it seemed to have an old school grindhouse feel to it. It was just okay and fairly straightforward. The villains were fairly well done, but they were not good enough to carry the film. This was fairly disappointing and is not a must see.

"You should vacate the premises immediately.".

Grade: C-.