The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

Having read the book a long time ago, we decided to take a chance when the film showed on a cable version of what was clearly a movie made for television. This Lifetime-like movie was directed by Canadian director Jeff Woolnough. No mention if Ann Rivers Siddons adapted the material for 'The House Next Door' from her 1970s novel of the same title, or someone else did it. But please do seek out the book if you haven't already.

It's never scary as such, unless you count Boyle's cosmetic surgery (silly girl, she was a natural and sexy beauty), and the house itself is a monstrously modern ode to yuppiedom, which to some (ok, me) kind of negates the horror factor, yet this is worth a look on a time waster basis. Each segment with the various 'house' owners vary in quality, but always there's a smart thematic link pulsing away in the narrative. Embracing the community spirit of new neighbours at first, the couple soon come to realise that whoever lives in the house - or even those who visit it - are beset by tragedy or uncontrollable urges. Lara Flynn Boyle and Colin Ferguson play the contented couple whose idyllic suburban life is tipped upside down when a modern house is built on the land next to their home. Directed by Jeff Woolnough, it's a film that is routine but effective both in atmosphere and story telling. Anne Rivers Siddons' novel is worthy of the praise it has received over the years. Urn:oclc:671273562 Scandate 20100414055542 Scanner ! Simple fact is that compared to the novel this Lifetime Television movie pales in comparison. OL15142393W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 95.04 Pages 362 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0937036048 Urn:lcp:housenextdoor00sidd:epub:9d73c454-dbec-48d8-849d-da32a1ab417c Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier housenextdoor00sidd Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3805rq10 Isbn 0061008737ĩ780061008733 Lccn 78018431 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition

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The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons