Saturday, September 21, 2024

Selling Real Estate in a Horror Movie

A few Horror Films or TV shows that have a real estate agent as a main or side character. 

  

Dream Home (2010)
Lai-Chung is a woman from determined to own a flat in a wealthy building with a view of Victoria Habor. When the owners decide to hold out for more Lia-Chung can earn in time she has a plan to reduce the value of the property. She kills an employee and several residents and guests of the building lowering the value of the property. 

Empire of the Ants (1977)
Inspired by the short story Empire of The Ants by H.G. Wells [First Published in 1905]. Real Estate developer and agent Marylin Fryser is trying to sell valueless beachfront property on a small island in Florida. While taking a group of prospective clients on a tour they are attacked by giant ants that have taken over the island and the people that live there. 

The Evictors (1979)
Set in 1942 a couple of newlyweds Ben and Ruth Watkins move into a house in rural Louisiana. After moving in they learn that the house has a dark history starting with a shootout from a bank foreclosure in 1928. Followed by the following owners meeting a violent end. Shortly after moving in Ben and Ruth become the next targets. 

For Sale (2024)
Mason McGinness is a salesman in need of employment is hired to sell an old very haunted murder home. 

The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Based on the Disney Theme Park Ride: The Haunted Mansion realtors Jim and Sara Evers are contacted about selling an old mansion. Eger for a big sale the Evers family decide to see the property before going on a family trip. At the mansion the family discover a mystery and ghosts haunt the property. 

House Hunting (2012)
Two families The Hays and The Thompsons looking for a new home attend an open house. Only to find they cannot leave and are haunted by ghosts and visions of murders. 

Open House (1987)
A serial killer is targeting real estate agents. As the body count grows the killer contacts a TV Psychologist Dr. Davis Kelley. Dr. Kelley working with the police soon discovers that his real estate girlfriend is one of the killer's targets and races to stop the murders before they both become the next victims. 

Open House (2010)
Alice and Josh are going through a separation and divorce and selling their house. During an open house a couple invade the house taking Alice hostage and killing people that come to the house. 

Poltergeist (1982)
Steve Freeling a real estate agent is selling and living with his family in a planned community called Cuesta Verde. Everything is going well until strange natural and supernatural events start to occur. As the haunting escalate the family seek help from paranormal investigators.  

Santa Clarita Diet (2017- 2019)
Sheila and Joel Hammond are real estate agents living and working in Santa Clarita, California. When Shela gets sick and becomes a zombie. The family band together to keep Sheila safe, feed, and to find a cure, while selling houses. 

The Selling (2011)
Richard Scary is a real estate agent who is struggling with selling property. When he gets a too good to be true listing from a coworker. Being desperate he takes on the contract only to learn that the house is very haunted with a serial killer past and does not want to be sold. 

SurrealEstate (2021-?)
Relator Luke Roman and his unusual team specialize in dealing with and selling haunted, possessed, and cursed houses and property. 

Terror Tract (2000)
Realtor Bob Carter takes a married couple see houses with motivated sellers. Only to be told of strange and supernatural histories with each house that they tour. 

They're Watching (2016)
The crew of a realty home improvement TV show head to Moldova on a segment about an American homeowner transforming a rundown house into an artist's haven. The crew end up having problems with the villagers and a deadly witch. 

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