Hello,
I do not watch horror movies as a rule, because I like to sleep, however, there is one film in particular, that I know I saw as a child, that has stuck with me…. There is an old woman who sits in a chair in an upper room of the large house where the film takes place…there is also a swimming pool in the house that is possessed, and when people get in, it changes temperature or something and kills them. Sound familiar? Pretty sure I saw it on television in or around the early 1980s.
UNK SEZ: Hmmmm, I'm open to other suggestions but it sounds to me like you are talking about frequent trauma offender BURNT OFFERINGS. That one got me good as a kid too. Check out the trailer below and tell us if it looks familiar. Better yet, you can watch the full movie HERE.
Another possible fit might be "The Legacy", 1978, which included a killer pool among other house-party-gone-wrong troubles.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079450/
"This House Possessed" has a self-boiling swimming pool and an old lady…I don't think she lives there but she does get boiled. I made an account JUST so I could offer it as a suggestion. I have no idea who allowed me to watch this if I saw it in 1981, but they shouldn't have!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083192/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt
Tim,
That is an excellent suggestion! It could very well be The Legacy! I love that movie even though I don't understand it. Great theme song too!
Vicki,
That is an brilliant suggestion too! Thanks for adding that!
Here is THP in its entirety… I remember watching this one the night it premiered!
Yeah, those were the two that came to mind as well: The Legacy and Burnt Offerings.
The Legacy freaked me out as a kid, especially the Daltry scene. I didn't know what the hell was going on. I haven't seen it since. I'll have to revisit it.
I was TERRIFIED of Burnt Offerings as a kid, especially that Hearse Driver. Of course, watching it now, it was good but not as terrifying….it's what I thought of first when I read the above Name that Trauma.