Echo's van Gister

Superstition is a 1982 American supernatural slasher film directed by James W. Roberson and starring James Houghton, Albert Salmi, Lynn Carlin, and Larry Pennell. The film follows a family who move into a house plagued with a history of violent unsolved murders, which was built on the site of a witch's execution in the 17th century. An independent production headed by Carolco Pictures, Superstition was filmed on location at the historic Garbutt House in Silver Lake, Los Angeles in 1981. Released internationally in 1982, Superstition performed well at the foreign box office, but did not receive a theatrical release in the United States until 1985. In the United Kingdom, the film was scrutinized by censors during the "video nasty" panic, though its home video release there was so successful that it was reissued for theatrical release in its uncut form under the alternative title The Witch in 1985.