Spectre (also known as House of the Damned and Escape to Nowhere)[1][2] is a 1996 American horror film directed by Scott Levy and starring Greg Evigan and Alexandra Paul.

James Laundrigan, the father, died of pneumonia, while his wife Marion committed suicide in the house; no death certificate exists for their daughter, Colleen.

In her bedroom, Aubrey witnesses the apparition of a nun; meanwhile, during the dinner downstairs, Will, Maura, and their guests are violently attacked by a poltergeist, which shatters the windows and throws knives and utensils at them.

Edward flees outside, and Will and Maura subsequently find his decapitated body on the ground, his severed head lying on a ledge above the doorway, beneath a gargoyle brandishing a scythe.

Father Seamus explains that he placed the amulet in the basement of the home, and their disturbing of it unleashed supernatural energy, which was conjured by James and Marion Laundrigan, whom he claims practised black magic there.

"[3] TV Guide awarded it two out of five stars, noting it as "an efficient shocker that should please fans of the genre, despite the fact that it offers nothing that hasn't been seen in dozens of similar films.

The element of marital tension is just enough to unsettle the predictability of the family-in-peril mechanics (not to mention providing an excuse for some supernatural sexual shenanigans to spice up the proceedings).