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This Dallas midcentury home listed for $975,000 was used in Zontar
The midcentury modern house at 11737 Rogue Way, in Lochwood, Dallas, is listed for $975,000. Architect Donald Speck designed it in 1961 for his family, and it was a filming location for the 1966 sci-fi movie Zontar, the Thing From Venus.
By Michael O'Neal, Broker and REALTOR®, Keller Williams Realty Northeast
Published November 9, 2026
What is listed
The address is 11737 Rogue Way, in the Lochwood neighborhood of Dallas. Karen Eubank reported on CandysDirt.com, on November 8, 2026, that the house is for sale at $975,000. The listing agent is Renee Barfoot of Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate.
That report gives the house at 2,226 square feet, with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, on a quarter-acre corner lot.
The 1961 house
Donald Speck was the architect. He designed the house in 1961 for his family. It is a midcentury modern house with stepped levels, panoramic windows, six sets of sliding glass doors and two creek-facing balconies. The report also describes exposed ceiling beams, a sloped roofline, stone walls, and open-tread staircases with cable railings.
The movie
The house was a filming location for the 1966 sci-fi movie Zontar, the Thing From Venus. In the movie, a misguided NASA scientist who unleashes an alien from Venus lives there.
What the renovation changed
A renovation added a sculptural orange hex tile wall. The kitchen was updated with walnut-toned cabinets, brass fixtures and quartz. The house has a new roof with a radiant barrier, spray foam insulation, new low-E windows, two 15 SEER Carrier systems, and new wiring with a 150 amp panel.
What I would tell a Houston or Kingwood reader
This listing is in Dallas, in Lochwood, not in Houston. I price homes in the Houston area, including Kingwood. I am not going to take a Kingwood sale and use it as the price for 11737 Rogue Way.
What does carry over is how I read a house that is not a standard plan. The story here is specific, and it is worth telling straight: Donald Speck designed the house in 1961 for his family, and the 1966 movie Zontar, the Thing From Venus used it as the home of a misguided NASA scientist who unleashes an alien from Venus. That history can bring in the buyer who wants it. It is not a number I add on top of the sales.
The architecture works the same way. Stepped levels, panoramic windows, six sets of sliding glass doors, two creek-facing balconies, a sloped roofline and stone walls are the house. Price it for the buyer who wants that midcentury plan.
The updates are the piece I would put beside the comps. This house has a new roof with a radiant barrier, spray foam insulation, new low-E windows, two 15 SEER Carrier systems, and new wiring with a 150 amp panel. In Kingwood and around Houston, documented work like a new roof, new windows and new insulation belongs in the value conversation, because it changes what the next owner will spend. It still does not replace the sales.
If you are buying or selling in Kingwood or anywhere in Greater Houston, call or text me.
Sources: CandysDirt.com, reporting by Karen Eubank, November 8, 2026. This home is not listed by The Michael O'Neal Group.
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