House
“In the heart of a violet forest, an old house awaits young girls.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 67, rated by 1 admin.
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A group of schoolfriends visits a house that appears determined to consume both its guests and the conventions of a ghost story. Nobuhiko Obayashi piles animation, colour tricks and theatrical effects onto a simple setup. The deliberate visual play makes the danger feel like a beautifully deranged nightmare.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 5.5/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 8.5/10
“The haunted house has also eaten the rulebook for making a haunted-house film.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 67
Synopsis and movie facts
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
- Released
- 1977
- Directed by
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Running time
- 88 min
- Original title
- ハウス
Starring
- Kimiko Ikegami as Gorgeous / Gorgeous' Mother
- Miki Jinbo as Kung Fu
- Kumiko Ohba as Fantasy
- Ai Matsubara as Prof
- Mieko Satoh as Mac
- Eriko Tanaka as Melody
- Masayo Miyako as Sweet
- Yōko Minamida as Auntie Karei Hausu
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 25623.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the many experimental techniques and deliberately wild haunted-house imagery.
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