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House

1977 · 88 min

A giddy, hallucinatory fever dream of a haunted house, playful and silly one moment, genuinely unsettling the next.

Tagline
In the heart of a violet forest, an old house awaits young girls.
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • identity
  • isolation
  • memory
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour8
Realism2
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, fantasy, horror
Directed by
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Written by
Chiho Katsura
Starring
Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba, Ai Matsubara, Mieko Satoh, Eriko Tanaka, Masayo Miyako, Yōko Minamida
Music
Asei Kobayashi, Mickie Yoshino
Cinematography
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Runtime
88 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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