AKA Hausu
1977, Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
Now this is what it’s all about – a seventies trailer of such batshit insanity that it makes you feel confused and upset by the end of it.
So what’s happening here? Starting off with some genuinely creepy goings on, it suddenly turns into a jolly teen musical, then with a terrible animated special effect we’re back into creepsville. Then at 1:10 everything goes mental and we’re assaulted with screeching cats, man-eating pianos and goodness only knows what else.
A surreal and almost psychadelic mix of horror and absurdist humour, House assaults the senses with a cavalcade of ropey blue-screen effects and silliness. And excellently it’s just been released on DVD in the UK so you can give yourself a migraine whenever you fancy! Just don’t get it confused with the better known American horror of the same name released in 1986.
Bonus: You really must see these extra clips below. Seriously. I’m not kidding.
Piano Death, Banana Scene, Killer Lampshade.
Favourite bit: The disembodied fingers playing the piano.
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The trailer might be wacked, but the film isn’t. House is a terrifically fun film and thankfully is being re-released. I think you’re being a little too harsh on the film.
The film isn’t “wacked”? Can’t agree there – I watched it last night and it’s as mad as a box of frogs.
I loved it all the same, though. Insane fun from start to end.
I meant the quality of the trailer. The film is literally what you would get if you dropped Dario Argento, Takashi Miike, and Sam Raimi into a blender and hit liquefy.
Wow, Japanese movies can be often weird, but this…it’s just bonkers!
Watched the whole thing. TWICE. Thrice, even. Just to understand the whole plot.
The whole thing belongs to a category I call “experimental screamedy”, where a movie experiments its themes while scaring and entertaining the audiences at the same time with it.
The whole movie is good, but like I said, it takes a few more watches to get the whole thing, and seeing its whimsical, yet bizzare plot and effects.
I LOVET :3 Best part was the “slaying of the cat”