House
1977 · Movie · NR · 88 min · ★ 7.3 · 83% critics
A teen hoping to feel closer to her late mother heads to the countryside with friends to visit an aunt’s old ancestral home. What starts as a summer getaway quickly turns strange, as the house reveals a playful-but-menacing presence and the group realizes the place has its own unsettling rules.
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Details
- Original title
- ハウス
- Years
- 1977
- Release date
- 1977-08-26
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (785 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a surreal, campy haunted-house ride that swings between laughs and genuine unease, with nonstop oddball moments; Not for you if you need grounded storytelling or consistent tone—think closer to Santa Sangre or Possession.
Pros: wildly imaginative weirdness; funny-scary tone mix; memorable set pieces | Cons: chaotic and confusing; uneven pacing; effects feel cheap
Themes
- japan
- cat
- haunted house
- house
- teenage girl
- death
- schoolgirl
- campy
- ghost
- piano
- playful
- independent film
- +8 more
Cast & crew
Kimiko Ikegami
as Gorgeous / Gorgeous' Mother
Kumiko Ohba
as Fantasy
Ai Matsubara
as Prof
Miki Jinbo
as Kung Fu
Eriko Tanaka
as Melody
Masayo Miyako
as Sweet
Mieko Satoh
as Mac
Yōko Minamida
as Hausu Karei
- KO
Kiyohiko Ozaki
as Keisuke Togo
- SS
Saho Sasazawa
as Gorgeous' Father
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi