House (Hausu) (1977)

7.8	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Directed by

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Starring (View all)

Kimiko Ikegami

Angel / Angel's Mother

Kunfû

Fanta

Gari

Makku

Merodî

Suîto

Keisuke Tôgô

Written by

Chiho Katsura

(screenplay)

Chigumi Ôbayashi

(original story)

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Trailer for House aka Hausu (1977)

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House (Hausu) Trailer - Subtitled (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)

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2 years, 3 months ago at Feb 3 3:06

Hexenkult

4 votes

Once upon a time, the gang from Scooby Doo met Mario Bava and Salvadore Dali in an old dark house somewhere in Japan...and they said, "Zoinks! Like, let's make a movie, man!" Then the Cheshire Cat strolled in, eyes flashing green, grinning from ear to ear, with a sack full of shrooms saying, "I'm the f**cker with the bag of trips that's gonna hold this absurd concoction together!". This movie is t... read more

Seriously, what the fuck?

1 year, 5 months ago at Nov 28 2:05

PvtCaboose91

3 votes

"The girls will wake up... when they are hungry."

If Sam Raimi was perpetually tripping on acid throughout every stage of making a movie, it would look something like this Japanese cult classic. Hausu cannot simply be classified as a movie, but a bizarre, borderline indescribable experience. Actually, words like "bizarre" or "weird" do not even begin to describe this flick - it's ju... read more

Review

1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 8 6:30

talia_sparkle

1 vote

Bizarre and beautifully kitsch Japanese horror where six teenage girls travel to a remote mansion to stay with the head of the group, Angel’s, long unseen aunt. Unbeknownst to them, the aunt has turned into some kind of life-sucking demon whose house kills unmarried girls so she can live.

While it would be easy to dismiss this film as 70s trash, it should be praised for its sheer ... read more

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Release date : 1 September 1977

Horror (13), Japan (12), Comedy (11), 1970s (10), 1977 (9), Haunted House (6), Japanese (6), Cat (5), Watermelon (5), Surreal (5), Surrealism (5), Fantasy (5), Ghost (4), Banana (4), Piano (4), Psychedelic (4), Asian (4), Well (3), Mirror (2), Satire (2)

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