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Hausu (Criterion) (1977)

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
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Genre: Cult, Foreign, Horror, Supernatural/Occult, Japan, Ghosts, Fantasy, Criterion Collection
Running Time: 88 min.
Languages: Japanese
Subtitles: English

Synopsis
How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi's indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt's creaky country home and comes face-to-face with evil spirits, a demonic house cat, a bloodthirsty piano, and other ghoulish visions, all realized by Obayashi via mattes, animation, and collage effects. Equally absurd and nightmarish, House might have been beamed to Earth from some other planet. Never before available on home video in the United States, it's one of the most exciting cult discoveries in years.

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If you like feeling insane, this is your movie. by PMartens July 15, 2009 - 2:51 PM PDT
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Hausu is a comedic horror movie filled with ridiculous gore and plenty of Japanese stereotypes. The martial arts expert girl? Her name is "Kung Fu". I believe they even named the "chubby" (she just isn't a rail) girl who loves to eat "Tasty".

About 5 minutes into the film, I noticed that all of the humor was intentional, and while at first I thought I was laughing AT the movie, I was actually laughing WITH the movie. I thought this would make the movie tedious and it would get boring. I was so, so wrong. It just got funnier and funnier and crazier. Everything from the creepy music scene done with nothing but random piano notes and cat meows (no joke) to the battle between Kung Fu and a common country chore leads me to believe this movie is completely worth your time.


In short, it's hilarious, go watch it.




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Is this that British humor?
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No, actually it's mostly Japanese film.
MLindberg

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