House
This film is probably like my defining Halloween film to be honest. To anyone who pays attention to my account you’d know for the past 3 years I’ve been watching 8 films on Halloween every year, but obviously with October being basically the busiest month of my life, there were some complications with that plan. I had a class guaranteed on Halloween and on top of that I winded up with jury duty so really nothing was going to go right.
Anyways about this film. Like I said it’s probably like my most important horror film. For anyone that says this film is “bad on purpose” or “dumb but fun” you have the IQ of someone who fails at I Promise School. There is so much meaning behind so much of what happens, and that crazy stuff happening on screen is a visual party, while the symbolism is running absolutely rampant. This film is absolutely covered in layers upon layers of things from anti-war messages (which are extremely prevalent) and gender inequality and things of that nature. Seriously finding out new things today, and there’s so much more to uncover with this film. Obayashi is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and you have to be stupid to hate on this GOAT.