“she eats unmarried young girls. it is the only time she can wear her wedding gown”
one of the most highly anticipated films for a viewing, i originally meant to see it last year, but accidentally played the 1985 version instead (because im stupid, but that movie was pretty decent aswell to be fair). i saw this 1977 version sitting in the letterboxd top 250 horror movies and i got reminded of its existence, as it just totally emptied from my head. it’s runtime seemed highly brief, and i am, or was, a horror super fan. so i said like why not give it a try. after finishing, i really just thought to myself, what the fuck am i supposed to say in a review for this film? one thing i can definitely say is that it’s honestly one of the best movies, not only horror, that i’ve ever seen. i’m currently logging weeks after my original watch, and just watched david lynch’s second last feature film, mulholland drive. i really questioned to myself why i love experimental film so much, as honestly both movies left my brain fried after experiencing just completely unhinged surrealism. the reason why this movie is so good, is that it’s really just not afraid to experiment with special effects: and that may be why i get drawn to movies like these. yeah the meaning or deeper messages may be a lot harder to decipher from a singular watch, but that’s the main reason why these films are so fun to watch, and rewatch. as it’s impossible to pick everything up from this or any david lynch film for that matter with only one watch. ‘house’ really doesn’t give any care, and goes against traditional filmmaking rules whatsoever, instead making a complete dumpster fire of campy hand drawn animation and neon-soaked greenscreens. it’s horrifying, but also deeply comedic: and is an avant-garde adventure of nonsense. the truly absurd, unrealistic effects are gorgeous, and ahead of their time by years, even decades. they’re intentionally artificial looking that give it a real fever-dream aesthetic. the sequences of girls being eaten alive by pianos, or alive severed heads taking a bite out of people are deeply imaginative and absurd: which furthermore give it a truly dark-surreal feeling. the house consuming the girls can feel odd, but really gives it depth under that campy exterior. showing the aunties fear of growing old, and the loss of innocence as this older woman consumes the souls and bodies of young girls to maintain her youth, and to reimagine a world before the world war which caused massive devastation to japan, and left many women widowed.
“she eats unmarried young girls. it is the only time she can wear her wedding gown”
one of the most highly anticipated films for a viewing, i originally meant to see it last year, but accidentally played the 1985 version instead (because im stupid, but that movie was pretty decent aswell to be fair). i saw this 1977 version sitting in the letterboxd top 250 horror movies and i got reminded of its existence, as it just totally emptied from my head. it’s runtime seemed highly brief, and i am, or was, a horror super fan. so i said like why not give it a try. after finishing, i really just thought to myself, what the fuck am i supposed to say in a review for this film? one thing i can definitely say is that it’s honestly one of the best movies, not only horror, that i’ve ever seen. i’m currently logging weeks after my original watch, and just watched david lynch’s second last feature film, mulholland drive. i really questioned to myself why i love experimental film so much, as honestly both movies left my brain fried after experiencing just completely unhinged surrealism. the reason why this movie is so good, is that it’s really just not afraid to experiment with special effects: and that may be why i get drawn to movies like these. yeah the meaning or deeper messages may be a lot harder to decipher from a singular watch, but that’s the main reason why these films are so fun to watch, and rewatch. as it’s impossible to pick everything up from this or any david lynch film for that matter with only one watch. ‘house’ really doesn’t give any care, and goes against traditional filmmaking rules whatsoever, instead making a complete dumpster fire of campy hand drawn animation and neon-soaked greenscreens. it’s horrifying, but also deeply comedic: and is an avant-garde adventure of nonsense. the truly absurd, unrealistic effects are gorgeous, and ahead of their time by years, even decades. they’re intentionally artificial looking that give it a real fever-dream aesthetic. the sequences of girls being eaten alive by pianos, or alive severed heads taking a bite out of people are deeply imaginative and absurd: which furthermore give it a truly dark-surreal feeling. the house consuming the girls can feel odd, but really gives it depth under that campy exterior. showing the aunties fear of growing old, and the loss of innocence as this older woman consumes the souls and bodies of young girls to maintain her youth, and to reimagine a world before the world war which caused massive devastation to japan, and left many women widowed.
