House (Criterion Collection)

How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashis 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 aunts 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 a series of mattes, animation, and collage effects. Equal parts 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.

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Producer: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Actor: Kumiko Oba
Actor: Kimiko Ikegami
Actor: Eriko Tanaka
Actor: Kumiko Ohba
Actor: Ai Matsubara
Actor: Masayo Miyako
Actor: Kiyohiko Ozaki
Actor: Saho Sasazawa
Actor: Miki Jinbo
Actor: Mieko Sato
Actor: Yoko Minamida
Actor: Haruko Wanibuchi