House is batshit insane. Let me just say that up front. It follows a girl named Gorgeous as she and a group of friends decide to spend their school break at a remote country house belonging to Gorgeous' aunt. The seven friends start disappearing one by one as the spooky house shows its true colors. Much screaming ensues.
It is hard to call this a pure horror movie. It is listed as a horror-comedy but that doesn't even do it justice. Rather, it is filled with camera tricks and freeze frames and animated sequences and weird cuts that add up to the feeling that you are being bombarded with weirdness. The first time I tried to watch this, I turned it off because it was all too much to deal with. I'm glad I stuck with it this time as it is very entertaining, somehow. It almost stubbornly refuses to treat the film format seriously (in one sequence where Gorgeous is describing her aunt, everyone comments as if they see the images being projected to match the backstory). All sorts of cinematic rules are broken but they add up to a singular experience. This isn't what I would call scary but it has some horrific imagery in it.
The whole thing sort of defies explanation. See it with friends.
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