ハウス (Hausu)

Bamyasi · October 10, 2016 06:29 AM

I was so glad to see one of my favorite movies at the theater a few weeks ago as I am a scrub and didn't see it during Janus's first US theatrical run in 2010. I am also now the proud owner of this t-shirt, which they were selling at the screening.

If you're a fan of Japanese horror/cyberpunk cinema or amazing visual/practical effects and you haven't seen Nobuhiki Obayashi's 1977 masterpiece Hausu, I'd strongly suggest adding it to your October viewing list. It's one of the greatest movies of all time (some will argue Suspiria as the premier 1977 psychedelic horror flick, but you should disregard these people. Hausu does everything right that Suspiria gets wrong, mainly in that it actually plays out like a child's nightmare, and the original casting plans weren't abated by censors).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CMb-0xxh3I

Also don't watch the trailer it sux.

BluPhoenix · October 10, 2016 08:30 AM

Yvonne · October 10, 2016 02:23 PM

Looks cool.

What other movies should I check out?

Edit: I glanced at clips of it and decapitated finger joints playing piano? Brilliant.

Necronomitr0n · October 11, 2016 04:30 AM

a very good movie

Bamyasi · October 11, 2016 04:41 AM

Quote from: Yvonne on October 10, 2016 02:23 PM
What other movies should I check out?

I dunno. Are you asking for movies in a similar vein?

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Tetsuo the Iron Man
The Boxer's Omen
Videodrome
Eraserhead
Evil Dead 2

Pretty hard to compare Hausu to anything though. It's singular.

BluPhoenix · October 11, 2016 05:01 AM

eraserhead and evil dead 2 are the fuckin shit

Bamyasi · October 11, 2016 05:22 AM

No kidding.

Also if you're just looking for more classic Japanese horror movies I'd suggest Ugetsu Monogatari, Kwaidan, Kuroneko, Onibaba, Jigoku and Empire of Passion (first and last aren't really horror but w/e).

The major difference between Hausu and all the other movies listed though is that Hausu is funny. One of the funnies movies I've ever seen in fact.

Yvonne · October 11, 2016 05:27 AM

Thank you, Bam.

I'll admit to being a wimp when it comes to horror films (it's a big shame for an October baby). It's the bad music or sound effects screeching jumpscares and fast movement that get me.

I'll watch Hausu and watch the two you recommended.

Thank you.

Bamyasi · October 11, 2016 05:32 AM

I posted more than two but okay.

Hausu has all of those things but I wouldn't call it scary. It's really one of the few Gesamtkunstwerk in the genre/medium as a whole.

Yvonne · October 11, 2016 05:57 AM

Quote from: Bamyasi on October 11, 2016 05:32 AM
I posted more than two but okay.

Hausu has all of those things but I wouldn't call it scary. It's really one of the few Gesamtkunstwerk in the genre/medium as a whole.

I knew you were gonna grill me on the film selection. Sorry to not seemingly respect your selection (the time it took for you to pick out ones where I didn't even give you much to go on and so forth). I didn't mean to.

I'm going through the screenshots via YouTube of the trailers from the extensive list.

They're all beautiful - I like them.

Valerie's a definite watch. I like the synopsis. Is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari the one with the spliced eye? I've seen that in film class. I heard groans and squeals coming from students - I was sitting in the first row. I loved seeing that take. If not, was it vampire Dracula-like? I remember the jagged staircase.

Ooouh, Tetsuo the Iron Man's cool. If it gets too scary, which I think it won't be - I'll stare at the man's Frank cut glasses. Frank because I know a Frank who wears those frames and it screams out Frank. I looked at Google's short description of the film.

The Boxer's Omen - psychedelic? Thai boxing. Videodrome reminds me of the Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark episode with the busted up microwave. This one's in television screens prior to The Ring. Cool.

I've read up on Eraserhead awhile ago - I've spoiled it for myself and I'm grateful I did so. That one's sad and cool to find out for myself.

Evil Dead 2 - okay.

Yvonne · October 11, 2016 06:11 AM

Oops. Yvonne made a word up. Sliced eye - where you can see a close up of the cartilage knife - not spliced eye.

rtil · October 11, 2016 09:44 AM

tetsuo is not really scary, either. it's cerebral cyberpunk horror that usually gets one of 3 reactions out of people: amusement, disgust or confusion. or maybe all of them. it was my introduction to shinya tsukamoto, although my favorite film of his is bullet ballet.

Bamyasi · October 11, 2016 03:38 PM

Yvonne you're thinking of Un chien andalou.