Horror Comedy of the Day: House (Hausu, 1977)

Gorgeous is a high-school student who wants to spend her vacation with her widowed father now that he's back from Italy. To her surprise, however, he's to be married a second time! She wants none of that, so she writes to her aunt if she can come over to her house in the mountain. As the vacation trip with a teacher is canceled, there's an opportunity for her friends to come along: Prof, Meoldy, Kung fu, Mac, Sweet and Fantasy. So they stay only to be greeted by a night of supernatural terror.

…and yes, they're called after their character archetypes which should be telling of what kind of film this is.

Described by the Criterion collection as “an episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava", this film by Nobuhiko Obayashi just defies logic on so many levels. Deliberately, actively and gleefully so too: it was heavily inspired by the nightmares and fears of his own daughter, who was consulted at multiple points to contribute to the script in a desire to create a style of horror that wasn't rooted on the rational.

To that effect it uses intentionally crude visual effects that make the film look like a literal collage, and some of the most eccentric editing choices. What you get feels like the result of throwing a live action re-enactment of a school life anime with incongruously placed music (and a sliver of fanservice too), a good dose of camp, the color design of freaking Suspiria and the occasional bit of martial arts in a blender with some LSD for good measure. In other words, absolute batshit insanity of the highest order, with the creepiness laying in how incomprehensible the fucked up things that actually do happen can get.

Seriously, if there's one thing that you can't deny is how creative it all is; not a single frame of this film is visually dull. Would you enjoy it though? Well, that depends how much you crave for surreal absurdity bursting at the seams from the strange ideas put into it.

House (ハウス)

Summary: Schoolgirl Gorgeous (Kimiko Ikegami) and her six friends go to her aunt's (Yoko Minamida) house for a visit during the summer holidays. However, all is not what it seems...

Bonkers bout of surrealism with cat literally thrown into frame. Apparently based on director's daughter's fears and nightmares. It shows!

Rating: 3.75/5

Photo credit: IMDb

House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)

Cast: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Oba, Ai Matsubara, Mieko Sato, Eriko Tanaka, Masayo Miyako, Yoko Minamida. Screenplay: Chiho Katsura, Chigumi Obayashi. Cinematography: Yoshitaka Sakimoto. Production design: Kazuo Satsuya. Editing: Nobuo Ogawa. Music: Asei Kobayashi, Mickie Yoshino.

The manic Japanese horror comedy, which has achieved cult status, was the feature film debut of its director, Nobuhiko Obayashi, who began his career as a director of TV commercials, which shows in the film's continued barrage of brightly colored images and in the loud pop music soundtrack. It's about a gaggle of Japanese schoolgirls with nicknames that translate as "Gorgeous," "Fantasy," "Kung Fu," "Melody," "Prof," "Sweet," and "Mac" who find themselves trapped in a haunted house. They do a lot of running, yelling, giggling, screaming, and dying -- one of them is literally eaten by a grand piano. Ultimately, the film had a huge impact on music videos, but it remains a one of a kind movie experience -- for which some of us remain thankful while others of us relish yet another instance of the unfettered imagination of a Japanese artist. In this case, the imagination was not just that of the director but also of his pre-teen daughter, Chigumi, whose ideas about things that frighten children were worked into the screenplay. A great deal of credit (or blame, if you will) goes to production designer Kazuo Satsuya and cinematographer Yoshitaka Sakamoto.

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Jurina had a Showroom stream where she talked more about her graduation announcement.

Former members Sato Mieko, Nakanishi Yuka, and Oya Masana were also there.

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Some ex-ske48 members Takayanagi Akane, Sato Mieko and Yamashita Yukari went to Milky concert in Nagoya

CONGRATULATIONS NEE-SAN....

translated by Aidol.

元ＳＫＥ４８佐藤実絵子が結婚　記事にしてくださって嬉しいのですが、これは中西ですwww 「グループ卒業後、結婚を前提にお付き合い」（サンケイスポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース https://t.co/6vlfgi1twq @YahooNewsTopics - MIEKO:"Former SKE48 Sato Mieko Gets Married", I'm very happy they wrote a news article about it, but this(person in the photo provided) is Nakanishi lolololl ~ 実絵子と私って一心同体みたいなものだもんね♡← - NISHISHI:Mieko and I are as one in soul and flesh, something like that, right♥️⬅️ ~ てかほんとこれ笑える😂😂公演のMCで言う話決定なのに😂😂😂笑っ - M: Speaking of which, this is really funny/laughable 😂😂 even though it'd definitely be a story to tell during a theatre stage MC😂😂😂lol ~ 実絵子が私で、私が実絵子で………もしかして私たち… 入れ替わってるー！？ ってやりたかったね＼(^o^)／笑 - N:Mieko is me, and I am Mieko... ... ... Could it be that we... Have switched places~!? Had wanted to do something like that right\(^o^)/ lol ~ やばいwww - M:Omg lolololl ~ 姉さんおめでとおおおお！ そして、にししに間違えられるところがさすが中西感！笑 https://t.co/sDx3EKLFcR - SHIO:Nee-san congratulationssss! Also, having Nishishi mistaken for you is just as expected, just like Nakanishi! Lmao ~ それな！笑 神がかってる！ ありがとぉぉぉ❤ - M: Exactly that! LOL She's unstoppable! Thank-youuuu❤️ ~ 2017-11-11㊗️🎉🎊 Congratulations Miepi✨

NEE-SAN’S GETTING MARRIED

Hausu 1977

SATO Mieko Calligrapher

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I make a gif for one of my favourite horror movie..enjoy!(≧▽≦)(≧▽≦)(≧▽≦)