December 6, 11 & 12, 2025
Hausu on 35mm
How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 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 aunt’s 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 mattes, animation, and collage effects. Equally 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.
Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi / 1977 / Japanese with English Subtitles / 88 min
“For connoisseurs of the bizarre, House’s revival is long overdue.” – Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
“Delirious, deranged, gonzo or just gone, baby, gone — no single adjective or even a pileup does justice to House.” – Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“Gigglers and cultists, pony up.” – Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
SCREENING: SAT 12/6 7PM; THU 12/11 7PM; FRI 12/12 4PM
$13 GA & $10 OFS. Tickets are available at the box office 30 minutes before showtimes.
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