House (1977)

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Kumiko Oba in “House,” with seven teenage girls and a white cat whose eyes beam green sparks.
Watch Out for That Disembodied Head, Girls
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: January 15, 2010

Delirious, deranged, gonzo or just gone, baby, gone — no single adjective or even a pileup does justice to “House,” a 1977 Japanese haunted-house freakout. Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, this energetic exemplar of pulp surrealism began surfacing in the United States last year, playing at events like the New York Asian Film Festival. Now, in advance of the Criterion DVD, which will be released later this year, it is receiving its first, must-see-now domestic theatrical run at the IFC Center in New York. A midnight movie in lysergic spirit and vibe, this was a film made for late-night screening and screaming. More