Review of House

House (1977)
3/10
House
25 February 2021
6 young girls go and stay at a haunted house that attempts to kill / eat them.

Very difficult to describe this wacky, psychedelic 'comedy / horror'. Certainly I defy anyone to explain what's going on, but this is scarcely the point. It is simply full on with endless disconnected spaced out imagery and bad downmarket effects complimented with pointless gratuitous nudity incorporated as the director see fit in fulfilling his vision. The girls are all amateurs and it shows and annoyingly just wander through this giggling or screaming. As a horror feature it is not remotely scary and the bloodbath elements just looks daft. It has inevitably achieved a cult status - well it would, wouldn't it. I cannot take credit for this but to paraphrase one review I read this is like a bloody, girl version of 'The Monkees' which rather hits the nail on the head, style wise. There is nothing wrong with imaginative experimental cinema but this does look like it was made up the day before they shot it. Tiring, unrewarding and strange in a bad way!
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