An unforgettable mixture of bubblegum teen melodrama and grisly phantasmagoria, Nobuhiko Obayashis deranged fairy tale House is one of Japanese cinema s wildest supernatural ventures and a truly startling debut feature.
Upset by her widowed father s plans to remarry, Angel sets off with six of her schoolgirl friends in tow for a summer getaway at her aunt s isolated mansion. In this house of dormant secrets, long-held emotional traumas have terrifyingly physical embodiments and the girls must use their individual talents if any are to survive.
A rollercoaster ride without brakes, House is by turns hilarious, sinister, and unexpectedly lyrical, with ceaseless cinematic invention and a satirical, full-blooded approach to the horror genre. A gigantic smash on its original release in Japan, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.
Special features:
– Stunning 1080p presentation from a high-definition digital transfer
– Original monaural soundtrack presented as uncompressed LPCM audio
– Optional English subtitles | An exclusive video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns
– 90-minute archive of interviews with director Nobuhiko Obayashi, scenaristChigumi Obayashi, actress Kumiko Oba, and Toho promotional executive Shoho Tomiyama
– Original Japanese theatrical trailer
– A collector s booklet featuring an essay by Paul Roquet; poster gallery; and archival imagery
Related products
-
Drama
Paris, 13th District (Blu-Ray)
Acclaimed filmmaker Jacques Audiard eschews romantic screen representations of Paris for a more grounded take on contemporary love and life in the city, unearthing a kind of cinematic poetry with which to explore these themes. Set in the French capital’s 13th arrondissement, on the left bank of the Seine, the film charts the interwoven […]
279 SEK -
Comedy - Horror
Multiple Maniacs (Blu-Ray)
The gloriously grotesque second feature directed by John Waters (Hairspray) is replete with all manner of depravity, from robbery to murder to one of cinema’s most memorably blasphemous moments. Made on a shoestring budget in Waters’ native Baltimore, with the filmmaker taking on nearly every technical task, this gleeful mockery of the peace-and-love ethos of […]
349 SEK -
Comedy
Bröllopskaos igen!
Efter att äntligen ha accepterat tanken att de inte kan bestämma över vem man blir kär i, står föräldraparet Claude och Marie Verneuil nu inför en ny kris. Deras fyra döttrar och svärsöner har bestämt sig för att lämna Frankrike och pröva lyckan utomlands. Men Claude och Marie är beredda att göra allt för att […]
179 SEK -
Comedy
Kinds Of Kindness
Kinds Of Kindness is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined […]
219 SEK -
Classics - Thriller
Ministry of Fear (Blu-Ray)
Set during Blitz-torn wartime England, Ray Milland (Dial M for Murder, The Lost Weekend) stars as a man just released from a sanatorium who stumbles into an elaborate and murderous Nazi plot. Reminiscent of Lang’s early expressionist films (The Spiders, Dr Mabuse the Gambler, M) and full of bravura set pieces and hallucinatory visuals, Ministry of Fear is one of Lang’s […]
249 SEK -
Comedy - Swedish Film
Tårtgeneralen
Tårtgeneralen är en varm, rolig men också lite vemodig berättelse, baserad på verkliga händelser. I mitten av 80-talet utser Jan Guillou Köping till Sveriges tråkigaste stad. Medan bygden lamslås och ett helt land skrattar bestämmer sig den något försupne mångsysslaren Hasse P (Mikael Persbrandt) för att motbevisa Stockholmsjävlarna. Hans idé är lika långsökt som den […]
125 SEK -
Horror
The Wind
Under det sena 1800-talet flyttar en kvinna med sin man till den amerikanska västern för att starta ett nytt liv. Men när hon lämnas ensam i det tomma huset gör den hårda omgivningen och isoleringen henne orolig, eller rent ut sagt paranoid. Eller är det faktiskt något verkligt, något övernaturligt som besitter de karga vidderna? […]
99 SEK -
Drama - Thriller
China Syndrome – Limited Edition (Blu-Ray)
When a reporter and cameraman are assigned to cover the daily routine of a nuclear power plant, they witness and record an accident which could have wiped out the whole of Southern California, but their bosses refuse to broadcast the footage. Starring Jane Fonda (The Chase, Klute), Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot, Missing) and […]
249 SEK