Spooky, Yet Satisfying

Like most things awesome, today's post is inspired by a product of a foreign culture. Japanese culture! Nobuhiko Obayashi was/is (he's got a new movie coming out soon, but you'll never see them outside of Nippon) a great experimental director. His aesthetic is noted for it's complete lack of conservative reserve, often instead opting to throw every effect in the book and then some into his films. The result? Genius.

House Trailer

Hausu (House without the Katakana accent) was released in 1977. It features 7 young girls who go to visit their aunt. It's been suggested that this movie be regarded as a parody of the horror genre since each girl seems a grotesque version of stereotypical characters (a chronic overeating fat girl, a pretty girl, a nerdy girl... etc.). In fact in the beginning of the film, you could easily mistake it for some sort of hippy revisioning of a Marx Brothers film.

In the Beginning...

Then the anacondas are let lose from the zoo and your world is turned upside down. Worse than any delusional 'There be snakes on this plane" utterance, you've got to worry about cat paintings vomiting blood and instruments with appetites. All beautifully represented with pre-CGI effects. Charming? Of course! Inspiring? All the more so!

Death By Piano