I love this movie, it's definately the strangest movie I've ever seen. it's like anything can happen at any time. so does anyone know any other movies that are remotely as weird(or weirder) than this movie?
shareread this opening post: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076162/board/nest/173537595
and then try they thematically very similar Valerie and Her Week Of Wonders.
IMDB page for this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066516/
In a bizarre way, I found myself thinking to Edgar Wright's film of 'Scott Pilgrim vs The World.'
Alot of people criticize it that it is really weird and strange, and doesn't make sense. Fights erupt out of the blue, people are able to pull large mallets out of their handbags, and people can just turn into a pile of coins when they die.
SPvTW never quite reaches the stylings of the false world in the openings of 'House,' but Wright does warp the world in other ways, such as the scene where Scott walks into the bathroom, opens the door, and the house outside is now a school hallways that he follows Ramona through. Around the corner, she's right outside his door (which is in the hallway), and he wakes up.
Though there was one scene that reminded me of a breaking of the scene in 'House.' There's the one scene where we are focusing on one girl, and suddenly, this man's head intrudes from the left of the screen, yelling. There was a scene like that in SPvTW when Scott is in a daydream and one of his band member's head just pops into the scene, and creates (like in House) an abrupt transition to a new locale.
"Thanks, guys." "So long, partner."
- Toy Story 3 (9/10)
Yes, I've seen that one. It was awesome,and I see what you mean, it does have a similar randomness at times.
shareThank God! I was hoping I was not alone in thinking that.
shareman, i hated scott pilgrim but i loved house. I think i hated scott pilgrim for more narrative reasons than stylistic ones. House felt like an encyclopedia of movie storytelling, any way you could think to shoot a scene was depicted. It was exhausting because I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Beautiful
shareI hated Scott Pilgrim too. I really tried to like it, but I just found it super-annoying.
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I think we're on the same page here. Scott Pilgrim gave me the feeling that it was doing all its tricks to show off how clever it was, while House seems to be doing all these things for sheer delirious joy of moviemaking.
shareNot exactly like this, but there are some good weird ones out there. Here are a few:
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
The Boxer's Omen (1983)
Uzumaki (2000)
Grass Labyrinth (1983) and other Terayama movies
Holy Mountain (1973)
Asian Film List
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I second Scott Pilgrim. From a technical perspective I was reminded of it often while watching House.
I would add the fantasy films of Guy Madden. He makes a similar 'movie' world of fantasy and effects.
But mainly I suggest the flicks of Lam Nai Choi (Riki-Oh/The Cat/The Seventh Curse) if your hungry for more complete ridiculous and campiness check them out.
There's a lot of strange films out there if you really look. I honestly don't see the Scott Pilgrim connection at all(but it is a really good and funny film so its worth seeing. Is it like House? IMO it is Nothing like House).
If you liked this though, Criterion has 3 films I also recommend: Jigoku, Woman of the Dunes, and Kwaidon.
Eraserhead I'd recommend. It'll make House seem coherent in comparison.
"There's a lot of strange films out there if you really look. I honestly don't see the Scott Pilgrim connection at all(but it is a really good and funny film so its worth seeing. Is it like House? IMO it is Nothing like House)."
My comparison was because both films take place in a supposed real-world environment that then becomes rather stylized and a bit perplexing.
There was even a scene in both that was almost exactly the same regarding a transition, where a character from a totally different scene enters into a former scene.
That happened in 'SPvTW,' where Scott is on the stairs watching Ramona leave the library, and his guitarist friend suddenly appears next to him yelling...only we've transitioned now to the living room set.
I also felt it made a good comparison to both of the films, because they don't flow as most people would like...and seem somewhat confusing to some people out there.
"Thanks, guys." "So long, partner."
- Toy Story 3 (9/10)
You might try
DEATH POWDER
THE CAT
PINNOCHIO 964
RAMPO NOIR
FUNKY FOREST
and the director's visuals often reminded me of Toshio Matsumoto (FUNERAL PROCESSION OF ROSES) and shuji Terayama (PASTORAL: TO DIE IN THE COUNTRY) though they didn't make similiar "horror films".
Most recently, CURRENTLY UNTITLED (2010 film) employed the use of animation in a way very similiar to HAUSU.
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pre·ten·tious: characterized by assumption of dignity or importance.
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onibaba and kurneko are 2 other japanese horror films along the lines of house.
then there's the holy mountain by jodorowski
other than that there arent alot of movies i can compare to house. its an original
For similar themes and anarchic strangeness that only a child's imagination can conjure up, I'd recommend Jan Svankmajer's Alice. Argento's Suspiria is also very close in style and theme.
If you just like Japanese goofiness in general, I'd also recommend Takashi Miike's Happiness of the Katakuris.
Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead 2"
Peter Jackson's "Dead Alive (aka Brain Dead)"
Peter Jackson's "Meet The Feebles"
Yeah, Evil Dead and older Jackson movies have a similar feel. Can't really think of anything else that comes close. If you want the visual effect, go for something like Suspiria.
shareNo movie comes close to the visual flavour of House. Try some italian giallos (The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Your Vice is a Locked Room) and horror films like Kwaidan, The Carnival of Souls and Onibaba.
shareI second (third?) Evil Dead II. The comparisons are uncanny, minus the obvious "haunted house" setting. It's almost as if Sam Raimi saw "Hausu" in a Japanese theatre or American arthouse in between Evil Dead and its sequel. The camp factor, manic visuals and surreal/bizarre death scenes are both there, so I'd say Evil Dead II is the only American film --- or film itself --- that compares to the madness of Hausu.
-THX
Try:
Happiness of the Katikuras
The Jitters (1989)
Have to also reply once more and recommend the 1975 Hong Kong film "The Bedevilled", which I stumbled upon a trailer for tonight on YouTube. Imagery is almost as bizarre but with less TV commercial feel and much more sexuality/nudity.
Here's the link to the trailer (NSFW in places): http://youtu.be/Z7lIyKYjrWk
-THX
KATIKURIS IS EPIC!!!
Also try Taste of Tea and Love Exposure. They are the better films from the Japan WTF genre
Don't know if anybody else has mentioned this one yet. For weird movies Takashi Miike's Vistor Q is pretty messed up.
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