House

House

Year: 1977

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: Japanese

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Set in a violet‑toned forest, an ancient family house becomes the destination for Gorgeous, who hopes to feel closer to her deceased mother. She travels to her aunt’s countryside home and brings her six friends—Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu and Sweet. As the group explores the eerie mansion, they soon realize the house holds hidden secrets beyond its worn façade.

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Timeline & Setting – House (1977)

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Time period

1970s

The primary action unfolds in the Showa era during the 1970s in Japan, with the aunt's diary hinting at memories of World War II. The past lingers in the present as the girls confront a home that seems to replay old traumas. WWII is referenced as the aunt waited for a fiancé who never returned.

Location

Tokyo, Countryside House

The story starts in Tokyo, where Gorgeous plans a summer with her widowed father, before fleeing to her aunt's countryside home. The countryside mansion becomes the central setting for the supernatural events, a stark contrast to the city. Inside its walls, ordinary objects turn hostile as the haunting intensifies.

🏙️ Tokyo 🌄 Countryside 🏚️ Haunted House

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Main Characters – House (1977)

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Gorgeous

A teenage girl famed for her beauty, she plans a peaceful summer with her father until he reveals a remarriage. Distraught, she travels with her friends to her aunt's countryside home, where the house's supernatural traps begin to surface. Her journey centers on confronting loss, longing, and the uncanny control the aunt exerts over the house.

👗 Teen 🧩 Mystery 🧨 Horror

Hausu Karei (Aunt)

An elderly aunt who welcomes the girls to her countryside home and becomes the focal point of the haunting. She disappears into a broken refrigerator, with later revelations about her death while waiting for a fiancé from WWII. Her presence lingers as the source of the house's malevolent power.

🏚️ Family 🪞 Supernatural

Auntie's Fiancé

A fiancé mentioned in the aunt's diary, he is described as having returned from World War II, around whom the aunt's waiting and eventual demise centers. His fate remains tied to the postwar trauma that haunts the house.

🕰️ War 💔 Love 🧭 Mystery

Ryoko Ema

Gorgeous's stepmother, a wife who enters the scene as the family adjusts after the father's remarriage. She arrives at the countryside house and, by the film's end, is left to face the same uncanny fate that befalls the others.

👩‍👧 Family 🕳️ Horror

Prof

One of the academic friends, highly intelligent and adept at problem-solving. She contributes to interpreting the strange events and supports the group as danger escalates, though she ultimately becomes a victim of the house's appetite.

🧠 Intelligence 🧭 Teamwork

Melody

A music-loving girl whose piano sessions lift the group's spirits amid fear. She is seized by the house's horrors, with her fingers being attacked by the piano as the danger intensifies.

🎵 Music 🎭 Drama

Kung Fu

An athletic girl skilled in kung fu, she uses her physical prowess to confront threats. She is ultimately consumed by a flying hazard, showcasing the peril that even strength cannot always overcome.

🥋 Martial arts 🧭 Courage

Mac

Gorgeous's friend known for a big appetite, who retrieves the watermelon from the well and disappears. Her severed head later appears as part of the surreal horror that unfolds.

🍉 Food 🧪 Horror

Sweet

A bubbly, gentle friend who vanishes after being attacked by the mattresses. Her disappearance signals the increasing danger and the fragility of the group.

🎀 Sweet 💤 Sleep

Fantasy

The daydreamer of the group, she often looks for escapes in imagination. She witnesses the escalating horrors, participating in the diary-reading that reveals the aunt's backstory and fate.

🌈 Imagination 🗺️ Adventure

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Major Themes – House (1977)

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🪞 Mirror

A mirror in the aunt's house becomes a conduit for possession, blurring lines between identity and danger. Gorgeous' reflection is tangled with the aunt's will, illustrating how beauty and self-image can be corrupted by trauma. The theme explores how internal fears surface through supernatural mediation.

🏚️ Haunted House

The countryside mansion itself acts as a living trap where inanimate objects lash out at the girls. Each room reveals a new hazard, turning the home into a nightmare backdrop for the girls' struggle to escape. The house embodies memory and danger, rather than mere setting.

🤝 Friendship

The six friends—Prof, Melody, Kung Fu, Mac, Sweet, and Fantasy—form a fragile alliance to survive the onslaught. Their distinct skills and personalities become weapons against the supernatural, underscoring themes of female solidarity under extreme pressure. The bonds they build in peril highlight resilience in the face of bizarre horror.

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