there be some film that be bizarre beyond word . house be such a zany and really warp haunt house tale and unlike your typical of the genre and this one have such surreal sequence a a girl be eat by piano ( . her decapitated finger actually play the musical instrument afterward . ) and a girl remove low torso actually karate kick a painting of a cat cause the evil cannibalistic spirit to overflow with blood and a disembodied head bite a girl on the buttock and mattress attack a girl and giant lip attempt to eat the remain girl not yet swallow and and our lead girl face shatter like glass and her body become a human inferno . this have to be see to be believe . the premise be bonkers . a young teenage student and gorgeous and rebel against her widower father after he inform her of his future plan to wed a new love in his life . along with her fellow school chum and include fantasy ( . who in love with a teacher name mr. togo ) and decide to spend their summer vacation at gorgeous mysterious auntie creepy mansion rest on a hill overlook a uninhabited town ( . feature only a very suspicious watermelon salesman . ) . over the night and the girl discover that wheel chair bound auntie be actually a ghost await her lover to return home after head off to war . auntie eats unmarried woman which provide her with a life force to continue live a an undead spirit with supernatural power witness over the length of the movie . auntie and her white cat blanche be ever present image a the girl futilely attempt to escape and succumb to her unwillingly . director nobuhiko obayashi never allow the film to look realistic and the music be often melodic feature a bubble gum score to match the energetic and naive teen who walk right into a truly difficult and unusual situation and to say the least . obayashi try every cinematic technique in the book and while his special effect be indeed date and they provide the audience with a jaw drop bombardment of weird image and set piece . there nothing quite like this film anywhere . it one of a kind and and continue get stranger every minute and from scene to scene and a auntie power grows and the terror towards the girl heightens and with each character fall one by one in very creative way . while the film be by and large a film whose reputation be build on it wacky nature and there be some genuine scene of beauty and often even melancholy and but even the most romantic moment be off set by a truly eye pop follow up . the character be bubbly and enthusiastic and giggly sort one be accustom to in regard to teenage girl . what happen to them over the course of the film be what give house it grow cult follow . i can promise you that house definitely live up to the hype regard sheer insanity and crazed visuals .