one of those once in a life time moment and when you will laugh so hard you p # s yourself and and then c and p your pant from be stun by sheer cinematic prowess . i have sit down expect a cruel and mildly atmospheric j horror ghost story and and i get a tornado of avant garde stylistic explosion marry to tongue so deep in cheek character and scenario and my head be spin be like the exorcist . if dario argento and richard lester and vera chytilova and seijun suzuki and and takashi miike and conspire secretly make to re make star war and and privately screen it for you and while you be hang upside down over a tank of piranha and it would be about half as remarkable a this movie . 7 japanese school girl and and stock teen movie character and who have name like prof for the smart one and gorgeus for the pretty one and mac for the overweight one and fantasy for the stylish one and and my personal favorite kung fu . cus she know kung fu . they be all in some sort of group together and a team of some kind and though i be not sure what exactly and they need a place to train for the summer and a they do every year . gorgeous father be get re marry to a woman who only appear with a breeze blowing and in super slow mo and to the accompaniment of etheric string music and and a you can imagine and that slo mo s and t all the time and can get kind of irritating and and she want to get away from it all . she write a letter to an estranged aunt of hers and that she have never meet and ask if her and her friend can spend the summer do whatever it be they do . the aunt agree and and they be off . the bus trip be like a day glo version of willy wonka psychedelic boat ride and only through an artificial rainbow streak countryside . the girl arrive but soon discover that the house be actually possess by a ghost or demon who like to eat virgin and and so it do . girl be devour by mattress and pillow and turn to glass and eat by piano ( one of the funny and truly most disturbing thing i have ever watch ) and attack by severed float head and plague by horrible vision of banana and etc . while the phrase and i be sure there a reasonable explanation for this become an all purpose punch line . hausu be horror comedy come of age tale and par excellence . every scene have some kind of cinematic interjection and manipulation and from the shift color filter and to derange collage and montage of event and image and to wildly eclectic animation and matte and prop ( the wall paper in the room of the house match the print on some of the girl dress ) and mini movie stylize a beautiful and heart felt silent film and ww2 era romance and and of course whirlwind obligatory action scene and save u kung fu . not to mention music and gorgeous dad be a composer and he be mention to have audition for segio leone and who say he be good than ennio marriconne and and the spaghetti western emphasis on music be heavy here . it wall to wall and full of eerie horror theme and cartoonish comedy section and pop song and string and and sound which be just generally unclassifiable and possibly because two song might be play at the same time and or against a scene that be completely inappropriate . it occur to me a day after i watch this movie that i have see a film by nobuhiko obayashi before and the campy kaleidoscopic sada ( a true story about a woman who castrate her lover and become an overnight celebrity in ww2 ) and and though that be a mere hint of the full on onslaught of this movie and it make me want to see more . obayashi be apparently most famous for direct japanese game show and and it only add and to the kitchen sink showman dynamic that he bring to the table here . what be least important be plot and there be so much happening in literally every scene ( the only other film a unrelenting in term of visual excess be maybe jorodowsky the holy mountain and maybe . ) and that it easy to forget what the girl be do and at all and until a cat eye start glow and or doll walk around by themselves again . i have never laugh so much at a film that be so dazzling to watch . it skyrocket into my favorite instantly . it like be trap in a b movie . and an out of date of one too . see this movie and share it with those you love .