Film & 40s: BOO(ze)!: Hausu

Yes yes yes yes

I've never seen this. gonna grab some popcorn

One of the greatest movies of all time! Let's gooooooooooooooooo

Gonna be spooked, let's go!

Boy it was weird seeing my profile pic blown up on the homepage.

heeeeeecckkk yeah!!

Just watched this a week ago for the first time, excited to watch it with the crew commentary now!

@bathala: you're in for such a treat. I watched this for the first time earlier this month and I'm already pumped to watch it again. It is incredibly fun and visually interesting haunted house movie.

I could not find this on HBOmax :(

but there is a version for rent on Amazon (there almost always is)

Anyone know of any free streams of it?

Helllll yeaaaa

Great, this movie isn't legally available digital anywhere for me. Please, offer you movies worldwide not just in the U.S. :/

@chunkmassuhflex:

try searching "house" it should show up

House is on HBO MAX under the Criterion section. It's also in their Halloween page under cult classics.

I've never heard of this before, but the minute and a half trailer on YouTube? I think I need to go buy the Criterion Blu-ray now.

This seriously couldn't have come at a better time. I'm currently writing an essay about this for a cult film course, so now I can re-watch with the GB crew's insights to mine :D

Hey y’all, how frightening is this film? From the brief overview it sounds like it might be a little more over the top than scary, which I think I could handle, but generally speaking I’m quite a scaredy cat 😅

@tunnelman: It's more weird/humorous than frightening. You'll be fine.

@hatking: Not gonna lie, every time I saw your profile pic pop up I thought it was Naruto related!

@tunnelman: You will be laughing too hard to be scared

I was so pleased to see this in the upcoming section, having just gotten the Hausu criterion blu-ray a few weeks back! Can't wait to listen.

You know you're in for a treat when there are characters named "Kung-Fu," "Sweet," and "Fantasy."

This film is such a delight because it feels like the filmmakers were willing to try out every kind of technique they could think of. And they did it really well!

OMG!!!!!!!

@tunnelman: I think you'll be okay, since it really isn't a horror film in the classic sense. In fact, it really defies all attempts to assign a single genre to it. The story was partially informed by input from the director's 12-year-old daughter, if that tells you anything.

@abadwind:I had searched it, numerous times, under "house" and "hausu"... my mistake was assuming the icon with the child surrounded by spooky faces was a different movie, and continued to look for the spooky red fox-face. I am a fool.

@akajaybay: My HBOMax doesn't have a criterion section? I was able to find the movie (see above), but I would very much like to have access to a Criterion section.

Well the pod was great. I agree that this was a movie

I watched this for the first time a few weeks back after the Gooberzilla podcast. Guess I'm watching it again this weekend.

@chunkmassuhflex Weird they used to have a Criterion page like the other side brands of DC, Crunchyroll etc. But looks like it's gone now. Searching Criterion still seems to bring up stuff from that subset.

Of course not! It's the much more intellectual blood-barfing cat from that goofball haunted house comedy.

I hope you enjoyed the movie!

This film is awesome, looking forward to watching it with these guys

YES!!! One of my all time favorite movies and a movie I watch every Halloween and try to show it to everyone I possibly can just because I love it so much, now this year it's like I get to watch it with the GB duders! I'm so excited!

There is another horror movie from the 80s called House. The sequel has the best subtitle ever: House 2: The Second Story.

And even better, that House 2 from 1987 does not involve the storyline or characters from the 1986 House and instead is a completely separate horror comedy. It truly is a "second story" in a house.

The first half is kinda like like Gath Marenghi's Dark Place, but the gags aren't gags... but yet they sort of still are gags, but not. Most unique movie on Film and 40s yet.

I was totally about to touch a raccoon. Giantbomb isn't just about entertainment but saving lives too.

In the mattress scene Alex mentions Deathbed: The bed that eats. Yes it's a real movie and pretty fun, weirdly came out the same year as Hausu too.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385639/

This is a must see movie. This rekindled my interest in cinema

Somehow I knew Alex was gonna be on this <3

Good choice! I have been wanting to see this and it's on HBO Max right now :D

That was some dumb fun. Thank you Giant Bomb folks.

what the hell this was a trip thank you so much abby

I adore this weird wacky movie deeply. Thanks for giving me an excuse to revisit it!

RIP Kung Fu

@hatking: same

I'm disappointed that there's no Vinny. I don't think I'm gonna watch this but maybe I'll change my mind eventually.

To be clear I don't think HBO Max has a "Criterion Section" - those movies are listed under the Turner Classic Movies section. It is there though!

I really enjoyed this movie! Thanks for exposing it to me - never heard of it before.

@chunkmassuhflex: The film is actually in Public Domain. There is a version of the Criterion edition on archive.org,

@corianderpyle: Brother!

I just googled the title + stream and found a free version with subtitles. Not the best quality I guess but it was fine. Fun movie!

I got out of sync one and this movie made it really hard to find a sync spot again, had to go back and fort and wait for them to talk about something really specific.

Somehow I never got around to watching House, so thanks for the excuse.

Also I guess this explains the piano in Super Mario 64.