An acrylic painting on wood panel, titled 'House - Part 2', collaging severed body parts, cogs and blood. In the bottom right corner the head of a girl emerged from a well with a roman candle in her teeth shooting off.

House (Part 2)

(1977, Nobuhiko Obayashi)

Let’s talk about the humor! I’ve never laughed so hard in my life at watching schoolgirls get eaten alive. All of the death ideas came from director Obayashi’s own daughter and that playful humor comes across perfectly. I really don’t know where to begin with it. Do I start with the painted backdrops of a landscape next to an even larger painted landscape? The scratchy visual burst effects? The dancing skeleton?? Exit stage left through the refrigerator????? THAT EYEBALL IN THE MOUTH??? BANANA MAN TOGO???? Find HOUSE, get some friends together and just enjoy. SERIOUSLY.


A screenshot of a chaotic scene shot from below of a girl being attacked by pillows and blankets. From the Japanese film 'House'. An animated gif of a scene from the Japanese film 'House' showing the severed head of a girl throwing up red water. A screenshot of a girl named Melody (played by Eriko Tanaka) holding up her hands in shock at the loss of her fingers. Orange comic book style shock lines surround her. From the Japanese film 'House'.

© 1977 - Toho