Nobuhiko Obayashi’s best-known film internationally is this bonkers haunted house tale based on the fantasies and fears of his pre-teen daughter. A gaggle of teenage friends go on an innocent trip to a country house only to discover it populated by all manner of evil spirits… and one particularly bloodthirsty piano. Weird, wild, and uncategorizable, HAUSU is a justifiably revered cult classic and hopefully a gateway to further encounters with Obayashi’s distinctly bent sense of cinema. 

“Delirious, deranged, gonzo or just gone, baby, gone – no single adjective or even a pileup does justice to House.” – Manohla Dargis, New York Times