I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Released Oct 28, 2016

1h 27m

Horror

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Hired to care for a reclusive elderly author (Paula Prentiss), a live-in nurse (Ruth Wilson) comes to believe her house is haunted.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

The Blue Lenses

Slow and determinedly poised ... I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House is ... an acquired taste, but its rejection of predictable ten-minute cyclic jump-scares [and] perkily inquisitive adolescents ... make it a quiet, unsettling delight.

Aug 25, 2018

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

An atmospheric take on the haunted house flick that works more with dread and the looming specter of death than the traditional tropes that often define the genre.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 28, 2016

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A.A. Dowd

AV Club

Can a horror movie get by on nothing but atmosphere, on the the je ne sais quoi of its unsettling mood? I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House suggests that maybe it can.

Rated: B+

Oct 27, 2016

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

It's an ethereal, dreamlike, malleable movie, almost in the experimental vein, unconcerned with a linear explanation of events. Ghosts are in charge here.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 12, 2024

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

Atmosphere in this film is superb, and there’s a great Gothic, moody presence throughout that I was certainly a fan of. Though, I felt it supported itself solely on that, with the tension never really riding a wave towards an effective result.

Feb 22, 2023

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House is the slowest of slow-burn ghost stories (featuring the return to cinema of the incomparable Paula Prentiss after ages) about a young woman working as a caregiver and attendant for a reclusive novelist.

Sep 10, 2021

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Jay A

I hate myself for watching this through. Conceptualism art, not scary at all. Everyone that had a part in making this movie should be ashamed. Ashamed that they think that their lives are the only thing that matters, and that everything they do and touch is better than you. Narcissistic crap.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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Liv L

SPOILERS!!! Giving it half a star is being too generous. If I could give this zero stars I would. Genuinely the worst film I have EVER watched, absolutely no plot. I. AM. RAGING. Spent the whole time waiting for anything to happen and any hint of a plot. The main character did everything in slow mo. Why was polly walking around in a blindfold? Why did she murder Lily? What was with the book? Why did the flowers speak to Lily? Why did Mrs Blum die? I’m left with so many unanswered questions. Please don’t waste your time watching this. I’m not one to write a review but after the 1 hour 30 min torture I’ve just been through, I had to make an account and save you all wasting your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Len J

My wife and I agree that this is almost the worst movie that we have ever watched. There was just one other that is worse than this one but we cannot recall the name of it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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Christian C

This is genuinely the most abysmal piece of cinema I have ever seen in my life. Slow burn media only works when there is metered structure to it and when it has SOME sort of payoff. This movie makes absolutely no sense. There is no tension, no cohesive storytelling, no good scares, no thematic implications whatsoever. Staring at my wall was more entertaining at points. You might as well watch paint dry for 80 minutes; this movie has nothing to say and veils it all behind dramatically delivering the occasional line that in actuality has no substance. If I could write 0 out of 5 stars I would. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING I have ever seen tops this in terms of terrible moviemaking. Maybe you'll get a chuckle out of a bad b movie, this one will leave you wanting nothing more than to tear your eyes out from sheer boredom.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/18/24

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Vito P

Oz Perkins' Gothic is characterised by a truly haunting atmosphere, in which visual and acoustic elements play an essential role and leave that feeling of unease that only great horror films can convey.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/05/24

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Justin S

I like slow burn movies, BUT this movie was WAAAY TOO SLOW. You have been warned.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/26/24

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Synopsis

Hired to care for a reclusive elderly author (Paula Prentiss), a live-in nurse (Ruth Wilson) comes to believe her house is haunted.

Director: Oz Perkins
Producer: Rob Paris, Robert Menzies
Screenwriter: Oz Perkins
Production Co: Paris Film Productions, Zed Filmworks
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 28, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 27m

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