I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

In the middle of life and death...

Directed by Osgood Perkins

Produced by Zed Filmworks, Go Insane Films

201689 min4.6 / 10

A slow-burn supernatural meditation on mortality, isolation, and the blurred boundary between the living and the dead, told through intimate domestic dread.

A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.

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  • Is I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 86% of films.

  • Does I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

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Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity84

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Surprise3

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Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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