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Films like House.

House (1977) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured horror / comedy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

City of Women (1980) poster
1. City of Women1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hausu (1977) poster
2. Hausu1977

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Coonskin (1975) poster
3. Coonskin1975

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Phantom of the Paradise (1974) poster
4. Phantom of the Paradise1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

The Milky Way (1969) poster
5. The Milky Way1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Heavy Traffic (1973) poster
6. Heavy Traffic1973

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Macunaíma (1969) poster
7. Macunaíma1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Basket Case (1982) poster
8. Basket Case1982

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Cleopatra (1970) poster
9. Cleopatra1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) poster
10. The Rocky Horror Picture Show1975

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) poster
11. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sweet Movie (1974) poster
12. Sweet Movie1974

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are House’s neighbours — where are yours?

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