I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 28 October 2016 on Netflix
     Watched 26 Dec 2016

Writer and Director: Osgood Perkins
Running Time: 1 Hour and 29 Minutes

Staring:  Ruth Wilson, Bob Balaban and Lucy Boynton

Rating? TV-14

SPOILERS? Not really enough to matter

REVIEWS

IMDB: 4.7 of 10

MY RATING: 3

STORYLINE

A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a hundred year old house.

MY REVIEW

This movie was a horrific letdown. There are definitely scenes that are utter gloriousness and the rest are not sod awesome. I was enamored by the first scene, the girl in the dress. She was like a painting, out of focus but obviously interesting.  As it stands, the idea, a sort of quiet horror of which I typically do have an affinity. But this was off. It was less than fear and more of a feeling of a heavy dread that never quite grabs a hold of the watcher. Very Gothic in feel.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• Oh, Oz Perkins, you tried. I have to give you that!
• The narration is, I think, the best part of the whole movie. It's present in the majority of the film and is more of a poem than a script. I appreciated the effort.
• Artistic masterpiece!

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Despite the artful cinematography, the story is shallow and never quite gets under your skin. It felt unfinished and to me, it seemed that the watcher would just have to fill in the dark spots for themselves. 

On a more personal note..... Super fun today! I went with a pink sweater, SUPER PINK, and a flower because.. F*~K CHRISTMAS! It's Hawaii somewhere! Then there's Jinx and Rocket hanging out on their new cat lounge!