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His House Netflix. wtf?

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ballsdeep · 02/11/2020 23:00

I have just watched His House. Has anyone seen it? I don't know what I've just sat through!
Pile of rubbish or brilliant?

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ZoeTurtle · 02/11/2020 23:02

I thought it was fantastic. Brilliant acting, poignant, works on many levels. And some good creepy scenes as a bonus.

shas19 · 02/11/2020 23:02

Really enjoyed it!

DangerMouse17 · 02/11/2020 23:34

I loved it!

Sweettea1 · 02/11/2020 23:50

Watched first 15mins an turned it of seem rubbish from the start.

AJGranny · 02/11/2020 23:51

I managed half an hour. Does it get scarier?

Thickhead · 03/11/2020 00:16

It was brilliant. I thought the acting was superb and it was a totally different set up to any horror film I've seen, the scenes in South Sudan in particular were wonderful.
I thought it was quite incredible how the film made the British characters, and the setting, seem totally disorientating and alien. So cold and harsh. Even to me, as a Brit.
And I cried at the bus scene.
The scene with the 'apeth' at the end was a bit silly, but all horror films lose me a bit in their endings. The creepiness is punctured as soon as the monster is revealed. But the very end was superb. And really moving.

Clevererthanyou · 03/11/2020 00:17

Will someone be kind enough to tell me what happened in the Ed as I have up 45 or so minutes in 🤔

dancinfeet · 03/11/2020 08:39

I understood the apeth to be a figment of imagination caused by the terrible things they had witnessed before and during their journey - that both of them were suffering from ptsd and that the whole story was about this. How we treat asylum seekers when they arrive in this country, the characters in the film needed counselling and psychiatric help for their trauma, instead they got lack of understanding and the most basic of help. Eventually over time they start to process the trumatic events to some degree, accept what has happened has happened and realise that although they can't change the past they can learn to live with it in order to move forward with their lives. From my perception, the whole story was about ptsd, which is why the apeth scenes were a little bit daft in places- it was meant to be, because we were meant to be reminded that it was all in their heads, but at the same time very very real to the characters. I may be wrong, but this is how I got the story!

MilesJuppIsMyBitch · 03/11/2020 08:45

The apeth was supposed to be a manifestation of their trauma.

I was blown away by it: best thing I've watched for a long time.

AliceAforethought · 03/11/2020 08:49

@dancinfeet

I understood the apeth to be a figment of imagination caused by the terrible things they had witnessed before and during their journey - that both of them were suffering from ptsd and that the whole story was about this. How we treat asylum seekers when they arrive in this country, the characters in the film needed counselling and psychiatric help for their trauma, instead they got lack of understanding and the most basic of help. Eventually over time they start to process the trumatic events to some degree, accept what has happened has happened and realise that although they can't change the past they can learn to live with it in order to move forward with their lives. From my perception, the whole story was about ptsd, which is why the apeth scenes were a little bit daft in places- it was meant to be, because we were meant to be reminded that it was all in their heads, but at the same time very very real to the characters. I may be wrong, but this is how I got the story!
Precisely. This film wasn't about the boogeyman, it was about processing trauma and guilt: guilt that they survived, guilt that they "stole" a child and she died. Also the alien, stark unwelcome unpleasantness of their new surroundings.

I thought it was excellent.

Thickhead · 03/11/2020 09:02

@dancinfeet

I understood the apeth to be a figment of imagination caused by the terrible things they had witnessed before and during their journey - that both of them were suffering from ptsd and that the whole story was about this. How we treat asylum seekers when they arrive in this country, the characters in the film needed counselling and psychiatric help for their trauma, instead they got lack of understanding and the most basic of help. Eventually over time they start to process the trumatic events to some degree, accept what has happened has happened and realise that although they can't change the past they can learn to live with it in order to move forward with their lives. From my perception, the whole story was about ptsd, which is why the apeth scenes were a little bit daft in places- it was meant to be, because we were meant to be reminded that it was all in their heads, but at the same time very very real to the characters. I may be wrong, but this is how I got the story!
Yes, I understood that. But the climactic scene with it still lost me a little. Special effects monsters always do, I can't help it.
Thickhead · 03/11/2020 09:05

@MilesJuppIsMyBitch

The apeth was supposed to be a manifestation of their trauma.

I was blown away by it: best thing I've watched for a long time.

Sorry, by saying the film lost me a bit when the monster was revealed I meant in the sense of a special effects monster always pulls me out of the narrative. Not that I didn't get what it was meant to represent.
79Beastie · 03/11/2020 09:10

I watched this a couple of nights ago. Watched the first 15 mins and was going to switch off. I'm so glad I didn't as it was a brilliant film.

ZoeTurtle · 03/11/2020 11:17

Yes, I understood that. But the climactic scene with it still lost me a little. Special effects monsters always do, I can't help it.

Usually I agree, but I thought the aleph was really well done.

bbc1234 · 03/11/2020 11:18

@ballsdeep

I have just watched His House. Has anyone seen it? I don't know what I've just sat through! Pile of rubbish or brilliant?
Loved it!
Dinosaur01 · 03/11/2020 11:44

Absolutely rubbish and not scary at all!

Mauhea · 03/11/2020 11:53

I thought it was absolutely fantastic - best horror I've seen in a while. The shots of dark corners and doorways over the shoulder had me peeking out from behind my cushion Grin Was not expecting the twist with the daughter at all. Definitely felt the theme of processing and living with trauma.

AryaStarkWolf · 03/11/2020 11:59

I thought it was fantastic, it was really hard hitting and an unusual yet effective way to deal with PTSD I think

AryaStarkWolf · 03/11/2020 12:01

@Dinosaur01

Absolutely rubbish and not scary at all!
I'm not sure how much of a traditional horror it was supposed to be actually. I think the witch and ghosts weren't there really, it was the couple's manifestation of their past and guilt they carried with them
Meruem · 03/11/2020 12:02

I feel maybe it was wrong to bill it as a “horror” although not sure how you would describe it! People are expecting one thing when actually, as pp’s have said, it was about trauma and guilt. I also took it that the “haunting” was ptsd and not only the stealing of the child, but her subsequently dying. The scene where she and her mum were screaming for each other really got to me. The bleakness of the council estate also added a sinister atmosphere. I liked it and I normally can’t stand “supernatural” films. I also liked the little moments, like when the husband wants his wife to use a fork and she says all she can taste is the metal. It struck me that we don’t think about simple things like this.

ZoeTurtle · 03/11/2020 12:17

Horror doesn't mean ghosts and ghouls, it just means the primarily feeling the film (or book) invokes is fear and dread. His House is definitely a horror IMO... just one a bit deeper than your average slasher flick.

KitMarlowesCodpieceOfthigh · 03/11/2020 12:20

I loved it. It was a bit like the Babadook with the manifestations of grief and trauma. And it did a really good job of making you see their isolation and struggle in their new home.

FastFood · 03/11/2020 12:29

I found it amazing and heartbreaking. I rarely cry watching a horror movie but I did with this one.
And the acting is brilliant.
It's about processing PTSD and guilt, not the usual haunted house (that I love too though)

MilesJuppIsMyBitch · 03/11/2020 19:10

@Meruem

I feel maybe it was wrong to bill it as a “horror” although not sure how you would describe it! People are expecting one thing when actually, as pp’s have said, it was about trauma and guilt. I also took it that the “haunting” was ptsd and not only the stealing of the child, but her subsequently dying. The scene where she and her mum were screaming for each other really got to me. The bleakness of the council estate also added a sinister atmosphere. I liked it and I normally can’t stand “supernatural” films. I also liked the little moments, like when the husband wants his wife to use a fork and she says all she can taste is the metal. It struck me that we don’t think about simple things like this.
I do agree, but they'll have pitched it as horror as that's a much easier sell than 'refugee PTSD movie'.
Sparklesocks · 03/11/2020 19:13

I thought it was great!

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