Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- surreal
- grotesque
- late night viewing
- halloween programming
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Three distinct stories are connected by the same mysterious house rather than by a continuous protagonist.
The painstaking stop-motion animation emphasizes detailed interiors, strange bodies, and unsettling material textures.
Each segment turns the house and its inhabitants’ relationship to it into a source of emotional and psychological unease.
The anthology shifts between eerie, existential, playful, sadistic, and grounded storytelling styles while retaining a consistent stop-motion identity.
Films like The House, and why
Coraline
surreal stop-motion animation, dark humor, and unsettling domestic fantasy
Mad God
episodic surrealism, grotesque imagery, and psychologically charged fantasy
Isle of Dogs
stop-motion craft, uncanny storytelling, and melancholic dark comedy
Fantastic Planet
anthology structure, existential themes, and stylized animated unease
Movie Details
- Directors
- Paloma Baeza, Emma De Swaef, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Marc James Roels
- Release Date
- 2022-01-14
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (1175)
Cast
- Mia Goth
- Matthew Goode
- Claudie Blakley
- Eleanor De Swaef-Roels
- Mark Heap
- Stephanie Cole
- Miranda Richardson
- David Peacock
- Barnaby Pilling
- Jarvis Cocker
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The House about?
- Three unsettling stop-motion tales transform one mysterious house into a shifting fable of family, desire, and human unease.
- What is The House like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The House as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The House violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The House as mild.
- Which films are like The House?
- Films with a similar feel include Coraline, Mad God, Isle of Dogs, and Fantastic Planet.
- How long is The House?
- The House runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch The House?
- In United States, The House streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
