Thanks a lot !

Never heard of this before ...

Pc is right this film doesn't have your typical straight forward plot that gets resolved by the end of the film. which is kinda why i liked it. The films distorts time & relies more on imagery an confusion rather than language and plot to scare with. it confuses on purpose to give the audience the same emotional response the characters r dealing with. I thought it was great and fit the 3 stories by HPL together in a very unique and unforgettable way which otherwise imo wouldn't have stood up on film by themselves. Although the films conclusion could be considered ambiguous i still felt that the time & characters trapped inside the house fit together well and created not only a unique original plot from the 3 stories but a great BadTRIP. This film imo was wise to step away from the typical good vs evil , protagonist vs antagonist resolutions we are all so used to. & imo the haunted house genre lended itself quite well to the directors design choices Espically the above mentioned narrative

although I agree it would of been better if the actors would have just spoken italian rather than struggle w/ english.

I understood that, I wasn't sure if it was intentional or not though, the dialogue is appalling (not the script (I don't think, I couldn't understand most of it)), the different time periods are not differenciated on screen so therefore the only time period you KNOW to be different is the present, which renders the other 2 story lines far more confusing than they should be. Add to that the fact that for me, the accents were so strong as to render the dialogue incomprehensible, the stories had to rely on the (albeit beautiful) visuals to carry it, which whilst they obviously looked nice, gave no indication to what was actually happening beneath the surface.

I'm happy with films that intentionally confuse / distort the plot / story / happenings (ala Mulholland drive, Ereserhead etc.) however, I personally don't think the film was strong enough to get away with it.

If its sole intention was to make you feel as scared and disoriented as the protagonists then it fails dismally by failing to provide characters I care about enough to worry about what will happen to them.

There are some terrible inconsistancies as well, I'm beginning to think that it wasn't that I didn't understand it so much as there is nothing to understand, my fault partially for thinking the film was deeper than it actually is.

I'm not sure if I'd call the scenes with the researcher and his girl the present

if I had to choose a protagonist and an antagonist
id say that the house was the protagonist and the evil inhabiting it was the antagonist. the characters were pretty much powerless monkeys that just kinda got caught up in the conflict, except the chic with the violin none of the characters the evil chose stood a chance and i think even she knew she couldnt leave. and it also seemed like the evil in the house was selective in choosing who it'd invited to stay.

the researcher who could of been the same character as the innocent boy who maybe once got away - or not
the musician & the writer
the scientist and his girl

its almost like the story was told from the houses point of view rather than the characters

Ohh wow this is way to deep for me. I got a headache reading that lot ... At least I will know what the movie is about when I watch it


Give me gore.

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Avoided this after PCA's comments coz emule queue is overflowing, and didn'y fancy it anyweay.

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Gotta see what your all on about!

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Anyone managed to find a cover scan for this (excellent) movie ??

I won't be able to see the movie anytime soon, but I have read the short story its based on.
this is nothing but the story in a nutshell... so those of you who havn't seen the movie or read the book, don't read anymore and get the damn book/movie!

I can only assume that the three different eras are when the main character is telling the history of the house.
The house was build upon two graveyards. One, the graves were removed. The other, was of a family that had been stoned to death because they were accused of being witches. Turns out (through our protagonist's research) that the one son of that family had been known to act very strangely, and perform rituals of the sorts. The normal church graveyard had the bodies moved to another location, but the strange family's graves remained under the house.
The family that built a house on top of that site all had misfortunate deaths. All the babies were stillborn and everyone seemed to die from lack of strength or from feebleness. The last remaining son (except the servants) left the house to join the military. Despite his weak figure, they accepted him and he gradually regained his health (ironic right?). His mother went insane, yada yada yada.
The movie may tell of prior people living in the house to fill time. But the real juice is when the main character and his uncle go to inspect the house at night.
(sorry i can't remember the main character's name at the moment, so i'll just call him "our hero")
Our hero goes into the cellar one day, despite the smell, and finds that strange yellowish dust that looks like a human figure... but this time, it gets up and movies toward the chimney. Obviously started beyond comprehension (the last time he saw it was when he was a kid, then he didn't think much of it) he raced back to tell his uncle.
They sit in the cellar with their "weapons" and camp out, each deciding to take a nap in 2 hour intervals. The first to sleep is the uncle, he dreams of the family that was stoned and each family member seemed to come through him (almost like he was being possessed) when he spoke the French. He woke up with a feeling of being choked.
Then it was our hero's turn to sleep. He dreamed of the same family and his feelings were described a bit more. He woke up to a scream. His uncle was literally melting (sorry I’m slaughtering the imagery) with his face being contorted in the image of the past family that was stoned (he recognized from his dream). After seeing his screaming uncle melt into a greasy puddle on the floor, he turns to face this "vampire".
The vampire, from what I can remember, has the yellowish dusty shape of a body (his body isn't very solid) but his head is that of an insect, with hundreds of eyes accompanied with large fangs.
He runs out pissing and shitting his pants (but not really) and goes home to try to sleep. He doesn't. Comes back (durring the day, like a smart hero should) with a shovel and some acid. Diggs until he hits something softer than dirt. He digs more until he uncovers something jellylike that looks like an enormous elbow (best part of the book). He then dumps the barrels of acid onto of this until it’s gone. Happy ending?

That’s basically the story from the book.
I can understand when movies try to be surreal, they leave out a lot of details.
I can understand confusion among the timelines when he tells the past residents of the house.
The main people are the family that died much before the house was built.
The son was the vampire.

I really hope this helps you in your understanding,
if not, I’ll be glad to answer anymore questions you have.
(sorry I haven’t seen the movie, I can’t download anything for a long time)