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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

  • 2016
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
15K
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Lucy Boynton in I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
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A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.

  • Director
    • Oz Perkins
  • Writer
    • Oz Perkins
  • Stars
    • Ruth Wilson
    • Paula Prentiss
    • Bob Balaban
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Oz Perkins
    • Writer
      • Oz Perkins
    • Stars
      • Ruth Wilson
      • Paula Prentiss
      • Bob Balaban
    • 334User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Ruth Wilson
    Ruth Wilson
    • Lily
    Paula Prentiss
    Paula Prentiss
    • Iris Blum
    Bob Balaban
    Bob Balaban
    • Mr. Waxcap
    Lucy Boynton
    Lucy Boynton
    • Polly
    Brad Milne
    Brad Milne
    • Groom
    Daniel Chichagov
    Daniel Chichagov
    • Mr. Darling
    Erin Boyes
    Erin Boyes
    • Young Iris
    James Perkins
    • John
    Beatrix Perkins
    • Wendy
    Mellanie Hubert
    Mellanie Hubert
    • Scarlett Roth
    • (as Melanie Hubert)
    • Director
      • Oz Perkins
    • Writer
      • Oz Perkins
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    • Trivia
      Director Oz Perkins includes a few nods to his late father, actor and singer Anthony Perkins, in this film. For example, he includes the song "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song," which is performed by Anthony. Another is a clip from the film "Friendly Persuasion," which starred Anthony.
    • Goofs
      The narrative of the story says the young bride was brought to the house her husband built for her in 1812, but the dress and hairstyle she is wearing, as a ghost, is from the period of the 1850s to the 1860s. Since she was murdered soon after moving into the house, the dress and hairstyle do not match her backstory.
    • Quotes

      Lily: I have heard myself say that a house with a death in it can never again be bought or sold by the living. It can only be borrowed from the ghosts that have stayed behind. To go back and forth, letting out and gathering back in again. Worrying over the floors in confused circles. Tending to their deaths like patchy, withered gardens. They have stayed to look back for a glimpse of the very last moments of their lives. But the memories of their own deaths are faces on the wrong side of wet windows, smeared by rain. Impossible to properly see. There is nothing that chains them to the places where their bodies have fallen. They are free to go, but still they confine themselves, held in place by their looking. For those who have stayed, their prison is their never seeing. And left all alone, this is how they rot.

    • Connections
      Features Friendly Persuasion (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
      Written by Irving Berlin

      Performed by Anthony Perkins and Urbie Green & His Orchestra

      Courtesy of RCA Records

    User reviews334

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    5/10
    Missed opportunity, this could have been gripping.
    Gothic horror is such a dismally overlooked genre, so many fascinating concepts to draw in, many many tales, so when one comes along, such as this, my curiosity and anticipation were high. Definitely positives can be taken, it is beautifully told, Ruth Wilson is a superb actress and story teller. The production values are strong, the story intriguing, but, those strong elements are somehow given a disservice by the execution, the delivery is meant to be slow deliberately, but is done in a way that makes the film boring, annoyingly it never seems to come to life, and the ending is woefully inadequate. Maybe my expectations were too high, this was disappointing. 5/10
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    • Release date
      • October 28, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ngôi Nhà Bí Ẩn
    • Filming locations
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Paris Film
      • Zed Filmworks
      • Go Insane Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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