The House

1983·Movie
1h 41min
65
GoodGoodWatch score

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About

A young couple moves into an old house. She teaches deaf children, he is a musician, working on his own compositions. Their separate worlds, one silent, the other full of sounds, create a vivid pattern of contrasts, which affect their emotional lives and their living together. From the time they move into the house, they are strangely aware of something odd, especially she, while he concentrates more and more upon his work. A series of incidents adds to her growing uneasiness about the house. Its past seems to creep in on her. She feels as if some tragedy must have befallen the people that lived there before, but when she starts asking around she gets few answers. There is something about the house that seems to be on the verge of overpowering her - something that in an unexpected way is related to her origins and permanently affects her life and destiny.
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Questions about The House

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Is The House worth watching?

65
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 65/100 (IMDb 6 and Metacritic 80). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

How long is The House?

1 h 41 min

The House runs 1 h 41 min.

Do critics and audiences agree on The House?

Critics80
Audiences53

Not quite. Critics rate The House higher (80) than audiences (53). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.

What language is The House in?

Icelandic

It was made in Icelandic. Produced in Iceland.

What tropes does The House use?

Anti-HeroAsshole VictimBitch in Sheep's ClothingCorrupt BureaucratDeadpan SnarkerDisproportionate RetributionDirty CopNames to Run Away from Really FastFingore"Eureka!" MomentLaser-Guided KarmaScrew the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!and 2 more

TV Tropes lists 14 storytelling tropes for The House, including Anti-Hero, Asshole Victim, Bitch in Sheep's Clothing.

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