Hausu

Hausu.
I don't even know where to begin.
Well, let's start with the obvious. Hausu is a Japanese horror flick made in good ol' 1977. The acting is bad and the special effects are worse than bad. And that's why it's great.
There's something about hte incredibly bad... badness of this movie that makes it incredibly enjoyable. Somehow... the movie uses all of its bad effects to maximum potential and, through that, becomes something amazing. And I'm not saying this because of my usual fondness of b-movies, Hausu is a delicious romp through wtf that's done with such old effects and cheesy characters that you almost can't help but love it. Something about Hausu just makes you keep watching.

Hausu is the story of seven girls who go to a house and get eaten. The girls all have very "Snow White and the Seven Dwarf"-esque names. Sweet is sweet. Fanta has fantasies. Kung Fu is good at kung fu. The story really isn't too important, or maybe it is, (we may be dealing with metaphor here, it is Japan after all). Regardless of whether there is metaphor, (again, I don't know! I'm just covering my bases here. I honestly just don't. know.) there is still a lot to enjoy.
This movie is crazy.
There is something about it that's so... bizarre. From a horror film fan perspective... it almost feels ahead of its time. It feels reverrent, like it is an homage to 80's horror flicks... but it's made in the 1977's. Beyond that, though, it feels unique in its own right. There are few films like Hausu.

Around the time the first appendage begins floating you realize... oh balls, this is hilarious. The climactic finish is, just... wow. This movie is crazy and hilarious. I don't know if in 1977 it was actually unnerving, but I seriously doubt it. Hausu exists in the Twilight Zone, parodying and going beyond a film genre before the film genre really even existed.

Ever since the Bourne Trilogy, everybody has been copying the shaky-parcours-cam. That's great, I love that cam, it's a good cam. But, I just don't understand why no one has also picked up the Hausu crazy cam. Because that crazy cam is crazy. We need more films with that crazy cam.

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Should you watch Hausu?
Hell. Yes.
Watch it with a bunch of people. If they do not enjoy Hausu, then you should not be friends with them. Simple. as. that.
Don't worry! It isn't scary! If you can handle Michael Jackson's Thriller video then you can handle Hausu.
Hausu's bad effects and acting are executed so superbly that it's good. It parodies something that didn't exist at the time of its creation. It's just... hilarious.