Chicago premiere! Since first being unleashed on unsuspecting American cinephiles last summer, House, the 1977 Japanese haunted-house movie, has erupted into a cult phenomenon whose utterly uncategorizable mixture of Grand Guignol, kiddie TV, psychedelia, and softcore nymphetphilia has had critics grasping for comparisons, including "An episode of Scooby Doo as directed by Dario Argento," "Ringu on Pixy Stix-fueled hug-a-thon," and "Sid and Marty Krofft meet Salvador Dalí."
