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57% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 23% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Hired to care for a reclusive elderly author (Paula Prentiss), a live-in nurse (Ruth Wilson) comes to believe her house is haunted. Read More Read Less Watch on Netflix Stream Now

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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Blue Lenses Slow and determinedly poised ... I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House is ... an acquired taste, but its rejection of predictable ten-minute cyclic jump-scares [and] perkily inquisitive adolescents ... make it a quiet, unsettling delight. Aug 25, 2018 Full Review I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com An atmospheric take on the haunted house flick that works more with dread and the looming specter of death than the traditional tropes that often define the genre. Rated: 3/4 Oct 28, 2016 Full Review I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Rotten Tomatoes (3) A.A. Dowd AV Club Can a horror movie get by on nothing but atmosphere, on the the je ne sais quoi of its unsettling mood? I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House suggests that maybe it can. Rated: B+ Oct 27, 2016 Full Review I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Jordy Sirkin Jordy Reviews It Atmosphere in this film is superb, and there’s a great Gothic, moody presence throughout that I was certainly a fan of. Though, I felt it supported itself solely on that, with the tension never really riding a wave towards an effective result. Feb 22, 2023 Full Review I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House is the slowest of slow-burn ghost stories (featuring the return to cinema of the incomparable Paula Prentiss after ages) about a young woman working as a caregiver and attendant for a reclusive novelist. Sep 10, 2021 Full Review I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Caroline Madden Screen Queens Osgood Perkins certainly gives an odd cinematic flair to his images and uses his unique and impressive prose to shape interesting themes, but he ultimately fails his promising female leads. Dec 7, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Emilliano Jr S It was a slow burn horror for others but an extremely boring for me. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/25/24 Full Review Stuart R I saw potential in the horror and directing [the times the film actually chose to do something with it], but the film’s presentation [from a narrative standpoint] is just to its detriment. 🍀 Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/19/24 Full Review Vicious M Please don't watch it, you'll regret it. Boring, waste of time, bad acting, my head hurts from staring at nothing happening for eighty minutes. Some people say it's atmospheric, but it's not. It's not artsy, and people don't dislike it because they're used to fast paced movies. Slow paced movies can be great, but this was not. I kind of want to slap the director in the face. Uuuugh. My head hurts so bad. I don't even think people really liked this, I think they're lying, that's how bad it is. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/24 Full Review Vivien K Z I could not keep my eyes open. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/24 Full Review Chief B I really don't get the scores, good movies get bad ratings and bad movies get good ratings.. This is a scary movie and pretty original. The genre not but the take on it is original Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/03/24 Full Review Luis M. D Filmed almost entirely within one house, with very few dialogues and a very slow (painfully slow!) progression, this is NOT for the average viewer. Don't expect jump scares, final twists or revelations. The whole story is somehow encapsulated in the first statement "A house with a death in it …." The dark, atmospheric and claustrophobic setting is masterfully done and by the end of the movie there is even a cautionary tale. But I'm afraid that very few people would have the patience (and courage!) to get to that point. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/02/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Oz Perkins Director Ruth Wilson Lily Paula Prentiss Iris Blum Bob Balaban Mr. Waxcap Lucy Boynton Polly Brad Milne Actor
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Synopsis Hired to care for a reclusive elderly author (Paula Prentiss), a live-in nurse (Ruth Wilson) comes to believe her house is haunted.

Director
Oz Perkins

Producer
Rob Paris, Robert Menzies

Screenwriter
Oz Perkins

Production Co
Paris Film Productions, Zed Filmworks

Genre
Horror

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 28, 2016, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017

Runtime
1h 27m
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