So I get my weekly newsletter from Facets, and it mentioned an upcoming Criterion release of a Japanese movie by the name of House. I had not previously heard of the movie, but was intrigued. I mean, with this cover, how could I not be.
Naturally, I leapt to the internet and looked up some information about it. And it sounds awesome! Goofy and surreal Japanese horror? Yes, please. And into the Netflix queue it went. Netflix, being the ever helpful program that it is, pops up a list of allegedly similar movies to check into. Some made sense based on what I had read – Evil Dead II, Watcher in the Woods, etc. – but then there was one movie. One that made me shudder and ponder what the hell Netflix is thinking. The movie? The 1978 Bee-Gees starring Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I mean, sure, it’s probably surreal and horrific to the average Beatles fan, and it is the same time frame. But I’m not really sure that they’re connected otherwise. Who knows? Maybe Peter Frampton was in Japan and made a guest appearance in House. I’ll have to wait until I get the DVD to find out for sure. All I know is, no matter what Netflix says, Sgt. Pepper is never going into my queue. Ever. I’m pretty sure even Christian would nix that idea for bad movie night (although he would highly approve of one of the other recommendations, Desperate Living).
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