Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, Japan 1977, 88 Min., OmeU
What do you get when you combine a haunted house, a killer piano, an evil cat demon, and Japanese schoolgirls on holiday in the countryside? HAUSU! Packed full of crude and outlandish practical effects, psychedelic animations, and weird camera, this cult horror masterpiece from auteur Nobuhiko Obayashi is so bizarre it essentially defines the avant garde. With over-the-top deaths, liters of gushing blood, and a set design littered with hazy haunted-house pop, this campy Japanese spectacle is not to miss!
The screening will be presented by Scott Clifford Evans (The Demoniacs, Murderkino), who will also premiere the teaser trailer for his upcoming full-length feature Night Shift.