Netflix's The House Release Date, Cast, And Plot What We Know So Far

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One of these projects is a new animated series entitled "The House." This limited series is different in a couple different ways from Netflix's more successful ventures. The three-story anthology explores the many definitions of what a house can be using different tones and techniques. It also proves the vitality that this special kind of animation can bring to the screen. What I enjoyed about the anthology was that none of the stories dragged on unnecessarily, and limited themselves to a sharp 30 minutes runtime.

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Flash forward to a more contemporary era, and a walking, talking rat now owns the house in a populated area and has invested all his money (and more) into fixing it up in order to desperately try to sell it. Problem is, the house keeps presenting new problems, including an infestation of bugs. In yet another era, a cat is now landlord to the house, which sits alone in a flooded area. She has just two tenants left, neither of whom pay their rent, and only her dreams of trying to complete her home improvements before the entire place is washed away. The last chapter is rather dull, in spite of its beautiful foggy backdrop, chatty characters, and the predictive hopefulness in the plot.

The House ( Netflix Review: A Straightforward Stop-Motion Stunner with An Imaginative Horror Story

When the sisters finally reunite with their parents, they find Raymond and Penny turned into furniture—Raymond into a chair and Penny into curtains. Using the curtains to climb out a window while their parents burn alive, Mabel and Isobel escape before watching the smoking house from a distance as the sun rises. Judging by the trailer, the series appears to be one of the most disconcerting vehicles Netflix has put out there. Scheduled for three episodes, "The House" looks to be a refreshing change of pace from its live-action crowd-pleasers.

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The red wave in New York, as Cox sees it, was a mix of good politics from Republicans and poor politics from Democrats. “Jay Jacobs is not fit to serve as Chair of the State Democratic Party,” read the letter, but Jacobs ultimately survived the calls for his ouster and told USA TODAY he plans to dig his way back through 2024. Whether you're a fan of stop-motion animation or just looking for something deeply, alluringly weird, The House will feel like home. The sheer labor alone involved — meticulously assembling and then moving puppetry ligatures frame-by-frame to replicate movement more easily achieved on paper or inside a computer — is mind-boggling.

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However, the vivid imagination of the animation feels like a straight inspiration from the wild side of Tim Burton (in terms of lighting and costumes) and Wes Anderson’s rich-life characters from Fantastic Mr. Fox, still makes things interesting. The family is quickly seduced by the extravagant amenities—the food that appears on massive dining room table, the electricity that provides full illumination. But young daughter Mabel (Mia Goth) has more trepidation, as she starts to witness the stranger aspects of its construction, like the zombified workers, who toil in the darkness, and suddenly take away the staircase at night. Things get even stranger, and more visually striking, when the parents are gifted clothes that look a lot like pieces to an ornate couch.

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Husband and wife are so enchanted by their new possessions—a magnificent fireplace, electric light bulbs, fine fabrics—they completely ignore their two children, Mabel (voiced by Mia Goth) and the baby Isobel. I won’t spoil the story’s ending, but it comes with a macabre, Edgar Allen Poe-esque twist to ensure they pay for their sins. All the while, you get caught up in the world, but you’ll be reminded of the artistic achievement with wide shots that reveal an elaborate diorama, like a scene where Raymond watches from the window while his old home is torn down. It’s moments like these where you’ll marvel at the sheer creation of it all, a story created not just with words but physical objects. Every so often while watching The House, a new stop-motion film on Netflix, I would remember that every single frame had been meticulously set up and photographed, and my mind would be blown all over again.

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As far as the combination of stop-motion animation and the horror genre is concerned, there are very few examples of original stories that use the scope of the genre to its full force. The House features original stories that stand out just on the grounds of how wild and weird the world created becomes. However, this special by Netflix completely stunned me, and I wish more creative stories are brought to the platform. Overall, the stories in The House feel connected to one another due to the presence of the house itself.

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Jean-Pierre’s predecessor, Jen Psaki, was press secretary for one week shy of 16 months before leaving to take a job as a host and analyst at MSNBC. As the 2024 election nears and national Democrats step into the Empire State, Jacobs disputed accounts the moves are a sign of a lack of confidence in him as a leader. Instead, Jacobs said, his party is working in tandem with national groups, and the initiatives were a long time coming for New York Democrats, who have long needed the resources after being overlooked. House has yet to consider the bill that would permanently extend daylight saving time from just eight months to the entire year. "I've heard from numerous constituents, parents and business owners over the course of my legislative service that there is a strong desire to stop this twice yearly time change," West said in a statement.

The only catch, that they are aware of at least, is that they must give up their current home. Raymond jumps the opportunity as a means of status, to have the nicest house in the area, and make others jealous. On the day of the viewing, the guests are unimpressed by the house, but a strangely proportioned couple remains, expressing a strong interest in buying the house. Over the next few days, the odd couple remain firmly settled in the house, the bugs return in force, and the bank keeps demanding repayment of the developer's business loan.

The two that remain, Elias (voiced by Will Sharpe) and Jen (voiced by Helena Bonham Carter), know that they too must move on soon, as the water will fill the house within a matter of days. She blithely continues to re-paper walls and fix floorboards, stubbornly sticking her life plan, despite the fact that a catastrophe has clearly uprooted it. Though lacking the dark and gruesome imagery of the first two stories, it was this one that hit me the hardest, as I and so many of my friends have put our lives on hold indefinitely for the pandemic, again. I can only hope that, like Rosa and her beautiful home, we can find a way to sail into the flood. The House is a 2022 British stop-motion animated anthology film written by Enda Walsh and telling different stories forming a trilogy spanning different worlds and characters but set inside the same house.

The second episode takes place during the present day and is directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr. The last episode is directed by Paloma Baeza, and it looks to take place during an end-times scenario. With the stop-motion animation, the characters are also followed by creepy happenstances and disturbing imagery. Despite the various circumstances and timelines, in each story the house represents a kind of lifeline for the characters. It’s a chance for a family to inspire jealousy, for a mouse to pull himself out of the crushing weight of debt, and for a cat to slowly build the home of her dreams. What’s most interesting about The House is how each story offers a different riff on this theme.

While each of the stories had a different vibe and uniqueness to it, the themes it explores make them independent. These segments explore themes of blindness due to greed, existential dread, detachment issues due to unfulfilled desires, in a pretty authentic manner. The city has been devasted by the floods and the residents who happen to be cats have left the place for good. As the protagonist loses his grip on reality, the story reaches its heights of darkness with the use of grotesque animation that includes creepy-looking bugs and roaches. It is a standalone animation story in the anthology because of its impressive detailing and eccentricity. Soon the architect of the house starts making random changes to the new abode and surprises the parents with matching outfits that would go well with the décor of the house.