I think 1 make a good horror story but I prefered 3 the most mainly cos it wasn't as creepy as the other two. The second story was just plained weird and I felt bad for the mouse at the end eventhought he was abit of a conned and greedy!
The second part was so uncomfortable for me, i can't express exactly how i feel about it. It took me a while to realise that the mices that refused to leave looked exactly like those bugs. Just like you mentioned, the simple words about them liking the house felt more and more creepy as they kept saying it, and the main character following them without a word just made me feel really sad for him However the first part was so good that i wished we had more of it!
and when the developer comes back home and the guests’ extended family had extra limbs like bugs was so unpleasant and made me so uncomfortable. i love it. the first one was my absolute favourite tho.
It also took me long to realize those two mice have same body shape as bugs. I think it occured to me when bugs started doing choreography on ceiling. And i also felt *really* bad for Developer during basically whole story. He just couldnt catch a break :
2nd gave me the heebie-jeebies. Isobel was awesome. From gibberish, cooing and simple baby noises to learning to speak by the end of the first story. Talk about character development lol. 3rd story was less engaging but still graphically pleasing. Would love to know what's the reason behind the changing of species through out the years though.
I think, genuinely, the first part establishes a past for the house, driven by human greed and materialistic desires. The second part only makes sense with the house filled with vermin. The main character is a rat, and he's trying to drive away bugs who won't leave. The third hit me in the head the second time I watched it: the house is flooding, and cats don't like water.
@@bangtwitterandtwicetagram830 Oh, the Ghibli comparison is definitely interesting. It sure as hell felt like a more adventurous episode than the previous ones
Kinda unpopular opinion but i didnt like happy ending lmao. I feel like its not fair towards other protagonists ngl Raymond and his wife were turned into furniture and then burned alive Mabel and Isobel were left all alone and obv traumatized Developer went insane and continued living in ruined house with all those mouse/bug hybrids And then u have Rosa who sailed away with house and her friends.... like cmon??
My favorite story was definitely the third one. It actually made me cry. When Elias left, I started tearing up. Especially when he gave Rosa some drawings and 'rent'. When the memories started flashing in the fog, I was crying. I'm glad it had a happy ending unlike the others. The others just creeped me out, or made me uncomfortable. All the chapters were super interesting and great, but I have to say, I liked Chapter 3 the most.
The first one is the most memorable to me. Something about the house just expanding and becoming this labyrinth is just so unnerving to me, its actually a nightmare i used to have.
I love how everyone have a different interpretation of the stories, and different reactions to them. For me the 3rd storie was incredibly hard hitting, it's the less drammatic in theory but I saw myself in the landlady so much that I couldn't stop crying, she saw the house as her dream, her "destiny" but it was dragging her down and she had to realise that there was another way. As someone who had to make big changes in her life and had to let go of her dream because it was fiscally Nd mentally hurting me this was great.
The rat's delusion with the dentist was a parallel to the house. They had deep problems in their head that was being papered over with cheerful banter and lies like how they did up the house to make it look expensive when its walls were full of bugs.
Act I was the best to me. I especially took note when the father snapped at his daughter for not being impressed with her parents new outfits. She clearly appreciated the loving environment of their former home. As for Act III- I don't think that naming the character Cosmos and learning to let go after letting Cosmos aka the Universe aka Love in was coincidental. In the 3rd act, we see the love of what matters- family (biological or surrogate) help break the curse of the house aka materialism. Thus bringing the story full circle.
It seems like so many ppl understood the theme of the first one better then the rest, while I understood and related more to the last two but couldn't make sense of the first one until I read the comments
I didn,t pay attention to the start of the 3rd so I didn,t know about the flood until the end, I though Rosa was the only normal person there, then I realized why everybody left the house and why Elias asked if they still have to pay rent. Makes me cry every time
Idk why but I just loooove the first story and loooooove the part and the way they say " where's the stairs? " And the butler says " there aren't any stairs " and cried I just love the way they say it it's iconic
I liked the first story, it was insane and so creepy and left you feeling unsettled. The second I was just confused with what even was happening.? While the third one I felt more like Rosa was in fact dead and had drowned in the flood. It could explain why she doesn't want to talk about it. Everyone who had lived in the house moved on or was ready to move on to the afterlife.. In fact I felt that the place where she was, was like the in between life and death, like a purgatory.. I felt that it was about dying and letting go and moving on to the afterlife? Cause that's what it felt like to me that where she was, wasn't real and everyone who was there also wasn't alive and unable to move on to whatever waited them in the afterlife. I felt that she was trapped in the house, so her friends she had were there to help her move on, or trying to help her leave, by making the house into a boat she was finally able to let go and find out what's waiting for her.
@@WarriorsAce It kind of hit me when I was watching it and that was my thought with the third story. There are hints and these weird things that they say in the movie. Like "You can't stay" and when Jen (I think was her name) says "Don't be afraid" and she sees herself alone in the house, another point she asks the house to let her go.
Yeah, I think I'd agree with these rankings, though I could go back and forth on 1 and 2 given my mood. While the first is such a sublime creepy example of gothic horror, the thing I love about the 2nd is how both funny and surreal it is. Even the unsettling creepy elements are often really funny at the same time which is pretty impressive. The third, while really lovely, felt like it belonged in a different anthology. I didn't dislike it per se but it had none of the creepiness of the other two.
i think people really tend to undervalue the third episode, as it had a storyline as easy to follow and understand as the others if not moreso. and maybe because of my bias towards cats, but i also found Rosa to be a character i can understand and empathize with more easily than any of the others. the lack of horror aspects within her story made room for what i felt was a deeper emotional focus on something that didn't need to be creepy to be scary necessarily.
It was the simplest, least ‘scary’ and got the point across the best. To me, those are all the hallmarks of a good story. But many people give lower scores to less complicated narratives. The others were way more abstract, sure. As a result, they’re also more open to interpretation besides ‘materialism bad’ and ‘it’s probably about mental health, maybe?’ Those are not as interesting, as clear or captivating as the emotional massage of the last. I appreciate when a film knows the story that it wants to tell, and simply tells that story. That’s what story 3 did the best for me. And it was cathartic as hell. Anybody can write a bad ending, but writing a story with 4 characters in 30m with a cathartic ending? Difficult… But it managed to do so very well imho.
My favorite episode was the second one. I liked how it was set in present-day, but was also so eerie. I LOVED when the mice became mouse-beetle hybrids at the end, so creepy! And the music was perfect for that ending it was so cool. It also helped me realize that the 2 elderly mice are shaped like the 2 varieties of beetles he had tried to get rid of throughout the whole episode. Also, learning that the person he had been talking to was his male dentist was such a cool plot twist. ALSOOO loved the parallel of the name "Isobel" for the baby mouse. the first episode was also incredible, but I think the third one was kinda weak.
He should have been talking a lawyer, not a dentist. A dentist has absolutely nothing to do with a house, but a lawyer does. Nobody would call a dentist “darling” or “sweetheart”.
I love the last one, however I do agree that it isn't the best and I love it cause I was more soft and a nice ending to the story. And I love cats so like, yeah
Rosa story is more of a melancholic tone, She refused to leave and move on and it was sad when she saw Elias' drawings and when Jen left as the fog crawls in. It hits me, as being alone irl
I loved the second one. For some reason the psychological horror for me was that bugs were pretending to be mice, this is so similar to how leeches in real life pretend to be proper human beings, and they gain your trust, manipulate and lie to you, trying to overtake your life, when you start to believe them they show their true colour. Horrible. I also loved how at the end the mice returned to how mice are in real life as pests.
and when the developer comes back home and the guests’ extended family had extra limbs like bugs was so unpleasant and made me so uncomfortable. i love it. the first one was my absolute favourite tho.
Ngl 2nd one is *by far* my absolute fav. I'm aware main theory is that story symbolizes materialistic obsession but imo it probably has different meaning. I consider it metaphor for obsession (not necesarilly materialistic) slowly crushing someone's already delicate mental state (Developer was anxious whole time) while that person is under constant pressure and has absolutely no support. I thought about it that way ever since i watched it and i cant describe how bad i feel for Developer. Ending was flawless imo as it represented him completely giving up and then going insane
I think there may be a connection in all the stories with the color green. In the first part, when they get to the house, there were lots of green elements, such as the curtains. During that time period, the color green was seen as a sign a wealth since it was so rare, but the pigment that was used to make it, contained arsenite, which was toxic and killed anyone close to it. It symbolizes how being caught up in their materialism, lead to thier downfall. In the second one, the powder bottle that he used to kill the beetles was also green. He sprayed that stuff everywhere, just hoping it would go away, instead of solving it properly. He too met his demise from his refusal to use the proper solution. In the final part, the wallpaper that rosa was putting up was green. She was ignoring the actual problem and just trying to cover it up with pretty wallpaper. Luckily, she was able to let go of it and gain some amount of control. They were all using green to cover the actual problems in their lives, just like how people use money to cover theirs. The common theme in all of these stories is losing control and losing what really matters. They all opted to just cover it up on the surface instead of fixing it up from the roots. They were so lost in their delusions to the point where they're too blind to notice what's actually happening around them. All in all, it's a great movie with lots of symbolism still left to uncover.
I love hearing your take on this!! Mostly because I have a completely different opinion!! I personally loved Rosa and found her story the most compelling, we actually agree on the second story, but the first one I just didn’t follow as well, like why did the creepy man turn the parents into furniture? Who put the fire out? Why was baby Isobelle weirdly psychic for a baby? The only part I really liked about the first story was mable she was cool
With the first story we really don't understand what is happening. The kids find the whole old house under the new house, even though they saw the old house being destroyed. Every recap of this story has left that out of the synopsis.
This probably says more about me than it does about what happened. I liked your analysis of Rosa breaking the curse by the house sailing away at the end However, I saw this as the curse will spread now. My theory doesn't make sense when it is analyzed but it could be the horror ending you were looking for.
I watched it today I feel traumatized. I was playing while watching the movie and then started to pay attention to the movie because my friend told me to do so, i watched half of that story but when the ending came, i felt sick on the stomach and i had genuine urge to throw up.
Am I the only one that thinks the first was the worst out of the 3 .-. Yes it was still brilliant but there isnt much to sink your teeth into and think about, its all very cut and dry. Whereas the other 2 had tons to wonder about and that helps it linger in your mind, unclear symbolism and the fact that we arent sure what actually happened in either of the following 2 stories made it that much creepier for me. Like in 3 we can be pretty sure that Rosa was actually all alone for the entire thing, the tennants were figments of her imagination and the house didnt actually become a boat (Im pretty sure the boat sailing off was meant to symbolise Rosa passing on)
The part that I loved about the 2nd part was the ending. Watching that ending made me really say, “Okay I need to take a break and try to go to sleep.” It wasn’t “scary” more unsettling than anything. Spoilers: First watch I thought it was going to end at the Welcome Home Party then cut to black next story. But no. The music, the destruction of the house, and the cherry on top the rat mc falling into the madness and turning into a “pest”. I felt like that was the perfect ending of just pure madness. In addition, even though the first part is equally as unsettling with the body horror, I feel like you can kinda piece together what you are going to happen metaphor wise. “Parents get consumed to the luxury of the house that they basically become part of the house.” The second part, however, made me confused on whats going on and where the story’s going. A whole enjoyable mindfuck for me. But yea the third part was weak to me. Lighthearted but I started enjoying feeling uncomfortable. Hope this company makes more short stories 💕
The second one left me incredibly frustrated that the house viewers were destroying his house during the showing - like the small child smearing ice cream everywhere, ect. But that off topic, I enjoyed part one the most. I was rooting so aggressively for Mabel and Isobel, but all the parts were absolutely fascinating.
With the 3rd Story I kind of thought it was about Death. That Rosa might have died in the house durin the flood but since she couldnt let go of the house or something else in life, she was stuck in the hosue. She had to let go to be able to move on. Elias maybe just was able to let go before her of whatever kept him there in this kind of limbo place.
Personally I liked the third one the best, the first one second best, and the second one last. The third one has great character designs, pleasant and engaging characters, and was generally more light-hearted. I thought the dystopian world was really neat and the ending was really powerful, a great conclusion to all of the house. It is a happy ending, as the house has now broken free from the curse. IDK I just really loved the characters and the conflicts, they were really relatable and the protagonists struggles to fix the house felt engaging to me. I would love a full length movie on this, maybe like a Wes Anderson movie. Something that's light-hearted but still has deep characters. The first film is obviously the most popular, and its easy to see why. It has great character designs, cinemataography, and is generally really well directed. I just think it lacks in story and character, none of them are really that engaging. Its just generally creepy, which is fine, but there isn't a big sense of connection like with the third one. I thought the ending was fine, but it was just kind of under-whelming to me. I would watch a full length movie on this if they added some more character and changed the ending. The second film was still really good, but was my least favorite. I think the story wasn't super interesting and the ending was just... Eh? It was fine I guess, and I get it is about mental illness, but it really doesn't feel very connected with the other two. After the dentist reveal, I would've loved to see the protagonist descend into that insanity and it be potratyed better, or have more time with the weird cult of bugs to explain what they are or give more depth, but that never happened. I also didn't really like the character design. I would really like a movie on this if they could explore an obessed mentally ill man being infiltrated by a cult, that would be great. Overall, they were all amazingly directed and I enjoyed every single film a ton. Even if I critized the second film a lot, I still really loved it. Overall this movie was a 8/10, and I would love a sequel, or prequel, or a continuing of the anthology. I would also love a sequel to the third film.
@@xx_dunkin._.dixie4233 Me: *literally writes an entire essay about each story and why I love them all, and just happen to like the one with cats as characters the best* Comments: fURrY
Oh I totally agree. I adored the mood of the first and the visuals on the second where super fun and creepy. But I FELT the third. I tend to catastrophize a lot especially about climate change it feels like you're always dying and seeing people like Rosa and sometimes feeling like Rosa, trying to hold on to memories of a world that died a long time ago and is never going to be the same. I wanted to scream at her to LOOK you have wonderfull people around you, who know so much and actually care about you and each other! Seeing her not only let go but liberate the house ahhhh idk it hit me like a pile of bricks man aaaaa
100% agree. I feel like if the first one would've had some more connection to the other two, at least in humor, I would've enjoyed it more. It's almost like if coraline would've gone all the way with the creepy stuff, while the other two are as you said, like fantastic Mr fox or Isle of dogs
I liked 2 the most but was kinda disappointed when it turned out he was suffering a delusional about the dentist. Really I had thought 2 was about how dangerous it is to put off problems because you’re too busy. He was trying to do up the whole house on his own without help, at the expense of not being able to masterfully complete any of the tasks. If he just spread the workload it would be easier and a job better done. Instead he plows on and just ignores the problem of the infestation which manifests into the unwelcome guests. Of course the unwelcome guests are the beetles. This last summer I was working so much that I put off getting an appointment for this infection on my leg and now after spreading so much it’s gonna leave a permanent scar. I guess the idea is that the unwanted guests were literally beetles and that he was suffering a delusion about that too but idk I would’ve preferred if it wasn’t explicitly shown he was delusional because you don’t have to be delusional to put off problems.
As many have said in the comments, I actually could connect with the third story the most. I thought the actual theme of that story was the difficulty of letting go when you're so attached to an old goal, that you can't even picture a future without it, even if it's a hopeless goal. Reminded me of a phrase I read somewhere that said "Wanting a future is not betraying your past". But I guess it wasn't so much horror as the others (It's ok, I like dramas with some creepy elements more than full-on horror). However, I can appreciate a full-on horror story, and I thought the first story was incredibly creepy and well done. I have to confess also that I watched the three stories separated by weeks and maybe months. The first 2 creeped me out too much to continue that same day (The second one I could say it was more uncomfortable than creepy or scary), but I'm glad the third one also had spooky elements, yet it ended on a happy note. It's a great horror anthology to me
My ranking: first place- 2nd story, second place- 3rd story, third place - first story. They're all good but the other 2 stories have more metaphors into it and leave me questioning and making theories, first one doesn't seem to have that effect
I didn't really like first part,the seconds part plottwist was amazing and thirth part is my fav, i liked the happy ending,characters and the story in general
Perhaps the three stories are the writer losing sight as the wonder sets in, but of course realizing there has to be some beauty in the sadness towards the end. Idk!
I don’t think the curse was lifted. The house managed to ensure its own survival through this flood. In one scene she asks the house to let her go.. but it didn’t, it went with her. The house is still alive and on the journey with them 😯 but I think you actually talk about that in another video. I think that was you anyway lol. I’m not sure xD
I like the first story the most. But the second one was the weirdest and I was so fucking scared. Maybe it's because Iam so fucking scared of insects. And the combination of these little things and the rats at the end fucking gives me the creeps. I couldn't sleep very well after the second one.
For me I think the second one triggered my "fear" of decay, especially with how fast everything got so bad. I don't mind more "graceful" decay (natural, overtime stuff) but that ending was so sudden. But I also feel like there was more to it than just that, but I'm not sure what.
is it me, or am I werid, but I think those rats that forcefully moved themselves in, that they are like the bugs he was trying to kill, it especially shows in the voice for me
What was your favourite story? Comment below!
I liked the first story
third one
I think 1 make a good horror story but I prefered 3 the most mainly cos it wasn't as creepy as the other two. The second story was just plained weird and I felt bad for the mouse at the end eventhought he was abit of a conned and greedy!
second one
I like the second one. Had me thinking the most.
The second part was so uncomfortable for me, i can't express exactly how i feel about it. It took me a while to realise that the mices that refused to leave looked exactly like those bugs. Just like you mentioned, the simple words about them liking the house felt more and more creepy as they kept saying it, and the main character following them without a word just made me feel really sad for him
However the first part was so good that i wished we had more of it!
Yes that was the best one for me by far. Genuinely scared me
The ending of the second part made me feel uncomfortable in a way that I didn't even know I could be, and still can't quite pinpoint.
and when the developer comes back home and the guests’ extended family had extra limbs like bugs was so unpleasant and made me so uncomfortable. i love it. the first one was my absolute favourite tho.
It also took me long to realize those two mice have same body shape as bugs. I think it occured to me when bugs started doing choreography on ceiling. And i also felt *really* bad for Developer during basically whole story. He just couldnt catch a break :
2nd gave me the heebie-jeebies. Isobel was awesome. From gibberish, cooing and simple baby noises to learning to speak by the end of the first story. Talk about character development lol. 3rd story was less engaging but still graphically pleasing. Would love to know what's the reason behind the changing of species through out the years though.
I think, genuinely, the first part establishes a past for the house, driven by human greed and materialistic desires. The second part only makes sense with the house filled with vermin. The main character is a rat, and he's trying to drive away bugs who won't leave. The third hit me in the head the second time I watched it: the house is flooding, and cats don't like water.
@@mariomguy And considering at some point the only thing the rats can feed off of (and other vermin) is the house its self, it leads them to die off.
@@mariomguy those are mice tho, not rats
@@ChefBuckeye i'm pretty sure they'd just spread around whole city lmao
in my opinion 3 was my favorite, the house becoming a boat and having a happy ending compared to the other two was awesome
Im glad it ended on a happy note. after two "bad ends" i definitely couldn't handle a third lmao
same lmao, I do love the first two with the creepier vibe
Same! The ending gave me a ghibli like feeling. It was such a sweet ending and Rosa ended up finding a new family, it was too darn cute 🥰
@@bangtwitterandtwicetagram830 Oh, the Ghibli comparison is definitely interesting. It sure as hell felt like a more adventurous episode than the previous ones
Kinda unpopular opinion but i didnt like happy ending lmao. I feel like its not fair towards other protagonists ngl
Raymond and his wife were turned into furniture and then burned alive
Mabel and Isobel were left all alone and obv traumatized
Developer went insane and continued living in ruined house with all those mouse/bug hybrids
And then u have Rosa who sailed away with house and her friends.... like cmon??
My favorite story was definitely the third one. It actually made me cry. When Elias left, I started tearing up. Especially when he gave Rosa some drawings and 'rent'. When the memories started flashing in the fog, I was crying. I'm glad it had a happy ending unlike the others. The others just creeped me out, or made me uncomfortable. All the chapters were super interesting and great, but I have to say, I liked Chapter 3 the most.
same, third part is my favorite, i connected with rosa immideately.
The first one is the most memorable to me. Something about the house just expanding and becoming this labyrinth is just so unnerving to me, its actually a nightmare i used to have.
I love how everyone have a different interpretation of the stories, and different reactions to them.
For me the 3rd storie was incredibly hard hitting, it's the less drammatic in theory but I saw myself in the landlady so much that I couldn't stop crying, she saw the house as her dream, her "destiny" but it was dragging her down and she had to realise that there was another way.
As someone who had to make big changes in her life and had to let go of her dream because it was fiscally Nd mentally hurting me this was great.
Some people have theorized the house represented trauma
Some have theorizes it represented the effect of greed and pursue of money have on relations
The rat's delusion with the dentist was a parallel to the house. They had deep problems in their head that was being papered over with cheerful banter and lies like how they did up the house to make it look expensive when its walls were full of bugs.
The rat could have called him “dude” or “buddy”, not “darling” or “sweetheart”. Men are dudes, women are darlings.
@@liamwatson5125 maybe the rat is just gay
I would also say the delusion of him thinking he is a pest himself.
Good point ngl when u think about house's literal facade symbolizing developer's "facade" over his actual mental state. Btw i'm 99% sure he's a mouse
@@meccamorphosis2782 Insect pests get squashed, vermin are poisoned, but human pests go to jail.
Act I was the best to me. I especially took note when the father snapped at his daughter for not being impressed with her parents new outfits. She clearly appreciated the loving environment of their former home. As for Act III- I don't think that naming the character Cosmos and learning to let go after letting Cosmos aka the Universe aka Love in was coincidental. In the 3rd act, we see the love of what matters- family (biological or surrogate) help break the curse of the house aka materialism. Thus bringing the story full circle.
It seems like so many ppl understood the theme of the first one better then the rest, while I understood and related more to the last two but couldn't make sense of the first one until I read the comments
I didn,t pay attention to the start of the 3rd so I didn,t know about the flood until the end, I though Rosa was the only normal person there, then I realized why everybody left the house and why Elias asked if they still have to pay rent. Makes me cry every time
Idk why but I just loooove the first story and loooooove the part and the way they say " where's the stairs? " And the butler says " there aren't any stairs " and cried I just love the way they say it it's iconic
I liked the first story, it was insane and so creepy and left you feeling unsettled. The second I was just confused with what even was happening.?
While the third one I felt more like Rosa was in fact dead and had drowned in the flood. It could explain why she doesn't want to talk about it. Everyone who had lived in the house moved on or was ready to move on to the afterlife.. In fact I felt that the place where she was, was like the in between life and death, like a purgatory.. I felt that it was about dying and letting go and moving on to the afterlife? Cause that's what it felt like to me that where she was, wasn't real and everyone who was there also wasn't alive and unable to move on to whatever waited them in the afterlife. I felt that she was trapped in the house, so her friends she had were there to help her move on, or trying to help her leave, by making the house into a boat she was finally able to let go and find out what's waiting for her.
That's an amazing theory. Sad and amazing. I never even thought about that. It makes total sense, too.
@@WarriorsAce It kind of hit me when I was watching it and that was my thought with the third story. There are hints and these weird things that they say in the movie. Like "You can't stay" and when Jen (I think was her name) says "Don't be afraid" and she sees herself alone in the house, another point she asks the house to let her go.
I never thought about the third story like that, great theory!
this is such a great theory!
Yeah, I think I'd agree with these rankings, though I could go back and forth on 1 and 2 given my mood. While the first is such a sublime creepy example of gothic horror, the thing I love about the 2nd is how both funny and surreal it is. Even the unsettling creepy elements are often really funny at the same time which is pretty impressive. The third, while really lovely, felt like it belonged in a different anthology. I didn't dislike it per se but it had none of the creepiness of the other two.
The first and second story fit nicely together. Yet the third's tonal shift was completely different and had no eerie ambience like the others.
I’m astonished by part 1 and the beautiful artwork. It’s my favorite
Couldn't agree more!
My favorite was 2, it was just so....disturbing, that ending made me physically sick the first time I saw it, it was amazing
The 2nd one was...something alright. Hoo.
i think people really tend to undervalue the third episode, as it had a storyline as easy to follow and understand as the others if not moreso. and maybe because of my bias towards cats, but i also found Rosa to be a character i can understand and empathize with more easily than any of the others. the lack of horror aspects within her story made room for what i felt was a deeper emotional focus on something that didn't need to be creepy to be scary necessarily.
It was the simplest, least ‘scary’ and got the point across the best.
To me, those are all the hallmarks of a good story. But many people give lower scores to less complicated narratives.
The others were way more abstract, sure. As a result, they’re also more open to interpretation besides ‘materialism bad’ and ‘it’s probably about mental health, maybe?’
Those are not as interesting, as clear or captivating as the emotional massage of the last.
I appreciate when a film knows the story that it wants to tell, and simply tells that story. That’s what story 3 did the best for me.
And it was cathartic as hell. Anybody can write a bad ending, but writing a story with 4 characters in 30m with a cathartic ending? Difficult… But it managed to do so very well imho.
My favorite episode was the second one. I liked how it was set in present-day, but was also so eerie. I LOVED when the mice became mouse-beetle hybrids at the end, so creepy! And the music was perfect for that ending it was so cool. It also helped me realize that the 2 elderly mice are shaped like the 2 varieties of beetles he had tried to get rid of throughout the whole episode. Also, learning that the person he had been talking to was his male dentist was such a cool plot twist. ALSOOO loved the parallel of the name "Isobel" for the baby mouse. the first episode was also incredible, but I think the third one was kinda weak.
He should have been talking a lawyer, not a dentist. A dentist has absolutely nothing to do with a house, but a lawyer does. Nobody would call a dentist “darling” or “sweetheart”.
I love the last one, however I do agree that it isn't the best and I love it cause I was more soft and a nice ending to the story.
And I love cats so like, yeah
When Isobel fell down the stairs I gasped
Rosa story is more of a melancholic tone, She refused to leave and move on and it was sad when she saw Elias' drawings and when Jen left as the fog crawls in. It hits me, as being alone irl
I loved the second one. For some reason the psychological horror for me was that bugs were pretending to be mice, this is so similar to how leeches in real life pretend to be proper human beings, and they gain your trust, manipulate and lie to you,
trying to overtake your life, when you start to believe them they show their true colour. Horrible. I also loved how at the end the mice returned to how mice are in real life as pests.
You know, I would have liked to see that rat being taken to court.
Number two was the best the scene of the rats eating the house coupled with the music made me want to actually vomit i can’t really describe it
This film gave me huge Coraline and Spirited Away vibes
and when the developer comes back home and the guests’ extended family had extra limbs like bugs was so unpleasant and made me so uncomfortable. i love it. the first one was my absolute favourite tho.
Ngl 2nd one is *by far* my absolute fav. I'm aware main theory is that story symbolizes materialistic obsession but imo it probably has different meaning. I consider it metaphor for obsession (not necesarilly materialistic) slowly crushing someone's already delicate mental state (Developer was anxious whole time) while that person is under constant pressure and has absolutely no support. I thought about it that way ever since i watched it and i cant describe how bad i feel for Developer. Ending was flawless imo as it represented him completely giving up and then going insane
I think there may be a connection in all the stories with the color green.
In the first part, when they get to the house, there were lots of green elements, such as the curtains. During that time period, the color green was seen as a sign a wealth since it was so rare, but the pigment that was used to make it, contained arsenite, which was toxic and killed anyone close to it. It symbolizes how being caught up in their materialism, lead to thier downfall.
In the second one, the powder bottle that he used to kill the beetles was also green. He sprayed that stuff everywhere, just hoping it would go away, instead of solving it properly. He too met his demise from his refusal to use the proper solution.
In the final part, the wallpaper that rosa was putting up was green. She was ignoring the actual problem and just trying to cover it up with pretty wallpaper. Luckily, she was able to let go of it and gain some amount of control.
They were all using green to cover the actual problems in their lives, just like how people use money to cover theirs. The common theme in all of these stories is losing control and losing what really matters. They all opted to just cover it up on the surface instead of fixing it up from the roots. They were so lost in their delusions to the point where they're too blind to notice what's actually happening around them.
All in all, it's a great movie with lots of symbolism still left to uncover.
I love hearing your take on this!! Mostly because I have a completely different opinion!! I personally loved Rosa and found her story the most compelling, we actually agree on the second story, but the first one I just didn’t follow as well, like why did the creepy man turn the parents into furniture? Who put the fire out? Why was baby Isobelle weirdly psychic for a baby? The only part I really liked about the first story was mable she was cool
With the first story we really don't understand what is happening. The kids find the whole old house under the new house, even though they saw the old house being destroyed. Every recap of this story has left that out of the synopsis.
This probably says more about me than it does about what happened. I liked your analysis of Rosa breaking the curse by the house sailing away at the end However, I saw this as the curse will spread now. My theory doesn't make sense when it is analyzed but it could be the horror ending you were looking for.
I feel like everyone who watched this movie thinks of it differently
the third one was my favorite!
same
same, the ending was more uplifting.
Same
The second story gave me the worst feeling after watching it.
That hecking ending, man.
I watched it today
I feel traumatized. I was playing while watching the movie and then started to pay attention to the movie because my friend told me to do so, i watched half of that story but when the ending came, i felt sick on the stomach and i had genuine urge to throw up.
Am I the only one that thinks the first was the worst out of the 3 .-. Yes it was still brilliant but there isnt much to sink your teeth into and think about, its all very cut and dry. Whereas the other 2 had tons to wonder about and that helps it linger in your mind, unclear symbolism and the fact that we arent sure what actually happened in either of the following 2 stories made it that much creepier for me. Like in 3 we can be pretty sure that Rosa was actually all alone for the entire thing, the tennants were figments of her imagination and the house didnt actually become a boat (Im pretty sure the boat sailing off was meant to symbolise Rosa passing on)
2 was my absolute favourite
The part that I loved about the 2nd part was the ending. Watching that ending made me really say, “Okay I need to take a break and try to go to sleep.” It wasn’t “scary” more unsettling than anything. Spoilers: First watch I thought it was going to end at the Welcome Home Party then cut to black next story. But no. The music, the destruction of the house, and the cherry on top the rat mc falling into the madness and turning into a “pest”. I felt like that was the perfect ending of just pure madness.
In addition, even though the first part is equally as unsettling with the body horror, I feel like you can kinda piece together what you are going to happen metaphor wise. “Parents get consumed to the luxury of the house that they basically become part of the house.” The second part, however, made me confused on whats going on and where the story’s going. A whole enjoyable mindfuck for me.
But yea the third part was weak to me. Lighthearted but I started enjoying feeling uncomfortable. Hope this company makes more short stories 💕
The second one left me incredibly frustrated that the house viewers were destroying his house during the showing - like the small child smearing ice cream everywhere, ect.
But that off topic, I enjoyed part one the most. I was rooting so aggressively for Mabel and Isobel, but all the parts were absolutely fascinating.
the best part of the movie???? Isobel. that damn smile and cooing and talking she does is so so cute.
With the 3rd Story I kind of thought it was about Death. That Rosa might have died in the house durin the flood but since she couldnt let go of the house or something else in life, she was stuck in the hosue. She had to let go to be able to move on. Elias maybe just was able to let go before her of whatever kept him there in this kind of limbo place.
Personally I liked the third one the best, the first one second best, and the second one last. The third one has great character designs, pleasant and engaging characters, and was generally more light-hearted. I thought the dystopian world was really neat and the ending was really powerful, a great conclusion to all of the house. It is a happy ending, as the house has now broken free from the curse. IDK I just really loved the characters and the conflicts, they were really relatable and the protagonists struggles to fix the house felt engaging to me. I would love a full length movie on this, maybe like a Wes Anderson movie. Something that's light-hearted but still has deep characters.
The first film is obviously the most popular, and its easy to see why. It has great character designs, cinemataography, and is generally really well directed. I just think it lacks in story and character, none of them are really that engaging. Its just generally creepy, which is fine, but there isn't a big sense of connection like with the third one. I thought the ending was fine, but it was just kind of under-whelming to me. I would watch a full length movie on this if they added some more character and changed the ending.
The second film was still really good, but was my least favorite. I think the story wasn't super interesting and the ending was just... Eh? It was fine I guess, and I get it is about mental illness, but it really doesn't feel very connected with the other two. After the dentist reveal, I would've loved to see the protagonist descend into that insanity and it be potratyed better, or have more time with the weird cult of bugs to explain what they are or give more depth, but that never happened. I also didn't really like the character design. I would really like a movie on this if they could explore an obessed mentally ill man being infiltrated by a cult, that would be great.
Overall, they were all amazingly directed and I enjoyed every single film a ton. Even if I critized the second film a lot, I still really loved it. Overall this movie was a 8/10, and I would love a sequel, or prequel, or a continuing of the anthology. I would also love a sequel to the third film.
You only liked the third one and found it relatable because it had cats and you're a furry
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Me: *literally writes an entire essay about each story and why I love them all, and just happen to like the one with cats as characters the best*
Comments: fURrY
Oh I totally agree. I adored the mood of the first and the visuals on the second where super fun and creepy. But I FELT the third. I tend to catastrophize a lot especially about climate change it feels like you're always dying and seeing people like Rosa and sometimes feeling like Rosa, trying to hold on to memories of a world that died a long time ago and is never going to be the same. I wanted to scream at her to LOOK you have wonderfull people around you, who know so much and actually care about you and each other! Seeing her not only let go but liberate the house ahhhh idk it hit me like a pile of bricks man aaaaa
100% agree. I feel like if the first one would've had some more connection to the other two, at least in humor, I would've enjoyed it more. It's almost like if coraline would've gone all the way with the creepy stuff, while the other two are as you said, like fantastic Mr fox or Isle of dogs
@@xx_dunkin._.dixie4233 100% agree with you on thet
I wonder what it would be like if they all had good endings
I liked 2 the most but was kinda disappointed when it turned out he was suffering a delusional about the dentist. Really I had thought 2 was about how dangerous it is to put off problems because you’re too busy. He was trying to do up the whole house on his own without help, at the expense of not being able to masterfully complete any of the tasks. If he just spread the workload it would be easier and a job better done. Instead he plows on and just ignores the problem of the infestation which manifests into the unwelcome guests. Of course the unwelcome guests are the beetles. This last summer I was working so much that I put off getting an appointment for this infection on my leg and now after spreading so much it’s gonna leave a permanent scar. I guess the idea is that the unwanted guests were literally beetles and that he was suffering a delusion about that too but idk I would’ve preferred if it wasn’t explicitly shown he was delusional because you don’t have to be delusional to put off problems.
Maybe the dentist was just a escape to him
How i would describe each episode:
Ep 1.Creepy
Ep 2.Bizarre
Ep 3.Wholesome
Overall fantastic
As many have said in the comments, I actually could connect with the third story the most. I thought the actual theme of that story was the difficulty of letting go when you're so attached to an old goal, that you can't even picture a future without it, even if it's a hopeless goal. Reminded me of a phrase I read somewhere that said "Wanting a future is not betraying your past".
But I guess it wasn't so much horror as the others (It's ok, I like dramas with some creepy elements more than full-on horror). However, I can appreciate a full-on horror story, and I thought the first story was incredibly creepy and well done.
I have to confess also that I watched the three stories separated by weeks and maybe months. The first 2 creeped me out too much to continue that same day (The second one I could say it was more uncomfortable than creepy or scary), but I'm glad the third one also had spooky elements, yet it ended on a happy note. It's a great horror anthology to me
What?! The chapter 3 is the best for sure!
My ranking: first place- 2nd story, second place- 3rd story, third place - first story. They're all good but the other 2 stories have more metaphors into it and leave me questioning and making theories, first one doesn't seem to have that effect
The first story reminded me of H. H. Holmes building the hotel …
The first one was the best! I'm hoping there's a part 2 haha
I loved and spent 30 mins or so to understand the movie after watching.
Acc to me
Story no 1 is 1
Story no 3 is 2
Story no 2 is 3
I didn't really like first part,the seconds part plottwist was amazing and thirth part is my fav, i liked the happy ending,characters and the story in general
I like the 3rd the most personally
Perhaps the three stories are the writer losing sight as the wonder sets in, but of course realizing there has to be some beauty in the sadness towards the end.
Idk!
I don’t think the curse was lifted. The house managed to ensure its own survival through this flood. In one scene she asks the house to let her go.. but it didn’t, it went with her. The house is still alive and on the journey with them 😯 but I think you actually talk about that in another video. I think that was you anyway lol. I’m not sure xD
my list would go in the opposite order
I like the first story the most.
But the second one was the weirdest and I was so fucking scared.
Maybe it's because Iam so fucking scared of insects. And the combination of these little things and the rats at the end fucking gives me the creeps.
I couldn't sleep very well after the second one.
For me I think the second one triggered my "fear" of decay, especially with how fast everything got so bad. I don't mind more "graceful" decay (natural, overtime stuff) but that ending was so sudden. But I also feel like there was more to it than just that, but I'm not sure what.
@@supersmilyface1 yes! That's totally relatable!
is it me, or am I werid, but I think those rats that forcefully moved themselves in, that they are like the bugs he was trying to kill, it especially shows in the voice for me
Personally my ranking would be...
3. Part 3
2. Part 1
1. Part 2
No
@@yeebby1 just my opinion
I don’t really get this ranking system of yours. It’s giving me an aneurysm. 😭
@@yeebby1 I probably should have put the titles of the episodes instead of the part numbers !!!
On the second part I somehow predicted the plot twist
3rd one is best cause cats
My list would be :
1 - Part 3
2- Part 1
3 - Part 2