What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedHouse
Nobuhiko Obayashi · Film · 1977
If you loved House, start with Play Nice (Rachel Harrison) — a book on the same thread. Below: 4 books, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to House across media.
What hooked you in House was the way the domestic space becomes a surreal, dangerous vessel for processing grief and trauma.
Books on the same thread
Play Nice
Rachel Harrison · Book
Shares 2 threads with House: grief, haunted house.
Much like the ancestral home in House, the setting here transforms into a site of supernatural reckoning where inherited trauma and grief manifest through a haunting, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Kitchen (キッチン)
Banana Yoshimoto · Book · 1988
Shares a thread with House: Grief.
While House uses visual chaos, this story captures the same quiet, devastating intimacy of navigating life after a profound loss, grounding its emotional weight within the domestic kitchen space.
Fun Home
Alison Bechdel · Book · 2007
Shares a thread with House: Grief.
If you appreciated the intense exploration of female identity and family secrets in House, you will find this graphic memoir equally unflinching in its look at dysfunctional family dynamics.
Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森)
Haruki Murakami · Book · 1987
Shares a thread with House: Grief.
This novel echoes the melancholic core of House, focusing on how the sudden loss of a friend forces young people to confront the heavy, lingering reality of grief.
Series on the same thread
NANA
Ai Yazawa · Series · 2006
Shares a thread with House: Female Friendship.
Like the young women in House, these roommates navigate the transition into adulthood through a powerful bond, though here their shared life centers on urban aspirations rather than spirits.
Ghosts
Mathew Baynton · Series · 2019
Shares a thread with House: Haunted House.
This series takes the haunted house premise found in House and shifts it into a comedic space, showing how domestic inheritance inevitably brings one face-to-face with the past.
The Golden Girls
Susan Harris · Series · 1985
Shares a thread with House: Female Friendship.
If you loved the specific dynamic of women living together in House, this sitcom offers a lighter, humorous take on the found family unit residing under one roof.
Higurashi: When They Cry
Series · 2006
Explores: Small Town Secrets, Paranoia, Time Loops.
This anime mirrors the descent from a normal, fun-loving social life into a nightmare of paranoia, capturing the same jarring tonal shifts that make House feel so uniquely unpredictable.
Podcasts on the same thread
Ghost Huns
Podcast
Explores: Haunted Houses, Supernatural, Spooky Stories.
This podcast taps into the same morbid curiosity that drives House, blending the terror of haunted houses with a conversational, comedic tone that makes the supernatural feel approachable.
Khauf Stories- RosePodPlay
Podcast
Explores: Everyday Terror, Paranormal Encounters, Urban Legends.
Like the cursed setting of House, these stories transform mundane living spaces into sites of terror, proving that our everyday homes are often the most effective vessels for horror.
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Common questions
Is House based on a book or other source material?
House is an original film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. There are no book adaptations or source material siblings for this 1977 title in our catalog, so you can enjoy the story as a standalone cinematic experience without needing to compare it to other versions.
What is the premise of the 1977 film House?
In House, a girl named Gorgeous travels to the countryside with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral home. Hoping to find a connection to her late mother, the group soon discovers that the old house possesses mysterious and supernatural qualities that they did not anticipate.
Who directed the 1977 movie House?
The 1977 film House was directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. The movie follows a group of girls who visit an ancestral countryside home and encounter strange occurrences that suggest the building is far more than it initially appears to be to the visitors.
Does House involve a trip to the countryside?
Yes, the plot of House centers on a trip taken by Gorgeous and her friends to her aunt's ancestral house located in the countryside. The girls visit the property seeking a connection to Gorgeous's late mother, only to find the house is not what it seems.