What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedThe House
Film · 2022
If you loved The House, start with The Owl House (Dana Terrace, 2020) — a series on the same thread. Below: 4 books, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to The House across media.
What hooked you in The House was the unsettling way domestic spaces warp into mirrors of our deepest human obsessions.
Books on the same thread
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · Book · 1987
Shares a thread with The House: isolation.
Like The House, this classic explores how isolation and the uncanny can transform a dwelling into a psychological trap that slowly erodes the sanity of its inhabitants.
How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix · Book
Shares a thread with The House: Dark comedy.
If you enjoyed the dark comedy and family dysfunction in The House, you will appreciate how this story uses the inherited family home to process grief and trauma.
The Candy House
Jennifer Egan · Book · 2022
Explores: digital consciousness, memory as commodity, interconnected lives.
This narrative mirrors the structural ambition of The House by examining how materialism and digital obsession reshape our interconnected lives, turning memory itself into a commodified, haunting experience.
Play Nice
Rachel Harrison · Book
Explores: inherited trauma, grief, family secrets.
Similar to The House, this story centers on the burden of family legacies and secrets, illustrating how a physical home can act as a vessel for lingering trauma.
Series on the same thread
The Owl House
Dana Terrace · Series · 2020
Explores: Coming-of-age, Found Family, Acceptance.
While tonally lighter, this series shares the surreal, imaginative world-building found in The House, focusing on how characters navigate strange environments to find their place within them.
The Haunting of Hill House
Mike Flanagan · Series · 2018
Explores: Trauma, Family Secrets, Mental Illness.
Much like the anthology structure of The House, this series uses a central, haunting residence to anchor the fractured memories and grief of a family across time.
The Boss
Mariano Cohn · Series · 2022
Shares a thread with The House: Dark Comedy.
This satire captures the same suffocating power dynamics and obsession with status found in The House, showing how one individual can manipulate the architecture of their environment.
The White Lotus
Mike White · Series · 2021
Shares a thread with The House: Dark Comedy.
This series echoes the dark comedy and critique of class found in The House, exposing the rot beneath the surface of seemingly pristine environments and wealthy, obsessed characters.
Podcasts on the same thread
The Truth
The Truth · Podcast · 2026
Explores: human condition, experimental storytelling, moral ambiguity.
The anthology format and focus on the human condition mirror the storytelling approach of The House, offering short, cinematic experiences that explore moral ambiguity and surreal themes.
Chapo Trap House
Podcast
Explores: social criticism, anti-capitalism, current events analysis.
If the anti-capitalist critique and dark satire in The House resonated with you, this podcast provides a similar lens through which to examine current social and economic systems.
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Common questions
Is The House a single continuous story?
The House is an anthology film consisting of three separate stories. Each segment features different characters and eras, but they are all connected by their relationship to the same mysterious house throughout the timeline of the film.
What is the tone of The House?
The House is classified as an animated dark comedy. The film explores the lives of a poor family, an anxious developer, and a fed-up landlady, blending dark humor with the surreal circumstances surrounding their shared experiences in the house.
How many segments are in The House?
The House contains three distinct segments. Each part of the film focuses on a different group of people, including a poor family, an anxious developer, and a fed-up landlady, as they interact with the mysterious property across various time periods.
Does The House follow one specific family?
No, The House does not follow one family. The narrative is split across different eras, featuring a poor family in one segment, an anxious developer in another, and a fed-up landlady in the final story, all tied to the same mysterious house.