I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)

What to Expect

The arty exploration of the female psyche - and society’s treatment of that psyche - through a haunted house allegory was ambitious, but it wasn’t quite the scare I was expecting. Lily is sent to care for elderly horror author Iris Blum, who is suffering from dementia. It appears that Lily is facing death herself, as indicated by the opening monologue. The way she’s speaking makes it seem as if she’s reading from a book. We never get to know if that’s what she’s doing. We learn that Lily is going through a rough breakup with her fiance during a phone call to a friend, when the ghost of the house first makes her presence known. This is the first of many clues that Lily is not in control of her own life.