Animated Movies Horror Fans Should Watch

The AV Club's Noel Murray calls "The House," Netflix's adult, stop-motion anthology film, a "quasi-horror picture" with a "haunting score," adding that it is "more of a quietly arty creep-out than a full-on shocker." With three separate stories set in the same house in different times and realities (written by Enda Walsh but helmed by different directors), this British creation offers lingering dread, grotesque Lynchian and Cronenberg body horror, and one unifying poem built from each segment's title card that's open to interpretation.

The first story, which starts with the line "And heard within, a lie is spun," follows a poverty-stricken family of four invited by a mysterious architect to live in the titular house and never have to worry again. When her parents begin acting strange after eating food provided by their new butler and the house begins shifting, with rooms and stairs disappearing, daughter Mabel soon learns there's definitely cause to worry.

In the second segment, which begins with "Then lost is truth that can't be won," a sleazy, obsessive developer preps the place for an open house before discovering an overwhelming infestation he just can't control. And in the last installment, which is the least horror-driven and starts with the line "Listen again and seek the sun," landlord Rosa, living in a post-apocalyptic world in which sea levels have reached dangerous, destructive levels, desperately clings to the house despite the fact that it's falling apart.

This beautifully rendered anthology film is fully deserving of its near-perfect 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.