I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
”A nurse cares for an elderly author in a haunted house, uncovering dark secrets.”
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Osgood Perkins' second film (though the first to be released) is even more minimalist, yet imbued with contemporary gothic overtones. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House follows a private nurse (Ruth Wilson) who must move into the remote home of a famous writer (Paula Prentiss), suffering from dementia. However, she soon suspects that the house is haunted and that her fate echoes that of the writer's sister who died decades earlier.
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A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.
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