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The House of 72 Tenants (七十二家房客)

The House of 72 Tenants (七十二家房客) is a 1973 Shaw Brothers Cantonese satirical comedy directed by Chor Yuen, remaking Wang Wei-yi's 1963 film; it topped the 1973 Hong Kong box office with HK$5.62 million and revived Cantonese cinema.

The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba (La casa de Bernarda Alba) is Federico García Lorca's 1936 rural tragedy in which Bernarda Alba locks her five daughters into eight years of mourning, exploring repression, patriarchy, and marriage economics.

The House of Black and White

The House of Black and White is the Braavos temple of the Faceless Men, assassins who worship the Many-Faced God in Game of Thrones; it also names season 5 episode 2 (April 19, 2015), directed by Michael Slovis, where Arya Stark begins her training.

The House of Doors

The House of Doors is Tan Twan Eng's 2023 Booker-longlisted historical novel, set in colonial Penang in 1910 and 1921, reimagining Somerset Maugham's visit, Sun Yat-sen's stay, and the Ethel Proudlock murder trial behind "The Letter".

The House of Fame

The House of Fame, a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer written between 1374 and 1385, follows a dreamer carried by an eagle to Fame's palace; it is unfinished.

The House of Flowers (TV series)

The House of Flowers (La casa de las flores) is a Mexican Netflix dark comedy-drama by Manolo Caro, 2018–2020, three seasons, about the de la Mora family's flower shop and cabaret; a noted "millennial telenovela".

The House of God

The House of God (1978) is Samuel Shem's satirical novel, pen name of psychiatrist Stephen Bergman, about intern Roy Basch's year at a Boston hospital based on Beth Israel; famous for the Fat Man's 13 Laws, gomer slang, and influence on residency reform.

The House of Hades

The House of Hades (2013) by Rick Riordan is book 4 of The Heroes of Olympus: Percy and Annabeth cross Tartarus to the Doors of Death while five demigods race to seal them, with Nico di Angelo's landmark revelation.

The House of Hunger

The House of Hunger is a 1978 novella and short story collection by Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera, set in late colonial Rhodesia and winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize.

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth is Edith Wharton's 1905 Scribner's novel about New York socialite Lily Bart's social ruin; also a 2000 Terence Davies film starring Gillian Anderson, distinct from Wharton's later The Age of Innocence.

The House of Mirth (2000 film)

The House of Mirth (2000) is Terence Davies's 140-minute adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel, starring Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart, a New York socialite ruined by society; shot in Glasgow for $8.2 million, released by Sony Pictures Classics.

The House of Small Cubes (つみきのいえ)

The House of Small Cubes (つみきのいえ, La maison en petits cubes) is a 2008 12-minute Japanese short animated film by Kunio Katō about an old man diving through his flooded stacked house; it won the 2009 Oscar for Best Animated Short.

The House of the Angel

The House of the Angel (La casa del ángel) is a 1957 Argentine drama by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, adapted from Beatriz Guido's prize-winning 1954 novel, starring Elsa Daniel and Lautaro Murúa, a Cannes 1957 Palme d'Or nominee and landmark of modern Argentine cinema, restored in 4K for Cannes Classics 2026.

The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead (ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド) is Sega's zombie rail shooter light gun series, begun in 1996 arcades on Model 2, directed by Takashi Oda, with branching paths, arcade sequels through Scarlet Dawn (2018), spin-offs like Overkill, and a 2022 remake.

The House of the Dead (video game)

The House of the Dead (ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド) is Sega AM1's 1996 Model 2 arcade light gun rail shooter starring agents Rogan and G against Dr. Curien's zombies, with branching paths, a 1998 Saturn port, and a 2022 MegaPixel remake.

The House of the Dead III

The House of the Dead III (ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド III) is a 2002 Sega rail shooter by WOW Entertainment for arcades and Xbox, set in 2019, with branching paths, Survival and Time Attack modes, and an unlockable House of the Dead 2.

The House of the Devil

The House of the Devil (2009) is Ti West's satanic horror film about a babysitter, Jocelin Donahue's Samantha, trapped by a cult during a lunar eclipse; shot on 16mm as a 1980s period piece, it earned $102,812 worldwide and strong reviews.

The House of the Masks

The House of the Masks is the shared modern name of several ancient buildings: a Hellenistic peristyle house on Delos with a 9.12 x 7.09 m mask mosaic, Roman houses at Solunto and Sousse, and Kabah's Codz-Poop.

The House of the Rising Sun

The House of the Rising Sun, or Rising Sun Blues, is a traditional folk song of unknown authorship, first recorded by Tom Ashley and Gwen Foster in 1933, collected by Alan Lomax from Georgia Turner in 1937, and made famous by the Animals' 1964 number-one hit.

The House of the Scorpion

The House of the Scorpion (2002) is Nancy Farmer's National Book Award-winning young adult science fiction novel about Matt, a clone of the drug lord El Patrón, raised in the opium country of Opium between the US and Mexico; sequel The Lord of Opium.

The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables, also rendered House of the 7 Gables, is Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic romance novel published April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields, following The Scarlet Letter; it dramatizes hereditary guilt through the cursed Pyncheon family in Salem.

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus) is Isabel Allende's 1982 debut novel, a magical-realist saga of the Trueba family across four generations of Chilean history, censored under Pinochet, filmed in 1993, adapted by Prime Video in 2026, and continued in the Premio Planeta 2026 sequel La hora antes del alba.

The House of the Spirits (film)

The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, Das Geisterhaus) is Bille August's 1993 film of Isabel Allende's novel, starring Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, and Antonio Banderas; a critical and box-office failure later remade as a 2026 Prime Video series.

The House of Yes

The House of Yes is a 1997 Miramax black comedy, Mark Waters's directorial debut adapted from Wendy MacLeod's 1990 play, starring Parker Posey as the Kennedy-obsessed Jackie-O in an incestuous twin relationship at Thanksgiving; Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee.

The House on Mango Street

The House on Mango Street (La casa en Mango Street), Sandra Cisneros's 1984 Chicana coming-of-age novel of linked vignettes narrated by twelve-year-old Esperanza Cordero in a Chicago Latino neighborhood; over 7 million copies sold.

The House on the Embankment

The House on the Embankment (Dom na naberezhnoy) is a 1976 novella by Yuri Trifonov about Vadim Glebov, who betrays his teacher to advance his career.

The House That Jack Built (2018 film)

The House That Jack Built (2018) is Lars von Trier's serial-killer art allegory starring Matt Dillon and Bruno Ganz, premiered out of competition at Cannes 2018 and released by IFC Films.

The House That Never Dies (朝内81号)

The House That Never Dies (京城81号, originally 朝内81号) is a 2014 Chinese 3D horror film directed by Yip Wai-man, adapted from Yu Lei's novel about Beijing's legendary haunted mansion at Chaonei Street No. 81, and the highest-grossing Chinese horror film with about 411 million yuan.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

The House with a Clock in Its Walls: 1973 John Bellairs children's gothic novel, first Lewis Barnavelt book, illustrated by Edward Gorey, about orphan Lewis and a doomsday clock; adapted into Eli Roth's 2018 film with Jack Black and Cate Blanchett.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (film)

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) is Eli Roth's family fantasy-comedy, adapted by Eric Kripke from John Bellairs' 1973 novel, starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Owen Vaccaro; released by Universal, it grossed $68.5M in the US.