The Wolf House (La casa lobo) (2018)
88%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: 8 wins & 20 nominations
Surreal, unsettling, and finally haunting, The Wolf House is a stunning outpouring of creativity whose striking visuals queasily complement its disturbing story
The Wolf House is a stop-motion film that will make you feel like you’re in a nightmare, but in a good way. It’s like if Disney’s Snow White met Wes Craven and they had a twisted love child. The visuals are so impressive that every frame is like a work of art. It’s definitely not a feel-good movie, but it’s worth watching for the sheer creativity and beauty of it all. Just make sure you’re mentally prepared for the dark and gloomy ride.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
KimStim
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
2018
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.50 : 1
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Runtime:1h 15m
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Language(s):Spanish, German
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Country of origin:Chile, Germany
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 15, 2020 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 15, 2020
Genre(s)
Fantasy/Horror
Keyword(s)
The Wolf House, Fantasy, Horror, Drama, Spanish, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León, Niles Atallah, Catalina Vergara, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León, Alejandra Moffat, Amalia Kassai, Rainer Krause, directed by Joaquín Cociña, directed by Cristóbal León, written by Joaquín Cociña, written by Cristóbal León, written by Alejandra Moffat, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Nick Schager, reviewed by Carlos Aguilar, reviewed by Richard Whittaker, reviewed by Jo Livingstone, reviewed by David Ehrlich, reviewed by Matt Fagerholm, reviewed by Diego Batlle, reviewed by Ayeen Forootan, reviewed by Robert Roten, reviewed by Dustin Chang, reviewed by Tim Brayton, MPAA rating, surreal, unsettling, haunting, stunning visuals, disturbing story, young woman, German colony, southern Chile
Worldwide gross: $1,970
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,248
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,156
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 245
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Rainer Krause – Wolf (Voice)
Joaquín Cociña – Director, Screenwriter
Cristóbal León – Director, Screenwriter
Niles Atallah – Producer
Catalina Vergara – Producer
Alejandra Moffat – Screenwriter
Director(s)
Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León
Writer(s)
Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León, Alejandra Moffat
Producer(s)
Niles Atallah, Catalina Vergara
Film Festivals
Berlin, Cannes
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 20 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (52) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (2)
There’s gnarly, unnerving texture to everything in this unhinged film, which fragments and reforms like a nightmare born from the darkest recesses of the mind.
January 27, 2021
Nick Schager
The Daily Beast
TOP CRITIC
It’s the Disney’s Golden Age enchantment by way of horror master Wes Craven, done with resourceful virtuosity…
June 18, 2020
Carlos Aguilar
TheWrap
TOP CRITIC
The Wolf House undoubtedly has sharp and fascinating pints to make… But those messages get lost in a slow-moving avalanche of undeniably impressive images that never quite touch the emotions in the way they are meant.
May 29, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/5
Richard Whittaker
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
The Wolf House is stop-motion unlike anything you’ve seen before, in which every single frame is an individual monument…
May 22, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
“The Wolf House” reminds us that fairy tales are powerful because, once upon a time, we were all young enough to believe them.
May 18, 2020 | Rating: B+
David Ehrlich
indieWire
TOP CRITIC
Its visual landscape is unlike any I’ve experienced, and though everything about it is aggressively repellant, it still managed to hold me in a constant state of gobsmacked awe.
May 15, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
Matt Fagerholm
RogerEbert.com
TOP CRITIC
An artisanal animation with a strange and fascinating beauty in its twisted visual and oral narration. [Full review in Spanish]
June 29, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Diego Batlle
Otroscines.com
It is a film in the vein of visionaries or even illusionists, part of a lineage that can be traced back to the Mélièsian origins of cinematographic art.
June 5, 2021
Ayeen Forootan
In Review Online
Had I gone into this film mentally prepared for this nightmarish depiction of a doomed existence of betrayal and abuse, it would not have been so bad, but I think it would still be a downer.
February 22, 2021 | Rating: C+
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
Endlessly inventive, La Casa Lobo is one of those animations for adults- dark and gloomy, pointy in its politics and mesmerizing in its craft. One of the year’s best.
February 12, 2021
Dustin Chang
Floating World
A psychological thriller of the most harrowing kind.
January 22, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
Tim Brayton
Alternate Ending
An astonishingly detailed, lovingly assembled piece of work which confronts one of the darkest episodes in Chile’s troubled history, this is a film you will never forget.
January 16, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film…
Plot
A young woman seeks refuge in a mysterious house in the woods after escaping from a German colony in southern Chile in the surreal and haunting film, The Wolf House.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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