Halloween is approaching, which means you might be in the mood for a spooky haunted house story. Well, Netflix has got you covered with “I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House.”
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Starring Ruth Wilson (“Luther,” “The Affair“), this atmospheric horror earned some buzz last month at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the new trailer certainly seems to indicate why. The story follows Lily, a young nurse who is hired to care for an elderly woman who was once a famous horror writer. And as Lily starts reading one of her client’s novels, things start getting creepy. Here’s the synopsis:
Lily (Ruth Wilson) is a naïve young nurse hired to care for aging and reclusive author Iris Bloom (Paula Prentiss) — a character based on American mystery and horror novelist Shirley Jackson — in her isolated country manor. The old woman is lost in her memories and barely acknowledges her caregiver, except to repeatedly call her “Polly,” the protagonist of her novel The Lady in the Walls. Though Lily is squeamish and easily frightened, her curiosity gets the better of her and she reads the book: the chilling story of a beautiful murdered woman. It gets under Lily’s skin, and she comes unhinged as the shadows of Iris’ grand home begin to take on a more sinister appearance.
Directed by Oz Perkins (the upcoming “The Blackcoat’s Daughter“), and co-starring Paula Prentiss, Lucy Boynton, and Bob Balaban, “I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House” hits Netflix on Friday, October 28th. Trick or treat!