The Wolf House – La Casa Lobo (2018)
“The Wolf House” is a Chilean horror animated film that uses intentionally messy stop-motion animation along with audio and papier-mâché to tell the story of a runaway girl who hides in a creepy house. This house is inhabited by pigs, while a wolf roams outside.
The house reflects the girl’s fears, changing its shape, color, and size, with furniture appearing and disappearing, and the pigs also begin to change. An uncomfortable, nightmarish experience.
The real events that inspired The Wolf House are even darker: the nightmarish house represents the Colonia Dignidad, a cult-like German colony in Chile during World War II, where regime opponents were tortured and killed. The colony was led by the religious fanatic Paul Schäfer, known for his human rights violations.
The film was produced largely in museums and galleries around the world (including Germany), the production of which was like an exhibition to observe.
Even though these animated films are not children’s films, this does not mean that you were spared from scary films in childhood. There are enough so-called “family films” that were primarily made for children but were far too creepy. MeinMMO would like to remind you of these films: Here are 10 films from your childhood that you saw far too early
