If you’re drawn to the delicate tension of slow-burning psychological horror, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House is a cinematic journey you can’t miss. Directed by Osgood Perkins, this eerie 2016 film wraps you in an atmosphere of isolation and dread, offering a chilling story told through whispers and shadows rather than jump scares.

The film follows Lily, a young hospice nurse, as she moves into the home of an elderly author, Iris Blum. Tasked with caring for Iris, Lily begins to suspect that the house itself holds a sinister secret. The walls seem to breathe, the air is thick with foreboding, and the lines between reality and memory blur. As Lily unravels Iris’s past, she encounters Polly, the spirit of a woman who may never have left.

The film leans heavily into psychological unease, presenting Lily’s growing paranoia through quiet, lingering shots and haunting narration. Each scene builds on a sense of inevitable doom, drawing the audience deeper into the labyrinth of the house’s haunted history.