Austin drag icon Louisianna Purchase sets the stage for two of the wildest horrors about hearth and home. First, Mary Lambert proves that sometimes dead is better in the superior 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s violent creepfest about a parent’s love taken too far. Then Nobuhiko Obayashi gets completely unhinged with House, one of the most bizarre horror films ever made and a psychedelic gorefest filmed like a perfume commercial. Here’s a cinematic double bill to remind you to never trust a strange cat, especially if they’re a zombie or maybe the spirit of a witch. – Richard Whittaker
