Is House actually good?

House sits in the 51.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 51.2% of them.

How does House compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, House lands in the 48.9% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is House's score based on?

158 calibrated reviewers stand behind House's score.

1985

global pct

51.2

Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s

House

Name: House
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1985

Scored from 158 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

51.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

48.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

54.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

158 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A troubled horror novelist and Vietnam veteran inherits his late aunt's sprawling Victorian house, where he hopes to write his next book about his wartime experiences. As he settles in, he is tormented by supernatural forces tied to his missing son, his failed marriage, and unresolved trauma from the war, with grotesque creatures emerging from closets and other rooms of the house.

House is a 1985 comedy, fantasy and horror film. Its comedy subtype is Dark Comedy.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. 158 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 160 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.