The Damned House of Hajn

Film - 1989

8,0

The Damned House of Hajn it's a movie with Emil Horváth, Martin Stropnický, Petra Vančíková, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Evelyna Steimarová Full cast. Directed by Jiří Svoboda. Original title Prokletí domu Hajnů, runtime 107 minutes. Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery.

reviews plot trailer physical support

Where to watch in streaming

Subscription

Streaming rent

Buy

reviews

Review of

Balkan Castevet

Czechoslovakian film that draws heavily on the tones and shades of Italian horror-yellow, you can find Argento, Bava. What immediately strikes you is the enormous visual power of the film, Svoboda, director, creates a grandiose staging, every shot has a very strong visual and expressive charge. The photography ranges from yellow to green, from red to blue and this makes the film highly iconographic and atmospheric. The film has gothic tones, thriller and melodrama dynamics, all played out well by the direction that knows how to both fascinate and disorient the viewer.Peter, the protagonist, goes to live on the estate where Sonia, his future bride, lives together with her family and here Svoboda will stage the destruction of the family unit.The beginning, if desired, is already emblematic , Peter in front of the house is mocked by a voice off screen through camera movement and from here his, Peter's, story begins. The voice will be understood to be that of Uncle Cyril, a mysterious and in his own way disturbing figure in the film. Cyril, Sonia's uncle, he has mental disorders and is obsessed with his niece to the point of spying on her and eager for carnal relations with her. Svoboda here, through subjective shots, camera movements and precisely how he places the camera, creating points of observations, does an excellent job on the genre mechanics, managing to create an atmosphere always aided by the enormous photography. Peter will therefore have discussions with the family which in the film is represented by Valerie, Sonia's grandmother, who is in fact the head of the family. There are numerous religious symbols in the film and the The director frames them very frequently, this symbolizes the tradition of the bourgeois family, the conservative management and therefore the theme of incest which upsets the family, sexual repression and the class struggle. Sonia, shocked by her uncle's actions, is terrified of undressing and will start to go crazy provoking Read all

plot

Sonya is the heiress to the riches of a Czech noble family—the Hajns. Petr, a social climber marries her, ignoring some shady goings-on—in particular, an insane uncle who prowls the mansion believing himself invisible, a peccadillo the family indulges. The uncle’s stalking every corner of the house, popping out of cupboards and out from behind curtains slowly takes its toll on the young bride.