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I Am The Pretty Thing... 1/2 

I watched I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House tonight.

There are cinematic allusions to The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, but more than anything it reminded me of Shirley Jackson's work, esp the Haunting of Hill House.

I Am The Pretty Thing... 2/2 

The Hill House protagonist is a similarly timid, single woman with a caretaker job and lack of a solid identity.
Iris (an elderly woman/retired author) is also very clearly based off Shirley Jackson herself.

The acting was great and the atmosphere palpable, but overall more of a nod to literary works than substantial story in of itself.

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