The Wolf House

The Wolf House (Spanish: La casa lobo) is a 2018[1] Chilean adult stop motion animated art film directed by Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña (in their directorial debuts) and co-written with Alejandra Moffat.

Inspired by the actual case of Colonia Dignidad, The Wolf House is presented as a fairy tale-themed animated propaganda film produced by the leader of the sect in order to indoctrinate its followers.

[2] The film uses elements of avant-garde cinema, dark fantasy, adult animation, psychological drama, surrealism, and supernatural horror.

[5] María Wehrle, an idle and irresponsible girl living in the isolated Colony, flees into the woods rather than face the community's punishment for failing to contribute.

María ignores the Wolf's repeated attempts to tempt her back to the Colony and denies its description of the house as a new kind of cage.

As the secluded household begins to run out of food, Ana and Pedro become increasingly hostile and secretive toward María.

[3] It incorporates both drawn and stop motion animation; the former for opening and ending scene, while the latter using various objects into different forms entirely such as clay, paint, papier-mâché, and puppets, similar to the previous short films created by León and Cociña.

The critical consensus reads "Surreal, unsettling, and finally haunting, The Wolf House is a stunning outpouring of creativity whose striking visuals queasily complement its disturbing story.