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Some places are not meant to be explored. "a brilliant debut" - Sci-Fi-London "an original and engaging story that gets under the skin" - Starburst Summer 1929 - at the end of the golden age of exploration - an expedition of Ivy League university botanists enter an uncharted forest on the North American frontier. Tasked to study the native flora, the students unearth a deadly organism and are soon in a fight with nature itself. They must use their limited resources to understand, survive and escape the wild and terrifying forest that surrounds them. Bonus Features: Behind the Scenes Featurette - Trailers - Deleted Scenes Commentary with Sasha Louis Vukovic, Teresa Marie Doran, Dan Lin

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17-year-old run-away Yui and 8-year-old Hiyori, who lost her family and her voice, have no place to go when they run into Kiwa, a strange old lady. She offers them a place to stay, in a slightly banged-up old house overlooking the sea, a Mayoiga. Despite joining Kiwa on a whim, the two girls find comfort in Mayoiga, a legendary house, said to look after lost travelers, and the warm hospitality of Kiwa. Both girls' damaged hearts begin to heal little by little. Until one day, a variety of strange beings which Kiwa calls "Fushigitto" begin popping up around the house. A heartwarming yet bittersweet tale set in her native prefecture of Iwate by award-winning writer, Sachiko Kashiwaba. It's a story about nostalgia, precious kinship, and a touch of magic. Bonus Content: Director Shinya Kawatsura Special Q&A - Annecy Festival Yui and Kiwa's Secret Recipes Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The House Of The Lost On The Cape [Blu-ray + DVD]

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I love this movie. I loved the cats in this movie and I loved the people in this movie. I loved seeing how cats can live freely when a society accepts them. For too long cats have been treated as nothing more than a nuisance, which as a cat lover infuriates me, but where I love in the U.S. we are actually getting a lot better about it--we live in a community with pretty strict HOA regulations which everyone abides by, with the exception of one thing---feeding feral cats. Where we live was for hundreds of years farm land, when this area was heavily developed starting about 15 years ago all those barn cats found ways to adapt and stick around and as such we have a large population of feral cats all over the whole city. Even the neighbors who don't participate in TNR or even just feeding and watering the cats and who say they do not really like cats will also openly admit they like having them around because they take care of a lot of pests and as such don't have to pay for bug spraying around the perimeters of their homes anymore. So, it is interesting to see minds and behaviors change here in the U.S. In any case, I loved this movie and I loved how they showed the cats in a relatively safe level of outdoor freedom and I loved the people in the movie who respected and admired the cats for that but still showed great concern and care and love for their cat friends.