Or a restatement of the Bauhaus aesthetic?

Is it a setting for a traditionally chandeliered, bay windowed bedroom?

Or an angular, multi-colored room of repose?

Is it a funky, modern sculpted, distressed floored music hall?

Or an overblown, Erté-infused Art Deco luxury bath?

Or maybe even just classic kitsch, aka folk “art”?

Or is all this confusion merely a misdirect to draw attention away from…

The Mysterious Backyard Hatch of Doom?!

…and even traditional Spanish-inspired colors.

But then variations come into it.

More and different colors and patterns keep popping up…

…and popping out. Eyeballs, that is.

They start at the private courtyard entry, repeated black rectangular elements.

They continue in the living room.

They also feature in the bedroom, along with a very unique bed.

And you can even see them from the backyard.

You’d never guess from the listing they’re not the weirdest thing about this house. That’s it, there, on the right. Huh, I wonder if Fred and Wilma are home?

My luxury stove. Look at it.

My luxury wall. Look at it.

My luxury hand. Make peace with it.

My luxury movie room. Behold it in full Technicolor.

Sure, okay. Why not?

In addition to… that… The seller also appears to have somewhat of a basket fetish:

So many baskets. I mean, not as many as this home from February, but still quite a few.

This home is basically the opposite of subtle.

So many odd design and decor choices in this home. From the all-glass entry…

…to the unnaturally glowing exterior.

Inside: more glowing.

I’m not even sure I can wrap my head around what’s going on with these stairs.

And check out the pool:

Maybe the owners are extreme Marvel fans, and they filled it with some weird radioactive liquid instead of water, in hopes that they might somehow gain super powers?

Not many homes have their own Wikipedia page, but the John Sowden House does.

From said Wikipedia page:

Built by Lloyd Wright, the house is noted for its use of ornamented concrete blocks and for its striking facade, resembling (depending on the viewer’s points of cultural reference) either a Mayan temple or the gaping open mouth of a great white shark.

Note that we’re talking about Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr., the eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright.

If you’re thinking that the pool and some of the home’s more modern-looking features seem a bit out of place, you would be correct.

The house, with seven bedrooms, four baths, and 5,600 square feet (520 m2), was listed on the market at $1,575,000 in 2001. It was purchased that year by Xorin Balbes for $1.2 million. Balbes, who said the house was “a wreck” when he bought it, spent $1.6 million to restore the house, though some of his alterations drew criticism from preservationists as well as Lloyd Wright’s son, Eric Lloyd Wright. In addition to restoring the stonework, Balbes converted the three-room kitchen area into a large open kitchen, added new upscale bathrooms, and installed a pool and spa in the central court.

The almost-glowing velvet furniture throughout is an odd choice as well, in my opinion.

Here’s a shot of one of those new bathrooms:

Wikipedia is silent on the subject of the koi pond, but other sources online indicate that it too was a modern addition.

Speaking of fish…

Plus, more of that weird velvet furniture.

The spotlight in the living room is an interesting choice. I suppose when one lives in a famous home like this, it feels like the spotlight is always on you. It’s metaphorical, you see.

Additional photos can be viewed on the virtual tour.

Itching to grab a complete Dracula collection? This swanky LA pad was once owned by Count Dracula himself.

Of course I’m referring to Bela Lugosi, who portrayed Dracula in the 1931 film of the same name.

The Dracula art in the staging is certainly a nice touch.

This home sold last July for $2.6 million. It was listed again this March for $4.2 million, then re-listed on Wednesday (June 25th) with a new low price of just $4,067,000. Still quite a bit cheaper than the $80 million asking price for Dracula’s Castle in Romania.

No word on whether the disembodied arm on the dining room table conveys.

No idea what’s going on staging-wise in this room. We’ve got a deer-leg table, a fairly modern-looking iron cube ceiling lamp, and some kind of crazy tentacled metal standing lamp. With a traditional Persian rug.

The bathroom without any mirror is a nice touch, though.

Well, no need to imagine anymore, I guess!

I’ve definitely never seen a table quite like that. There’s probably a reason for that.

O-kay.

Wow, classy “art” in the dining room.

Who knew that Superman was a pool shark?

Tons more photos on the “virtual tour.”

Okay so this place was on Curbed a couple months ago, but it’s just way too over-the-top not to post here.

I think this is the living room? Maybe?

Nothing like a gold torso next to the bed to set the mood.

Speaking of beds… I love how this one is just right out in the open as you come down the stairs. Nope, nothing unsavory is going on in this place at all.

The first photo for this listing sets expectations well. Get ready to see a lot of white and green.

Nice sea urchin light.

Hmm I wonder what kinds of “recreational activities” happen in this room?

I do dig the “garden views” afforded by virtually every room in this home.

The gorilla is a nice touch, too.

Don’t expect an open house of this $10M “extremely private residence” though…

Private showings to qualified Buyers only.

Aww.

I’m sure that bar doesn’t make female visitors feel at all uncomfortable.

Oh wait, silly me. That assumes that the current owner of this home actually has female visitors.

The rest of the home is unassuming enough, although there are only 12 photos for some reason. Seems like you might include a bit more than that when you’re trying to sell a home for $11 million.

Okay so this “home” sold way back in December, but this find was just too amazingly weird not to share here.

This is the one and only photo on the listing. Presumably when it was active on the market there were photos of, you know… the actual home. Then when it sold, they replaced them with… this.

I’m sure that the recreation that takes place in this room is limited to the enjoyment of strictly legal substances.

Interesting that the very next photo features Avatar. I wonder if the plot becomes actually interesting after enjoying the room above?

For your $10 million you don’t just get the drug cave and the viewing room… you also get your very own observatory?

Dang.

How does this even happen?

You really have to try to screw the photos up this bad.

I also quite enjoyed the original list price: $4,600,000.

So… is the judgmental old man included in the $585,000 listing price? Because I’m gonna need somebody to make sure all the kids keep off my damn lawn.

Also, apparently this listing comes with a… billboard?

Los Angeles. What will they think of next?

Mirror at the head of the bed? Check.

’70s furniture and extensive wood paneling? Check.

Video camera? Check.

Tripod? Check.

All right, we’re ready. Let’s make a ’70s amateur porno.

So, um… why are there giant metal Christmas trees across the street? For the answer, let’s check out the listing:

Great location on 1 block long street right across from a nice quiet park and Watts Towers, (Tony Hawk designed skate park going in next year).

Wow, sounds… great.

Okay, I have no idea why these two are sporting such such smug grins as they offer up their strange, colorless… um… foods?

But the next room over is where the real fun happens. There are so many great things about this room that it took the photographer three photos to capture everything. There’s the giant Union Jack rug…

…and the not-at-all-creepy framed Woody Allen poster…

…and of course we can’t forget the special encased Wonka Bar.

That is a pretty keen spider lamp though.

Because who doesn’t want to look at themselves from ten different angles while they pee?

…or wash their hands:

…or take a shower: