Housebound
2014 · Movie · NR · 111 min · ★ 6.6 · 86% critics
A rebellious young woman is sentenced to home detention and forced to move back into her childhood house with her chatty, superstitious mother. As strange noises and unsettling encounters mount, she’s trapped inside with nowhere to run, and must figure out what’s really behind the eerie presence.
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-09-04
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (914 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quirky, twisty horror-comedy that mixes scares with deadpan laughs and a contained house-arrest setup; Not for you if you want pure horror or nonstop scares like The Invisible Man.
Pros: funny horror-comedy mix; tense haunted-house setup; strong lead performances | Cons: uneven pacing early; humor won’t hit all; familiar genre beats
Themes
- superstition
- haunted house
- father-in-law
- basement
- house arrest
- exploding head
- security guard
- garden shears
- dentures
- home detention
Cast & crew
Morgana O'Reilly
as Kylie Bucknell
Rima Te Wiata
as Miriam Bucknell
Glen-Paul Waru
as Amos
Ross Harper
as Graeme
Cameron Rhodes
as Dennis
Millen Baird
as Officer Grayson
Bruce Hopkins
as Officer Carson
Ryan Lampp
as Eugene
Ian Mune
as Judge
- WC
Wallace Chapman
as Hollis
Directed by Gerard Johnstone