Movie

Home Sweet Home

2005 · 98 min

A clammy, claustrophobic descent through dim corridors and air ducts, where grief curdles into menace and every shadow feels like a threat.

Tagline: Evil can be your next door neighbor
Overview: May moves into a new apartment with her husband Ray and son Chi-lo, only to find out that the building is erected over a squatter area, where some of the residents died in a riot when they refused to move out. The family decides to stay nevertheless, but soon, Chi-lo mysteriously disappears without a trace.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, isolation, parenthood, madness
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
parenthood
madness
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none