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Housebound

2014 · 111 min

A scrappy, funny haunted-house ride that keeps flipping between jump scares and deadpan domestic bickering, ending in gleeful gory chaos.

Directed by
Gerard Johnstone
Genres
Horror, Comedy, Thriller
Starring
Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru
Tagline
Terror gets domesticated.
Overview
When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

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Free in the UK
  • Channel 4
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Directed by
Gerard Johnstone
Genres
Horror, Comedy, Thriller
Starring
Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • mystery
  • deception
  • trauma
Places
  • single country house
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Action4
Horror6
Humour7
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Music
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