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Housebound

Housebound

Horror · Comedy · Thriller · 2014

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.

Movie details

Housebound

“Terror gets domesticated.”

2014 Horror · Comedy · Thriller 1h 51m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Housebound?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gerard Johnstone

Written by

Gerard Johnstone

Morgana O'Reilly

Morgana O'Reilly

Kylie Bucknell

Rima Te Wiata

Rima Te Wiata

Miriam Bucknell

Glen-Paul Waru

Glen-Paul Waru

Amos

Ross Harper

Ross Harper

Graeme

Cameron Rhodes

Cameron Rhodes

Dennis

Millen Baird

Millen Baird

Officer Grayson

Bruce Hopkins

Bruce Hopkins

Officer Carson

Court is in session

Put Housebound on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.