Housebound

2014 "Terror Gets Domesticated"
6.7| 1h51m| NR| en
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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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Also starring Glen-Paul Waru

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
bryanbph-82636 I watched it because it seemed like it would be a good late night suspense / horror movie. The first part of the movie drags on a bit as the character personalities are presented to us, but things kick in about 40% into the movie and then it gets pretty interesting. The dynamics / personalities of and between the characters in the movie make it an enjoyable watch. The whole time I was trying to figure out if this is supposed to be a horror movie, or a spoof on horror movies. It was certainly bizarre enough to keep me interested, and entertaining enough to keep me chuckling at times. Then towards the end, things really get strange and rather gory, but once again in somewhat of a comical way. So while I overall enjoyed the movie, I'm still a little confused on what the actual genre is.
SnoopyStyle Kylie Bucknell is a troubled girl in New Zealand. She gets arrested for trying to break into an ATM. She is sentenced to house arrest and forced to move back in with her mother Miriam. Miriam suspects the house is haunted. Strange things start to happen. Amos sets up her ankle bracelet and is a paranormal enthusiast. Dennis is the psychologist assigned to her case.There are surprising moments of light humor in this odd little horror. It's not particularly scary. It has a bit of fun like the Cornetto Trilogy. The lead character is not necessarily a nice girl but she still maintains some rooting interest. The story doesn't completely hold together but the last act has plenty of fun.
pacscerickson We watched this with two of our teenage kids on a Saturday afternoon. It was WAY better and way different than I thought it would be. So much so that I actually made an account with IMDb just so I could write a review for this film. We watch a lot of 'scary' movies because it's the one genre we can all agree on, so we've gotten pretty used to the typical plot lines, twists, jumps, etc. This movie is such an interesting combination of scary and funny---but not slapstick or 'dumb' stuff to get a laugh, just genuinely funny moments that are central to the plot and endearing. We laughed out loud multiple times. And the scares are...not typical. This is the first movie I can ever remember ALL of us screaming. I thought the acting was good, I felt really fond of the main characters by the time it ended. Advice: we found the accents (New Zealand) hard to understand at times. Turning on the subtitles helped. I think this is an overlooked little gem that deserves a lot more recognition. Great movie.
juanmuscle First time ever watching a movie from this provenance. I know not where this land is nor do I really care, but what I do care is who is this truly beautifully wacked out super cool tuff yet delicate thespian and will so ever come to Hollywood or will Hollywood go to her, do not know enough about this lady's personage to know such things, but one thing we are all definitely certain about, surely we the cinephiles of true seminal cinema fun, we will bear our way over to her, upon contact be transfigured, with one fixed look transcend, and to experience her work will transport us! Yes, 'Housebound' what a truly delightful trip into some really pulp and juicy down Under film bazaar! (I'm guessing 'Housebound' team hail from the South somewhere) At all events I loved every second, I kept stumbling along thinking this guy is bad, no, this guy, until finally the real bad thing turned into a third act super extravaganza which upon the whole tramped and stamped and treaded all over me, and once again, I loved every second of the ending as well! I may be projecting but with yet the stellar acting skills could she possibly have descended from Deniro? (Think of the scene when she first gets to her mom's house and is outside smoking, and in slow motion we see those eyes, those magical eyes from whose pools of blood reflect back to us the great many scenes Deniro and Pesci had together! Who knows, but she definitely has a perspicacious propinquity to stardom!