Housebound (2014)
A young woman under house arrest in her childhood home suspects the house may be home to something evil.
Although i'd had this a while i was saving it as i'd only heard good things about it, and last night seemed the right time to watch it.
Well i have to say what a disappointment it was. In fact it was barely a horror film and what horror there was seemed distilled by the typical New Zealand quirkiness films like Bad Taste did so well. Imagine if you will a cross between Braindead and The People Under the Stairs minus the gore and fetish wear.
Although it was well acted the characters were bumbling oafs throughout to the point of being cartoonish. I never felt any suspense at any time. To it's credit the film is different from the norm it just sadly failed to engage me.
Footnote - All the IMDB reviews seemed very much in favour so perhaps it's just me.
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